Wild Park | |
Type: | Local Nature Reserve |
Grid Ref Uk: | TQ 323 079 |
Location: | Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex |
Area: | 239.8ha |
Manager: | Brighton and Hove City Council |
Wild Park is a 239.8abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve adjacent to Lewes Road in Brighton, East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove City Council.[1] [2] It includes Hollingbury Castle, an Iron Age hillfort which is a Scheduled Monument, and Hollingbury Park golf course.
The park has views over Brighton. Species-rich chalk grassland is managed by sheep grazing. There is extensive woodland with a network of footpaths, large areas of scrub and a dew pond.[3]
On 9 October 1986, two nine-year-old girls, Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, were murdered by 20-year-old local roofer Russell Bishop in the Babes in the Wood murders.[4]