© Worth Park Friends 2018
We are supporting
Worth Park
Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, England
Welcome!
The
Friends
and
Crawley
Borough
Council
have
been
working
together
since
June
2009
to
secure
Heritage
Lottery
Funding
for
Worth
Park.
Some
of
our
members
worked
already
on
the
first
bid
for
Lottery funding which was submitted in 2007 by our predecessors, the Friends of Worth Park Gardens.
We
meet
on
the
second
Tuesday
of
each
month
in
the
now
newly
refurbished
Montefiore
Room
at
Ridley’s Court.
This
public
park
and
the
former
stable
block,
Ridley’s
Court,
are
all
that
remains
of
a
former
country
estate
which
was
owned
by
a
branch
of
the
Montefiore
family.
After
the
First
World
War,
Milton
Mount
College,
a
boarding
school
for
girls,
bought
the
Montefiore
mansion
and
parts
of
the
landholdings.
The
school relocated in 1960 and sold the site to Crawley Borough Council (1963).
Main
features
of
the
park
are
Ridley’s
Court
,
containing
a
fully
refurbished
meeting
room
and
interpretation
centre,
the
formal
gardens
with
the
Camellia
Walk
-
which
is
unique
in
its
design
-,
the
large
Pulham
Fountain
,
an
Italianate
Terrace
(also
by
James
Pulham
and
Son),
Croquet
lawns
and
the
lake
with its four small islands.
The next Friends’ event is on Tuesday, 8th May 2018: AGM, Croquet and Strawberry Tea
16th
April
2018:
Spring
is
here
at
last:
View
from
the
Italian
Walk,
The
Pulham
Islet
surrounded
by
fresh
green,
one
of
the
newly
planted
camellias
blooming
in
the
Camellia
Walk,
Magnolia
Stellata
in
the
raised
bed
at
the
entrance
opposite
Ridley’s
Court,
a
Crested
Grebe
on
the
lake
with
reflections
from
the
weeping
willow
and
blue
sky;
photos:
Ingrid
Payne.
The
Italian
Walk
photo
was
taken
on
the
12th
April
2015
when the blossom was slightly more advanced than this year.
Our aim is to support and encourage restoration of the historic features of the gardens