Editing Crawley (section)

== Geography ==
At {{coord|51|6|33|N|0|11|14|W|type:city}} (51.1092, −0.1872), Crawley is in the north-east of [[West Sussex]] in [[South East England]], {{convert|28|mi|km|0}} south of London and {{convert|18|mi|km|0}} north of [[Brighton and Hove]].  The [[borough]] of Crawley is bordered by the [[district]]s of [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex]] and [[Horsham District|Horsham]] in [[West Sussex]] as well as the [[district]]s of [[Mole Valley]] and [[Tandridge District|Tandridge]] and the [[borough]] of [[Reigate and Banstead]] in [[Surrey]]. Nearby towns include [[Horsham]], [[Haywards Heath]], [[Burgess Hill]] and [[East Grinstead]] as well as the Surrey towns of [[Horley]], [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]], [[Reigate]], [[Oxted]] and [[Dorking]], <ref name="towns">{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_south_east_part_5.pdf |title=Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the South East; Map 3 |author=Office for National Statistics |publisher=statistics.gov.uk |access-date=17 April 2008 |year=2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324215904/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_urban_south_east_part_5.pdf |archive-date=24 March 2009 |author-link=Office for National Statistics }}</ref><ref name="MR-Final">{{cite web|url=http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/otherdocs/int148919.pdf|title=Crawley Manor Royal: Final Report|date=May 2008|work=Crawley Borough Council/BDP/Regeneris Final Report on Manor Royal Industrial Estate|publisher=Crawley Borough Council, [[Building Design Partnership]] (BDP) and Regeneris Consulting Ltd|page=11|access-date=3 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205080002/http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/otherdocs/int148919.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Crawley lies in the [[Low Weald]], on the edge of the High Weald between the [[North Downs|North]] and [[South Downs]]. The town centre lies on a gentle slope {{convert|67|m|ft}} above sea level where the High Street meets Kilnmead, rising to {{convert|77|m|ft}} above sea level where the High Street meets the railway line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crawley - Historic Character Assessment Report, Sussex Extensive Urban Survey (EUS) |url=https://crawley.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/INT164001.pdf|type=PDF|date = December 2008|first=Roland B.|last=Harris}}</ref> The highest point in the borough is {{convert|486|ft|m|order=flip}} above sea level<ref name="Lowerson3">{{Harvnb|Lowerson|1980|p=3.}}</ref> This forms part of the Forest Ridge of the High Weald, which extends eastwards through the north of Sussex into Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook in Kent. Two beds of [[sedimentary rock]] meet beneath the town: the eastern neighbourhoods and the town centre lie largely on the [[sandstone]] Hastings Beds, while the rest of the town is based on [[Weald Clay]].<ref name="geolmap">{{cite web|url=http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/sussex.jpg|title=Geology of Surrey and Sussex, after Woodward (1904), based on Reynolds (1860; 1889)|access-date=1 April 2008|publisher=Ian West and Tonya West|year=2008|work=Geology of Great Britain—an Introduction with Geological Maps (from the website of Southampton University)|archive-date=28 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528225433/http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/sussex.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gwynne3–4">{{Harvnb|Gwynne|1990|pp=3–4.}}</ref> A [[Fault (geology)|geological fault]] running from east to west has left an area of Weald Clay (with a ridge of [[limestone]]) jutting into the Hastings Beds around [[Tilgate]].<ref name="Gwynne3–4"/> The town has no major waterways, although the [[River Mole, Surrey|River Mole]] rises near [[Rusper]]. meeting the Ifield Stream in the north of Crawley, and the [[Gatwick Stream]] near [[Gatwick Airport]], before continuing northwards to the [[River Thames]] at [[Hampton Court Palace]]. There are several lakes at [[Tilgate Park, Crawley|Tilgate Park]] and a mill pond at [[Ifield, West Sussex|Ifield]] which was stopped to feed the [[Ifield Water Mill]].<ref name="mill">{{cite web|url=http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=INT010149 |title=Ifield Mill Pond |access-date=10 August 2007 |publisher=Crawley Borough Council |year=2007 |work=Crawley Borough Council website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928091641/http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=INT010149 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> To the south-west of the town lies [[St Leonards Forest]], including Buchan Country Park; to the south-east is [[Tilgate Forest]], originally part of Worth Forest. This area forms part of the Weald to Waves [[wildlife corridor]], providing a key link between [[Knepp Wildland]] and [[Ashdown Forest]], which connects further to coast via the Rivers [[River Adur|Adur]], [[River Arun|Arun]] and [[River Ouse, Sussex|Ouse]].

