Wild Park is a 239.8-hectare (593-acre) 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,[3] and Hollingbury Park golf course.
| Wild Park | |
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 Wild Park viewed from Hollingbury Hill | |
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex |
| OS grid | TQ 323 079 |
| Area | 239.8 hectares (593 acres) |
| Managed by | Brighton and Hove City Council |
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.[4]
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.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Wild Park/Hollingbury". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Map of Wild Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at Hollingbury (1014526)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Wild Park". Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Russell Bishop: Paedophile guilty of 1986 Babes in the Wood murders". BBC News. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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