Crawley - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Borough of 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
Langley Green Northgate Pound Hill Maidenbower Furnace Green Tilgate Broadfield Bewbush Ifield West Green Gossops Green Southgate Three Bridges

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.

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.

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