In 1822 [[Gideon Algernon Mantell|Gideon Mantell]], an amateur fossil collector and [[palaeontologist]], discovered teeth, bones and other remains of what he described as "an animal of the lizard tribe of enormous magnitude", in [[Tilgate Forest]] on the edge of Crawley. He announced his discovery in an 1825 scientific paper, giving the creature the name [[Iguanodon]].<ref name="AmSci">{{cite journal |last=Thomson |first=Keith Stewart |date=March–April 2006 |title=American Dinosaurs: Who and What Was First |journal=American Scientist |volume=94 |issue=2 |doi=10.1511/2006.58.209 |page=209}}</ref> In 1832 he discovered and named the [[Hylaeosaurus]] genus of [[dinosaur]]s after finding a fossil in the same forest.<ref name="LindaHall">{{cite web|title=The Discovery of Hylaeosaurus, 1833|url=http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/dino/man1833.htm|access-date=1 April 2008|publisher=Linda Hall Library|year=2003|work=The Linda Hall Library, Kansas City website|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080508200032/http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/dino/man1833.htm |archive-date = 8 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
Crawley lies within the [[Sussex Weald (UK Parliament constituency)|Sussex Weald]], an area of highly variable terrain so that many microclimates of frost hollows, sun traps and windswept hilltops will be encountered over a short distance. During calm, clear periods of weather this allows for some interesting temperature variations, although most of the time, when mobile westerly airstreams persist, the weather is typically [[Oceanic climate|Oceanic]] like the rest of the British Isles. Gatwick is the nearest weather station that publishes long-term averages that give an accurate description of the climate of the Crawley area, although more recently the [[Met Office]] has also published data for its nearby weather station at [[Charlwood]]. Both weather stations are about 3 miles north of Crawley town centre and at similar altitudes.

Generally, Crawley's inland and southerly position within the UK means temperatures in summer are amongst the highest in the British Isles, Charlwood recording 36.3°C (97.3°F)<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/july2006/MaxTemp1907Points_jpeg.JPG 
 |title=July 2006 
 |access-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629215609/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/july2006/MaxTemp1907Points_jpeg.JPG 
 |archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> and Gatwick recording 36.4C (97.5F)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=2006&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|title=July 2006
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160503/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=13&year=2006&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> on 19 July 2006, just 0.2C and 0.1C lower, respectively, than the UK monthly record for that day set at [[Wisley]], 20 miles to the west. The overall maximum stands at 36.5C (97.7F)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/CHARLWOOD/10-08-2003/37690.htm
|title=August 2003
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724114107/http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/CHARLWOOD/10-08-2003/37690.htm
|url-status=live
}}</ref> at Charlwood, set on 10 August 2003. The absolute record for Gatwick is the aforementioned 36.4°C. Before this, the highest temperature recorded at Gatwick was 35.6°C (96.1°F), also in August 2003.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=14&year=2003&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|title=August 2003
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160524/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=14&year=2003&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> The maximum temperature was 25.1°C (77.2°F) or higher on 15.9 days of the year<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=2128
|title=1971-00 Normals
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160531/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=SU&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> on average (1971–2000) and the warmest day will typically rise to 29.4°C (84.9°F).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|title=1971-00 Normals
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160541/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TXx&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

The overall minimum for [[Gatwick Airport]] for the period from 1960 is −16.7°C (1.9°F), set in January 1963. More recently, Charlwood fell to −11.2°C (11.8°F)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/dec/20/winter-weather-coldest-places-britain|title=December 2010|access-date=25 February 2011|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Simon|last=Rogers|date=21 December 2010|archive-date=9 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109144858/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/dec/20/winter-weather-coldest-places-britain|url-status=live}}</ref> and Gatwick −11.1°C (12.0°F)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=18&year=2010&indexid=TNn&stationid=2128
|title=December 2010
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160547/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/monitordetail.php?seasonid=18&year=2010&indexid=TNn&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> on 20 December 2010. Typically the coldest night at Gatwick will fall to −8.9°C (16.0°F).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TNn&stationid=2128
|title=Annual average minimum
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160555/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=TNn&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Air frost is recorded on 58.2 nights at Gatwick<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=FD&stationid=2128
|title=Annual average frost
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160600/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=FD&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref> (1971–2000)

Sunshine totals in Crawley are higher than many inland areas due to its southerly location: Gatwick averaged 1,574 hours per year over 1961–90. No data is available for 1971 to 2000, but given increases at comparable sites nearby, annual averages are likely to be over 1,600 hours.

