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Railway Line Managing the reserve How to find us A264 D orking Local Nature Reserve is owned by District Warnham Local Nature Reserve, A24 Council and managed by the Parks and Countryside team in Warnham Road, Horsham, partnership with the Friends of Warnham Local Nature Reserve RH12 2RA

Our joint aim is to ensure the conservation, protection and the Opening Hours A24 improvement of Warnham Local Nature Reserve for the benefit The reserve, Visitor Centre and the of both the public and the wildlife. Herons Rest Café are open every day except 25th and 26th December. What do the Friends do? g

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W • Welcome visitors and manage the Heron’s Rest café Apr - Sept from 10am to 6pm Warnham Local Nature Reserve • Fundraise and organise events Oct - Mar from 10am to 5pm Horsham • Assist with wildlife surveys and conservation projects Warnham Road Visitor Centre and Heron’s Rest Café Support our work Apr - Sept from 10am to 4pm Help support our work by becoming a ‘Friend of Warnham Oct - Mar from 10am to 3pm Local Nature Reserve’ for just £10.00 a year. Benefits include Discovery a range of free or subsidised events, regular copies of the Entry Fees and Annual Memberships ‘Reedbed’ magazine and discounted annual membership. Single Visit Admission Adults - £2.00 per adult For further details visit Children Under 16 - FREE www.warnhamnaturereservefriends.org.uk Trail Guide Annual membership - £12.00 per household. Become a Conservation Volunteer “Friends” Annual membership - £8.00 per household Are you interested in conservation, wildlife or just working outdoors? Parking, admission to the Visitor Centre and Heron’s Rest Cafe is free. If you want to help shape the future of our open spaces, learn new skills or meet new people, then come and join the team. Accessibility/Disabled Access Disabled access toilets with baby changing facilities. We need volunteers to help us with vital conservation and Disabled parking spaces for blue-badge holders restoration work, not just at Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Wheelchair friendly path from the car park to Visitor Centre but across the . Most of the reserve, including the bird hides, is accessible by wheelchairs in dry conditions. To register your interest, please contact our Community Engagement Officer on 01403 256890 or No dogs, food or bikes are allowed on the reserve. e-mail [email protected]

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Emergency Contact In the event of difficulties, please call 01403 215256 In the event of an emergency, please dial 999 (Location: RH12 2RA) Five hides and two viewing screens are Discovery strategically placed around the reserve. In the Woodpecker Hide, bird feeders and a The water habitats are the reserve’s biggest reflection pond offer a different perspective attraction, but you will also discover ancient Trail for photographers. woodland and reedbeds, as well as conifer In front of Trelford Hide, the islands attract and mixed broad-leaf plantations. wading birds and wildfowl closer to shore. The meadowland, wet grasslands and bustling hedgerows make Warnham such an important place for wildlife. Welcome to Warnham Local Nature Reserve. Our new trail follows the paths and boardwalks that surround the millpond which lies at the heart Warnham is home to two Cricket Bat of the reserve. Willow pairs of Kingfishers. Best seen 9 Timeline from Aston Trelford and Heron Tree Wet Meadow Packed with information about the wildlife, flora and hides, they are one of the 8 fauna that call Warnham ‘home’, you’ll also find tales reserves most popular visitors. Sandpiper from the site’s history and a host of fun facts for Hide children of all ages. Walnut Tree Tri-Helix Plantation Butterfly 7 Ride 10 Start your journey at Mill Meadow, Stag Beetle remembering to walk quietly and Loggery Ice Skating Woodpecker 5 Dipping Matchstick 6 Reedbed Ponds Hide slowly. Don’t forget to look Poplars Boldings Brook 2 4 11 down at the woodland floor Heron Water Rail and up to the tree canopies Hide Hide as you explore the reserve. Bullfinch Hide Bat Bothy Aston 3 Shelley Garden Mill Meadow Trelford Hide 1 Visitor Centre Millpond Plantation

Chennells Brook Coming Soon - The Wildlife survey Discovery Hub will data gathered offer panoramic views on-site feeds over the millpond. into the Sussex In the tall trees on the Biodiversity Record Centre, Did you know we run a successful banks of the millpond is the British Trust for Ornithology Warnham Mill captive breeding programme for the thriving Heronry. and the National Moth Recording harvest mice? Scheme to name but a few. Can you find See footage of these Mice bred here are regularly released iconic birds on our Don’t forget to report your findings at key sites across Horsham including dedicated Heron Cam. to help us with this vital work. our hidden nearby Chesworth Farm. See the friends? mice in the Visitor Centre.

Hidden on the reserve are six special rubbing plaques especially for our younger visitors to discover. Complete our special activity sheet and earn yourself a Junior Trail Detective badge. Ask at the Heron’s Rest Café for more details.