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Zoar Chapel

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsPicnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.05425, -0.20063

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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
  • 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
  • ☕JO.CO cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

café, toilets, car park

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Compact Rush, Selfheal +220 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Compact Rush, Selfheal +220 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +18 more foraging species

Varies

Family friendly

café, toilets

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Crawley GreenwayWalking route

walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted

Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Accessible Route, NymansWalking route1.2 km

Nurtured for nearly 130 years, the garden features an internationally important plant collection containing species from around the world.

Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Iron Walk, NymansWalking route3.5 km
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route J (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route JCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route HCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Tilgate to Furnace GreenCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route FCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Route 228 - Kilnwood ValeCycling 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

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Park Roadbridleway · 748 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 748 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Zoar Chapel

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🏞️TILGATE PARKCountry park4.6 km→🌱Tilgate ParkUrban park4.8 km→✦NYMANSHistoric site600 m→🌱Alf Pegler walled gardenUrban park4.5 km→🌱Tilgate ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱The Heather GardenUrban park4.6 km→

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