Crawley
| Borough of Crawley | |
|---|---|
| Crawley Shown within West Sussex | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | West Sussex |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 308th 44.97 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Crawley |
| ONS code: | 45UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 225th 98,500 2,190 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 88.5% White 8.3% S.Asian 1.1% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Crawley Borough Council http://www.crawley.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MP: | Henry Smith |
| Neighbourhoods of Crawley | |
Crawley is a town in West Sussex, England, near to Gatwick Airport. Crawley was built into a New Town in 1947. It now has thirteen neighbourhoods. Some famous people from Crawley are the musical group The Cure, Gareth Southgate, an England football player and comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
Neighborhoods
Pound Hill is the largest neighbourhood in Crawley. It is on the east of Crawley. It was the first one to be split into two wards - Pound Hill North and Pound Hill South. Its boundaries go north beyond the main built-up area of Crawley. This makes it also the most northerly neighbourhood in the town.
Furnace Green is a neighbourhood located East of the town centre.
Crawley Media
- St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley (October 2011).JPG
St John the Baptist's Church from the southeast
Crawley signal box in 2008
- Crawley.JPG
Queen's Square in the central shopping area, looking towards the bandstand, The Body Shop, Marks & Spencer and the former Woolworths store
- St Mary's Church, Southgate, Crawley (Jan 2013).JPG
One of the neighbourhood churches: St Mary's in Southgate (now a locally listed building)
- Crawley New Town Hall (1).jpg
Crawley Town Hall, on The Boulevard in the town centre
- Crawley1932OS.png
Ordnance Survey map of the Crawley area, 1932
- Shopping Parade, Southgate.JPG
The Southgate neighbourhood's parade of shops
- Crawley Colour-Coded Neighbourhood Street Sign - Southgate.JPG
Each neighbourhood has colour-coded street name signs (Southgate example pictured).
- Crawley Neighbourhoods with Colours.png
Neighbourhoods of Crawley, identified in the table