Gatwick Greenspace Partnership

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership is a community project that works to benefit people, wildlife and the countryside between Horsham, Crawley, Horley, Reigate and Dorking.

Whether you want to help the countryside as a conservation volunteer, come along to one of our fun wildlife events, find out how you can improve your land for wildlife, or just visit one of the fantastic sites we help to manage, there is something for everyone to get involved with.

In this section

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Volunteering

The Gatwick Greenspace Partnership has a weekly volunteer tasks to carry out a range of conservation tasks at various sites, including woodland management and heathland restoration.

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Events and Education

School and group visits, guided walks and other wildlife events in the Gatwick Greenspace area

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Youth Groups

Wildlife Rangers (12-16) and Youth Rangers (16 -25) in the Gatwick Greenspace area

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership Wildlife Sites

​The Gatwick Greenspace Partnership works at a variety of locally important sites for wildlife in and around Crawley, Horsham, Horley and Dorking on the Sussex/Surrey border,

About the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership

The Gatwick Greenspace Partnership is part of Sussex Wildlife Trust. Discover what the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership does and how it works to make Sussex life richer for people and wildlife.

Contact the Gatwick Greenspace Project

Get in touch with the Gatwick Greenspace team

Tackling the four Bs


Tackling the four Bs

Gatwick Greenspace Partnership volunteers spend a big chunk of time each year tackling one of the 4 Bs and summer saw them returning to Bracken at Buchan Country Park.


A walk around Willoughby Fields

A walk around Willoughby Fields


Gatwick Bioblitz

Gatwick Bioblitz


Heathland restoration day

Heathland restoration day


Meeting a tree

Meeting a tree


Celebrating and protecting Adders

Celebrating and protecting Adders
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