Imagine... the fun you could have exploring Adder NORTH Broadfield Tilgate Tilgate Drive A23 Brighton Road Lake Titmus Lake Tilgate Tilgate Park Nature Centre Owned and managed by M23 Crawley Borough Council A varied landscape Tilgate Forest comprises 150 Silk hectares of mixed conifer Lake and broadleaf woodland. YOU ARE HERE It is managed by the Forestry Commission for timber production, Photos © Forestry Commission conservation and recreation. It provides habitat for a wealth of wildlife M23 Tilgate including deer (fallow Forest and roe), grass snakes and adders, dormice, 500ft solitary bees and 100m wood ants. Tilgate Forest Bridge Fallow deer Tilgate Park Pylons Ride Tilgate Visitor entrances (Mountain bike area) Car park In association with Gatwick Roads Toilets Main unsurfaced ride Café Greenspace Partnership Wood ants Minor unsurfaced ride Open areas are managed to encourage the development of lowland heath habitat, characterised by heather. Heathland is a rare and valuable habitat once far more common in the Pedal-Power! High Weald. Fallen birch and colonising trees are Ride Tilgate is a pay to removed from under the powerlines, whilst some ride scheme working with old pines, valued as perches for birds, are retained. Saddle-Up! the Forestry Commission Care of the Forest Timber provides and CTC. An area has Gatwick Greenspace Partnership TROT is a non-profit charity Please respect its inhabitants and our • Carbon neutral fuel. T 01293 550730 working with the Forestry been leased for downhill neighbours, by taking home your litter and • The lowest embodied energy of any Commission on behalf of local mountain biking. For more not lighting camp fires. Motorised vehicles construction material. information go to horse riders. They administer are not permitted. If you see motorbikes and • High thermal insulation properties. permits to anyone wanting to www.ridetilgate.co.uk minimotors please contact Sussex Police on • Employment. ride off public bridleways on the 0845 6070999. Forestry Commission Estate. For more information go to Local Forestry Commission Office: www.tollrides.org.uk Our thanks go to the Bedgebury Office, Park Lane, Goudhurst, organisations who www.forestry.gov.uk Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2SL have supported our Designed by www.buffalodesign.co.uk work at Tilgate Forest. T 01580 211044 E [email protected].