Editing Crowborough (section)

=== Recreation ===
Crowborough has several recreation grounds, including Goldsmiths Recreation Ground, which was given to the parish by private owners in 1937. The town council has since purchased additional land and has developed the ground into a recreation centre. There are a sports centre with swimming pool; a boating lake; and a miniature railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk/councils/crowborough/index.html|title=Crowborough Town Council official guide|access-date=8 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927043140/http://www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk/councils/crowborough/index.html|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref>

Crowborough Common is an ancient common covering over 220 acres, or about 90 hectares, to which the public was granted a legal right of access "for the taking of air and exercise" in 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://crowboroughcommon.org.uk/images/stories/officialsigns/crow-common-1936-order-page-2.pdf|title=Law of Property Act 1925 (section 193) (1) (b)|publisher=Crowborough Beacon Golf Club|access-date=14 April 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The common is owned by Crowborough Beacon Golf Club. Most of the common is heathland and woodland. In 2012 Wealden District Council refused permission for the golf club to build a new car park in woodland on the common after a campaign involving local residents and organisations including the Open Spaces Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-18055503|title=Group opposes Crowborough golf club car park plans|date=14 May 2012|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 April 2013|archive-date=17 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517032629/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-18055503|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Crowborough-Beacon-Golf-club-bunker-car-park-plan/story-16312135-detail/story.html#axzz2QQjbMctQ|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505124103/http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Crowborough-Beacon-Golf-club-bunker-car-park-plan/story-16312135-detail/story.html%23axzz2QQjbMctQ|url-status=dead|title=Crowborough Beacon Golf club in bunker over car park plan|date=8 June 2012|publisher=this is Sussex|access-date=14 April 2013|archive-date=5 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oss.org.uk/wealden-woodland-saved-from-private-car-park-plans/|title=Wealden woodland saved from private car-park plans|date=1 June 2012|publisher=Open Spaces Society|access-date=14 April 2013|archive-date=6 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706095425/http://www.oss.org.uk/wealden-woodland-saved-from-private-car-park-plans/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 1 February 2013 the Club served notice to [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|DEFRA]] to revoke the Section 193 agreement which governed the public's right of access on the Common. On 7 February 2013 DEFRA confirmed the revocation of the rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.crowboroughcommon.org/legal_documents|title = Official Crowborough Common website|access-date = 3 February 2016|archive-date = 3 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203180405/http://www.crowboroughcommon.org/legal_documents|url-status = live}}</ref> Due to Health and Safety reasons, not least of which is the outcome of a court case known as the 'Nidry Castle' case<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.golfclubmanagement.net/2012/01/how-liable-is-a-golf-club-following-the-niddry-castle-case/|title = Nidry Castle case|access-date = 3 February 2016|archive-date = 4 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204002042/http://www.golfclubmanagement.net/2012/01/how-liable-is-a-golf-club-following-the-niddry-castle-case/|url-status = usurped}}</ref> members of the public are requested to keep to official public footpaths and bridleways to mitigate the possible incidence of accident and injury. The club however are in consultation with Wealden District Council and other interested parties to endeavor to relocate some footpaths to make it safer for members of the public who use such footpaths. In addition, to give better access to the common for members of the public, the club are looking at ways of introducing some permissive pathways to give access to areas not served by public footpaths.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Consultation about footpath diversions on Crowborough Common - Crowborough Life|url = http://crowboroughlife.com/consultation-on-diversion-of-footpaths-on-crowborough-common-11397/|website = Crowborough Life|access-date = 3 February 2016|language = en-US|archive-date = 3 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203222053/http://crowboroughlife.com/consultation-on-diversion-of-footpaths-on-crowborough-common-11397/|url-status = usurped}}</ref> The club, with the assistance of Natural England, have embarked upon a 10-year programme to restore as much of the common as possible to heathland so this endangered environment will be preserved for future generations.<ref>{{Cite web|title = A brief review of the extent, nature and costs of lowland heathland management in England - ENRR101|url = http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/223169?category=30009|website = Natural England - Access to Evidence|access-date = 3 February 2016|language = en-GB|archive-date = 10 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151210071637/http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/223169?category=30009|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Golf Club restore heathland - Crowborough Life|url = http://crowboroughlife.com/golf-course-restore-heathland-5769/|website = Crowborough Life|access-date = 3 February 2016|language = en-US|archive-date = 4 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204002740/http://crowboroughlife.com/golf-course-restore-heathland-5769/|url-status = usurped}}</ref> Adjacent to the fourth fairway is a memorial to nine Canadian soldiers of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment who were killed by a flying bomb on 5 July 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title = British Legion present Crowborough Beacon Golf Club with shield for exceptional support and assistance - Crowborough Life|url = http://crowboroughlife.com/british-legion-crowborough-shield-canadian-war-memorial-14857/|website = Crowborough Life|access-date = 3 February 2016|language = en-US|archive-date = 3 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203234701/http://crowboroughlife.com/british-legion-crowborough-shield-canadian-war-memorial-14857/|url-status = usurped}}</ref>

Crowborough Country Park is a 16-acre (6 hectare) nature reserve located in the southern part of Crowborough. The park was previously a clay quarry serving the Crowborough Brickworks which closed in 1980. The topography of the site is evidence of its industrial past. The site of the brickworks was developed into Farningham Road industrial estate and housing in the area of Osborne Road. For nearly 30 years the quarry was left to natural regeneration and local people used it for informal play, with stories of swimming in the ponds and losing Wellington boots in the wet areas of the site. In 2008 Crowborough Town Council acquired the site to develop it for informal{{clarify|date=February 2016}} recreation and also to enhance the site's biodiversity. In 2008 work began in the Country Park, with a stone track and bridges installed. The site was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 2009 ensuring the future management of the site for the benefit of the wildlife and for people to enjoy quiet recreation.

The Crowborough Players, established in 1933, are the resident community drama group at the 300-seater hall at Crowborough Community Centre which opened in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thecrowboroughplayers.com|title= The Crowborough Players website|access-date= 8 October 2016|archive-date= 27 April 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170427080044/http://thecrowboroughplayers.com/|url-status= live}}</ref>