Snowfall is often heavier in the [[Sussex Weald (UK Parliament constituency)|Sussex Weald]] than in many other low-lying parts of central and [[southern England]] due to the proximity of moisture-laden southerly tracking low-pressure systems bringing easterly winds and snow to areas from [[South London]] southwards. However, again due to the southerly location of the area, with warmer air from the nearby [[English Channel]], the snow is often temporary as low-pressure systems track north bringing in milder air; areas immediately north of [[London Calling|London]] tend to have less accumulation, but lying for a longer duration.

Rainfall is lower than the English average, but higher than many other areas of the South East. 1mm of rain or more falls on 116.7 days of the year.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR1&stationid=2128
|title=Wet days 1971-00
|access-date=25 February 2011
|archive-date=24 July 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160613/http://eca.knmi.nl/utils/calcdetail.php?seasonid=0&periodid=1971-2000&indexid=RR1&stationid=2128
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Gatwick, elevation 62m,1971–2000, Sunshine 1961–90, extremes 1960–
|collapsed =
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan record high C = 14.0
|Feb record high C = 17.0
|Mar record high C = 22.2
|Apr record high C = 24.5
|May record high C = 30.0
|Jun record high C = 33.8
|Jul record high C = 36.4
|Aug record high C = 35.6
|Sep record high C = 31.6
|Oct record high C = 24.7
|Nov record high C = 18.3
|Dec record high C = 15.2
|year record high C = 36.4
|Jan high C = 7.3
|Feb high C = 7.6
|Mar high C = 10.4
|Apr high C = 12.8
|May high C = 16.7
|Jun high C = 19.5
|Jul high C = 22.2
|Aug high C = 22.1
|Sep high C = 18.9
|Oct high C = 14.8
|Nov high C = 10.5
|Dec high C = 8.2
|year high C = 14.3
|Jan low C = 1.1
|Feb low C = 0.8
|Mar low C = 2.3
|Apr low C = 3.7
|May low C = 6.8
|Jun low C = 9.6
|Jul low C = 11.9
|Aug low C = 11.5
|Sep low C = 9.2
|Oct low C = 6.5
|Nov low C = 3.2
|Dec low C = 2.0
|year low C = 5.8
|Jan record low C = −16.7
|Feb record low C = −14.5
|Mar record low C = −11.3
|Apr record low C = −5.7
|May record low C = −4.0
|Jun record low C = -1.6
|Jul record low C = 2.8
|Aug record low C = 1.6
|Sep record low C = -0.7
|Oct record low C = −4.7
|Nov record low C = −8.6
|Dec record low C = −12.0
|year record low C = −16.7
|Jan precipitation mm = 83.85
|Feb precipitation mm = 51.84
|Mar precipitation mm = 59.89
|Apr precipitation mm = 50.84
|May precipitation mm = 49.30
|Jun precipitation mm = 58.80
|Jul precipitation mm = 42.36
|Aug precipitation mm = 52.66
|Sep precipitation mm = 65.29
|Oct precipitation mm = 82.14
|Nov precipitation mm = 78.86
|Dec precipitation mm = 84.36
|year precipitation mm = 746.97
|Jan sun = 52.4
|Feb sun = 71.3
|Mar sun = 113.4
|Apr sun = 153.0
|May sun = 204.3
|Jun sun = 204.3
|Jul sun = 204.5
|Aug sun = 195.3
|Sep sun = 148.1
|Oct sun = 110.5
|Nov sun = 69.3
|Dec sun = 47.8
|year sun = 1574.2
|source 1 =YR.NO<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.yr.no/sted/Storbritannia/England/Hookwood/statistikk.html
 | title=Climate Normals 1971–2000
 | publisher=YR.NO
 | access-date=25 February 2011
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117193032/http://www.yr.no/sted/Storbritannia/England/Hookwood/statistikk.html
 | archive-date=17 November 2018
| url-status=dead
 }}</ref>
|source 2 = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
 | url=ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-VI/UK/03776.TXT
 | title=Climate Normals 1961–1990
 | publisher=NOAA
 | access-date=25 February 2011}}</ref>
|date=February 2011
}}

