drive to the House are now gone as a result of Dutch elm disease. Now the best ancient trees are clustered in Sandy Field () which was part of the original Park. These English oaks make a magnificent display. Due south of Little Danny there is supposedly an ancient large leaved lime coppice stool under Wolstonbury (). Danny Lake and Pondtail Wood () that embraces it have been heroically restored in recent times, always been favourite places for quiet contemplation with bluebells, anemones and primroses and strong oak trunks to rest a weary back against on the pond side. On the west side of New Way Lane, the old Park shaw has two old common lime stools and just down the lane from the site of 'Little Bastwicke', a cottage marked on the 1873 First Edition OS map. 'Bast' is the old name for the fibrous and useful bark of Lime, but is this name a Victorian fancy, or is it further evidence of the ancient provenance of the Danny and Wolstonbury for lime trees. Herrings Stream The Herrings Stream is a tributary of the eastern River Adur and runs to the north of Hurstpierpoint. Walking from Cobb's Mill () east to Eylesford Bridge (on the A273) reveals wetlands that passes many bridges and lost fordings including Cobbsmill Bridge, Gold Bridge (as in marsh marigold, kingcups), Stalker Bridge, Danworthbrook Bridge, Ruckford and Eylesford Bridge. A kilometre from Cobb's Mill to Stalker Bridge (where the Cuckfield Road crosses) you can walk alongside the running mill leat, with its sticklebacks, emperor dragonflies, grey wagtails, banded demoiselles and house martins. Upstream of Ruckford and Hammond's Mills the leats no longer function, but can still be made out. East of Ruckford Mill there is a wooded lily pond () with clear water and much hornwort and curled pondweed. Between Ruckford Mill and Locks Manor are two well managed archaic flower meadows, e.g. (). Between Danworth and Kent's Farms the river meanders, and in some places little brook meadows survive. At other points they have been incorporated into larger fields. Local woods On the northeastern edge of Hurstpierpoint there are still two ancient woods. Tilley's Copse () is a bluebell wood, with crab apple, wych elm, gean, midland thorn and hornbeam. The Wilderness, just to the south (), is a damper place. On the Gault Clay, south of Hurstpierpoint and Hassocks, are a cluster of