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Crawley Rugby Club

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Public accessDogs welcome

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

11 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Hogweed, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn +2 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Tufted Vetch, Common Fleabane, Hogweed +64 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Common Fleabane, Hogweed +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Willow Emerald Damselfly +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crawley GreenwayWalking route

walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted

Named routeLocal walking route
Worth WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

166 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route KCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route J (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route JCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route F (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route DCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route BCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths
Langleybridleway · 56 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 56 mSurface pavedPath type: bridleway
Langleybridleway · 56 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 56 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Langley Lanebridleway · 444 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 444 mPath type: residential
Langleybridleway · 125 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 125 mSurface pavedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Rugby goalposts, Willoughby Fields, Crawley

Rugby goalposts, Willoughby Fields, Crawley

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