=== Neighbourhoods and areas ===
[[File:Shopping Parade, Southgate.JPG|thumb|right|The Southgate neighbourhood's parade of shops]]
[[File:Crawley Colour-Coded Neighbourhood Street Sign - Southgate.JPG|thumb|right|Each neighbourhood has colour-coded street name signs ''(Southgate example pictured)''.]]
[[File:Crawley Neighbourhoods with Colours.png|thumb|right|Neighbourhoods of Crawley, identified in the table]]
[[File:Lowfield Heath (E) 01.JPG|thumb|right|Church Road in [[Lowfield Heath]] village, looking east towards [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath|St Michael and All Angels Church]]. No houses remain here; a hotel, depots and light industrial units have replaced the earlier development.]]
There are 14 residential neighbourhoods,<ref name="CBCN">{{cite web|url=http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=870|title=Crawley Borough Council: Crawley's Neighbourhoods|access-date=2 April 2008|publisher=Crawley Borough Council|year=2008|work=Crawley Borough Council website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802052549/http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=870|archive-date=2 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> each with a variety of housing types: terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, low-rise flats and bungalows. There are no residential tower blocks, apart from the 8-storey [[Milton Mount Flats]] at the North end of [[Pound Hill]].<ref name="Baseline24">{{cite web|url=http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/report/int163920.pdf|title=Crawley Baseline Character Assessment|date=May 2009|publisher=EDAW/[[AECOM]]|page=24|access-date=9 March 2010|archive-date=8 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608024540/http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/groups/public/documents/report/int163920.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Many houses have their own gardens and are set back from roads. The hub of each neighbourhood is a shopping parade, community centre and church, and each has a school and recreational open spaces as well.<ref name="vicdates">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18415|title=Growth of the New Town|access-date=7 August 2007|publisher=Victoria County History|year=1987|author=Hudson, T.P. (Ed)|work=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231113/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18415|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Crawley Development Corporation]]'s intention was for neighbourhood shops to cater only to basic needs, and for the town centre to be used for most shopping requirements. The number of shop units provided in the neighbourhood parades reflected this: despite the master plan making provision for at least 20 shops in each neighbourhood,<ref name="econhist">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18418|title=Crawley New Town: Economic History|access-date=3 July 2007|publisher=British History Online|year=1987|author=Hudson, T.P. (Ed)|work=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 3: Bramber Rape (North-Eastern Part) including Crawley New Town|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221049/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18418|url-status=live}}</ref> the number actually built ranged from 19 in the outlying [[Langley Green, West Sussex|Langley Green]] neighbourhood to just seven in [[West Green, West Sussex|West Green]], close to the town centre.<ref name="13years"/>

Each of the 14 residential neighbourhoods is identified by a colour, which is shown on street name signs in a standard format throughout the town: below the street name, the neighbourhood name is shown in white text on a coloured background.<ref>{{cite map |publisher=G.I. Barnett & Sons Ltd|title=Street Plan of Crawley|year=1970|cartography=Ordnance Survey|scale=5.6" = 1-mile }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Number<br />on map
!Name
!Colour
!Construction<br />commenced<ref name="vicdates"/>
!Population<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/|title=Neighbourhood Statistics|access-date=7 August 2007|publisher=Office for National Statistics|year=2007|work=National Statistics website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507114341/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/|archive-date=7 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>(2007)<br>{{Needs update|date=April 2025}}
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:gray; color:white;"| 1 
|[[Langley Green, West Sussex|Langley Green]]
|Grey
| style="text-align:center;"| 1952
| style="text-align:center;"| 7,286
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#228b22;color:white;" | 2 
|[[Northgate, West Sussex|Northgate]]
|Dark green
| style="text-align:center;"| 1951
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,407
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ffa000;"| 3
|[[Pound Hill]]
|Orange
| style="text-align:center;"| 1953
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,716
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#084c9e;color:white;" | 4 
|[[Maidenbower]]
|Blue
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,070
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#32cd32;"| 5
|[[Furnace Green]]
|Light green
| style="text-align:center;"| 1960
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,734
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:red;color:white;" | 6 
|[[Tilgate]]
|Red
| style="text-align:center;"| 1955
| style="text-align:center;"| 6,198
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#7df9ff;"| 7
|[[Broadfield, West Sussex|Broadfield]]
|Sky blue
| style="text-align:center;"| 1969
| style="text-align:center;"| 12,666
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#c72;"| 8
|[[Bewbush]]
|Light brown
| style="text-align:center;"| 1975
| style="text-align:center;"| 9,081
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#919;color:white;" | 9 
|[[Ifield, West Sussex|Ifield]]
|Purple
| style="text-align:center;"| 1953
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,414
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:navy;color:white;" | 10 
|[[West Green, West Sussex|West Green]]
|Dark blue
| style="text-align:center;"| 1949
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,404
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:maroon;color:white;" | 11 
|[[Gossops Green]]
|Maroon
| style="text-align:center;"| 1956
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,014
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#964b00;color:white;" | 12 
|[[Southgate, West Sussex|Southgate]]
|Brown
| style="text-align:center;"| 1955
| style="text-align:center;"| 8,106
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#fde910;"| 13
|[[Three Bridges, West Sussex|Three Bridges]]
|Yellow
| style="text-align:center;"| 1952
| style="text-align:center;"| 5,648
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#ff00ee;"| 14
|[[Forge Wood]]
|Pink
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|}

