Ebernoe Common

Varied ancient wood pasture with ponds, streams, meadows and reclaimed arable land under conversion back to woodland

Ebernoe Common is dominated by old wood pasture where Commoners would have turned out their cattle or pigs to graze and browse on young trees and scrub, Beech mast and acorns, or on the grassy meadows in glades and clearings. Grazing stopped by the middle of the 20th century and the wood pasture became more and more overgrown. When Sussex Wildlife Trust bought the reserve in 1980, great effort went into opening up glades and rides, and restoring grazing to the reserve.

Ebernoe Common Nature Reserve is free to visit, but we are only able to care for Ebernoe Common with the support we receive from our members. Please consider becoming a member today.

Nightingale singing at Ebernoe Common

Postcode:
GU28 9LD
Grid ref:
SU975278
Reserve size:
157 hectares

In this section

Reserve profile

Dogs

What you might see

Getting around

Grazing

News

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10 March 2026

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