Willoughby Fields Local Nature Reserve
This 20 hectare site, formally a lowland farm, was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 2012. It includes the sports pitches of Crawley Rugby Club, two streams, two large unimproved meadows and extensive hedgerows.
- Yellow rattle
- Blackthorn
- Cuckoo flower
- Black knapweed
- Marsh thistle
- Green woodpeckers
- Whitethroat
- Bullfinch
- Kingfisher
- Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly
- Roe deer
- Buzzard
Things to do
Combine your visit with the Willoughby Wander.
Help to manage this site, become a volunteer with Gatwick GreenSpace Partnership.
How to get here
This site can be accessed from the Rugby Club car park on Ifield Avenue.
Ordnance Survey grid reference: TQ 257387
Nearest bus stop: The Orchards on Ifield Avenue, route 2
Neighbourhood: Langley Green