About Crawley & London Gatwick Airport ( LGW)
Gatwick Airport is located in Crawley and is the largest employer in the area. This means Crawley is a good place to stay in a hotel the night before a flight or on a stopover between flights.
Gatwick Airport is located just north of Crawley, West Sussex and is considered to be London's 2nd International Airport with daily flights to hundreds of worldwide destinations! Gatwick has great Rail & Road links to the city of London.
Get to know Crawley
Whatever you want to find around Crawley; shops, businesses, guest houses and bed and breakfast, gatwick hotels, pubs, restaurants, clubs, cinemas, theatres, etc. Da Vinci Manor Gatwick Hotel will be more than happy to help you to find out what's on in Crawley and where to find things in and around Crawley.
Crawley was one of the first post-war new towns to be built. The new industrialised sprawl has subsumed the old community, which prospered as a market town and coaching station.
You are not overburdened with a choice of attractions to choose from but there are a number of good-sized parks, such as Goff's Park and Tilgate Park, which has three lakes for boating and fishing.
If you can't find what you want in Crawley use the Regional Searches to search in other places near Crawley.
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of 17.36 square miles (44.96 km²) and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.
The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and was a centre of iron-making in Roman times. Crawley developed slowly as a market town from the 13th century, serving the surrounding villages in the Weald; its location on the main road from London to Brighton brought a steady passing trade, encouraging the development of coaching inns. It was connected to the railway network in the 1840s. Gatwick Airport, now one of Britain's busiest international airports, opened on the edge of the town in the 1940s, encouraging commercial and industrial growth. After the Second World War, the British Government planned to move large numbers of people and jobs out of London and into new towns around South East England. The New Towns Act 1946 designated Crawley as the site of one of these. A master plan was developed for the establishment of new residential, commercial, industrial and civic areas, and continuous rapid development greatly increased the size and population of the town in a few decades.
The town comprises 13 residential neighbourhoods based around the core of the old market town, and separated by main roads and railway lines. The nearby communities of Ifield, Pound Hill and Three Bridges were absorbed into the new town at different stages of its development. As of 2008, expansion is planned in the west and northwest of the town, in co-operation with Horsham District Council. Economically, the town has developed into the main centre of industry and employment between London and the south coast of England. A large industrial area supports various industries and services, many of which are connected with the airport, and the commercial and retail sectors continue to expand.
There are areas which are not defined as neighbourhoods but which are closely associated with Crawley:
- The Manor Royal industrial estate is in the north of the town. Although it is part of the Northgate ward, its street name signs feature the word "INDUSTRIAL" . Da Vinci Manor gatwick guest house is only 6 minutes drive to Manor Royal.
- Crawley's town centre is in the southernmost part of Northgate. Its street name signs do not follow the standard format of the neighbourhood signs, but display only the street name.
- Gatwick Airport was built on the site of a manor house, Gatwick Manor, close to the village of Lowfield Heath. Most of the village was demolished when the airport expanded, but some buildings, including the Grade II*-listed St Michael's church, remain. These lie on the airport's southern boundary, between the perimeter road and the A23 close to Manor Royal. In the picture, the road to the left, Old Brighton Road South, is truncated abruptly at the airport boundary, a short distance from the runway.
- Worth was originally a village with its own civil parish, lying just beyond the eastern edge of the Crawley urban area and borough boundary; but development of the Pound Hill and Maidenbower neighbourhoods has filled in the gaps, and the borough boundary has been extended to include the whole of the village. The civil parish of Worth remains, albeit reduced in size, as part of the Mid Sussex district.
As Gatwick is a large international airport there are many departments within the airport itself. If you are unsure who you need to speak to then call the main information line and they should be able to help you get through to the right area.
Important Contact numbers
We have compiled all the important contact numbers for you here.
BAA Gatwick Switchboard
0870 000 2468
Police
08456 60 70 999
Police (From Airport Telephones)
222
Medical Services
01293 507 400
Customs & Excise
0845 010 9000
North Terminal Executive Lounge
01293 507 203
South Terminal Executive Lounge
01293 507 349
Gatwick Lost Property
(+ 44 (0) 1293 503162)
Shopping Information Line
0870 000 1000 (UK)
National Express
08705 80 80 80
Oxford Bus (The Airline)
01865 785 400
Gatwick Flyer
01708 730 555
Passengers flying from Gatwick Airport will in the first instance need to know if they are travelling from the North or South Terminal. The bulk of traffic, including domestic, international and charter flights, go through Gatwick South Terminal. Most British Airways flights, Delta Airlines, other overseas Airlines and some charter flights operate from the North Terminal.
Passenger numbers at the South Terminal are growing and so are the number of cars accessing the terminal Forecourts. Gatwick's aim is to create a more safe and clean environment for passengers and airport staff, encourage public transport and ease congestion. In order to achieve this Gatwick are changing the way in which vehicles access the terminals. The following changeshave now been put in place at the forecourts in South Terminal:
Private Vehicles
Private vehicles dropping off passengers are to use the Lower Forecourt only. Gatwick Airport is doubling the number of car park spaces on the Lower Forecourt to accommodate this move including a disabled parking area.
If you need gatwick parking while you are away you can find all the necessary information about where to park your car, about the location of gatwick car parking, etc from Da Vinci Gatwick Hotel.
Private vehicles picking up passengers from the airport will be directed to use Short Stay Car Park 3 (orange). A new tariff which includes disabled parking in Short Stay Car Park 3 will allow 15 minutes parking time at a cost of £1. Express coaches and on airport car park buses will still use the Upper Forecourt to drop off and collect passengers awaiting onward travel.