Wild Park
Park in Brighton, England
title: "Wild Park" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["local-nature-reserves-in-east-sussex", "brighton", "parks-and-open-spaces-in-east-sussex"] description: "Park in Brighton, England" topic_path: "general/local-nature-reserves-in-east-sussex" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Park" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Park in Brighton, England ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wild Park |
| photo | Wild Park - geograph.org.uk - 1326793.jpg |
| photo_caption | Wild Park viewed from Hollingbury Hill |
| type | Local Nature Reserve |
| grid_ref_UK | TQ 323 079 |
| location | Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex |
| area | 239.8 ha |
| manager | Brighton and Hove City Council |
| :: |
| name = Wild Park | photo = Wild Park - geograph.org.uk - 1326793.jpg | photo_caption =Wild Park viewed from Hollingbury Hill | type = Local Nature Reserve | grid_ref_UK = TQ 323 079 | location = Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex | area = 239.8 ha | manager = Brighton and Hove City Council Wild Park is a 239.8 ha Local Nature Reserve adjacent to Lewes Road in Brighton, East Sussex. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove City Council. 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.
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.
References
References
- "Wild Park/Hollingbury". Natural England.
- "Map of Wild Park". Natural England.
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- "Wild Park". Brighton and Hove City Council.
- (10 December 2018). "Russell Bishop: Paedophile guilty of 1986 Babes in the Wood murders". [[BBC News]].
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