Wild Park

For other uses, see Wildpark (disambiguation).

Wild Park
Wild Park viewed from Hollingbury Hill
Map
TypeLocal Nature Reserve
LocationLewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex
OS gridTQ 323 079
Area239.8 hectares (593 acres)
Managed byBrighton and Hove City Council

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.

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

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