Tilgate Nature Centre
Tilgate Nature Centre is a small BIAZA-accredited zoo located within Tilgate Park in Tilgate Forest, South-East Crawley, West Sussex, England. The nature centre holds 144 different animal species, and are actively involved in breeding programmes to preserve many threatened wild species from extinction.- Type: Zoo
- Description: small BIAZA-accredited zoo
- Also known as: “Tilgate Zoo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tilgate Park and Holy Trinity.
Tilgate Park
Park
Tilgate Park is a large recreational park situated south of Tilgate, South-East Crawley. Originally a 2,185-acre part of the ancient Worth Forest, the park and adjacent areas were part of the larger Tilgate Estate. Tilgate Park is situated 1,700 feet east of Tilgate Nature Centre.
Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Robin Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity is a church, which is situated 2,900 feet north of Tilgate Nature Centre.
Thomas Bennett Community College
School
Photo: Tafkam, Public domain.
Thomas Bennett Community College is a secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex, England. It has academy status, and caters to approximately 1200 pupils in Years 7 to 14, including 160 in its sixth form. Thomas Bennett Community College is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Tilgate Nature Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilgate and Broadfield.
Tilgate
Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
Tilgate is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. The area contains a mixture of privately developed housing, self-build groups and ex-council housing.
Broadfield
Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Broadfield is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Broadfield is located in the south west of the town. It is bordered by Bewbush to the north, Southgate to the north east and Tilgate to the east.
Southgate
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.
Southgate is one of the 14 residential neighbourhoods in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Crawley was planned and laid out as a New Town after the Second World War, based on the principle of self-contained neighbourhoods surrounding a town centre of civic and commercial buildings.
Tilgate Nature Centre
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.09373° or 51° 5′ 37″ northLongitude
-0.1847° or 0° 11′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3X3RV8+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 219676544OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=animalOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=zooWikidata ID
Q16901655
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