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Fir Tree Copse Nature Reserve

Beyond Tickners Heath, the Wey and Arun Junction canal enters heavy woodland, and it forms the northern boundary of the Fir Tree Copse

View looking back along the watered section to Tickners Heath

The dam and overflow that forms the division between the Tickners Heath watered section and the dry stretch through Fir Tree Copse/Sidney Wood

Typical canal scene in the dense woodland. The canal is unusually wide here

There are a number of deep ravines that the canal crossed, its banks have been breached in several places. This is a view along the south side path, the towpath is actually on the north side

    
Close up of a breached secton complete with south side footpath steps and plank bridge to allow ramblers to cross the deep ravine

Much of the bed has been cleared by the canal society, and some sections have a little water in it. This is a view looking across the canal bed to the towpath

  
As the canal meets the bridleway that heads south from the Alfold Road to Sedgehurst, it emerges into the open and there is a considerable amount of water for a short distance

All too soon the watered section ends and the dry section southwards enters Sidney Wood just up ahead

Next is the Sidney Wood section