Wild Park Explained

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]

References

50.855°N -0.122°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wild Park/Hollingbury. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 25 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Wild Park. Local Nature Reserves . Natural England. 25 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Wild Park. Brighton and Hove City Council. 25 February 2019.
  4. News: 10 December 2018 . Russell Bishop: Paedophile guilty of 1986 Babes in the Wood murders . . 1 March 2023.