Worth Park Gardens — Attraction in Crawley

This is a gem of a garden, once belonging to a beautiful manor house, now overlooked by an unattractive block of flats - but don't let that put you off! The original coach-house, Ridleys Court, has (I believe) a small museum and hosts talks and other events of locally historic interest. (There are also public conveniences located here). Lottery money has restored the gardens to their fullest potential with local volunteers and a regular gardening team keeping it at its best. The fountain has been restored to its former glory (usually functioning) and the formal gardens and stately trees are kept beautifully. A firm favourite with local dog walkers, regular "Book in the Park" meets for children and, on certain days, you can catch the local croquet club playing on the impeccably kept lawn. Cross the road and you have the glorious Milton Mount Pond, complete with breeding Egyptian Geese, Great Crested Grebes, Cormorant and Kingfisher among the birdlife...

Always love visiting worth park gardens! They’re very well looked after and an enjoyable walk. It would be nice if dog owners didn’t let dogs off the lead in busier areas, particularly when they have no recall and jump around strangers. Not everyone likes or is comfortable around dogs and not all dogs like kids. Kids can also be intimidated by strange dogs running towards them, yet a small amount of dog owners seem to not quite get that. The majority of the park visitors are considerate though and I only hope the park can be maintained to the current standard for a...

Lovely place we'll maintained a nice little walk very clean don't let the block of flats put you off gardens are lovely beautiful trees some are amazing just a step over the road is a lake looks like a lovely neighbourhood would love to live there the lake is clean loads of ducks and squirrels very nice photo opportunities lovely to walk round withe the girlfriend, the place is lovely definitely an hour or so if just walking so something to do for the afternoon we felt it was a bit short and added gratten Park into they compliment each other and can really fill your...