Tilgate Park

Tilgate Park is a large recreational park situated south of Tilgate, South-East Crawley.

Tilgate Lake. Photograph taken facing roughly southeast.

Originally a 2,185-acre (8.84 km2) part of the ancient Worth Forest, the park and adjacent areas (including the modern-day Furnace Green, Three Bridges, part of Southgate and Tilgate Forest) were part of the larger Tilgate Estate.

Although visitor activity is mostly focused on the area surrounding Tilgate Lake and on the adjacent gardens of a former country mansion, a large area of the park is former silvicultural forest. This is now managed as a Local Nature Reserve called Tilgate Forest. The park also contains the Tilgate Nature Centre featuring captive breeding of some vulnerable and endangered animal species and varieties.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Tilgate Forest". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 21 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Map of Tilgate Forest". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.