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|Northgate ward]], it is allocated a colour: its street name signs feature the word "Industrial" on a black background.
* 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 the [[Listed building|Grade II*-listed]] [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath|St Michael and All Angels Church]],<ref name="StMLH">{{cite web|url=http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/diocesesparishes/rcsale/lowfieldheath.html|title=Lowfield Heath St Michael|access-date=31 March 2008|publisher=The Archbishops' Council|year=2007|work=The Church of England website|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080224175604/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/diocesesparishes/rcsale/lowfieldheath.html |archive-date = 24 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> remains. The site of [[Lowfield Heath|Lowfield Heath village]], now occupied by warehouses and light industrial units,<ref name="Gwynne170">{{Harvnb|Gwynne|1990|p=170.}}</ref> is on the airport's southern boundary, between the perimeter road and the A23 close to [[Manor Royal]].
* [[Worth, West Sussex|Worth]] was originally a village with its own [[civil parish]], lying just beyond the eastern edge of the Crawley urban area and borough boundary;<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey|title= Sheet 187: Dorking, Reigate and Crawley|year= 1980|scale= 1:50,000|series= Landranger Series of Great Britain}}</ref> but the 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, West Sussex|Worth]] remains, albeit reduced in size, as part of the [[Mid Sussex District|Mid Sussex]] district.
* [[Tinsley Green, West Sussex|Tinsley Green]], a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in [[Worth, West Sussex|Worth parish]],<ref name="VCH56946">{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/Sussex/vol7/pp192-200|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7 – The Rape of Lewes. Parishes:Worth|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L. F. |year=1940|work=Victoria County History of Sussex|publisher=British History Online|pages=192–200|access-date=12 January 2010|archive-date=8 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108005142/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/Sussex/vol7/pp192-200|url-status=live}}</ref> is now within the [[Forgewood|Forge Wood]] neighbourhood. Its houses, farms and public house, the [[Greyhound]] (at which the [[British and World Marbles Championship]] has been held annually since 1932),<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/04/british-world-marble-championship|title=Event preview: British And World Marbles Championship, Tinsley Green|last=Aitch|first=Iain|date=4 April 2009|work=The Guardian|location=UK|publisher=Guardian News and Media Ltd|access-date=13 January 2010|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303005759/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/04/british-world-marble-championship|url-status=live}}</ref> lie on or around an east–west minor road running from the main [[Balcombe]]–[[Horley]] road to the [[Manor Royal estate]].<ref name="NESectorApp">{{cite web|url=http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssTargetNodeId=560&ssDocName=PLA_18537&pageCSS=&pApplicationNo=cr/1998/0039/out&pDayFrom=01&pMonthFrom=01&pYearFrom=09&pDayTo=31&pMonthTo=01&pYearTo=10&pWard=&pLocation=&pPostcode=&pDateType=received&pProposal=&pAppealsOnly=|title=Planning Application No. CR/1998/0039/OUT|date=21 January 1998|work=Crawley Borough Council planning application|publisher=Crawley Borough Council|access-date=13 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608005642/http://www.crawley.gov.uk/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssTargetNodeId=560&ssDocName=PLA_18537&pageCSS=&pApplicationNo=cr%2F1998%2F0039%2Fout&pDayFrom=01&pMonthFrom=01&pYearFrom=09&pDayTo=31&pMonthTo=01&pYearTo=10&pWard=&pLocation=&pPostcode=&pDateType=received&pProposal=&pAppealsOnly=|archive-date=8 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Fernhill, West Sussex|Fernhill]] is {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} east of Gatwick Airport<ref name="Argus-Fernhill-p12">{{cite news|last1=Bird|first1=Philip|last2=Moore|first2=Joe|last3=Mulcock|first3=John|title=How horror came from the sky at 2.35&nbsp;am|date=6 January 1969|number=Special Extra Edition|work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|Evening Argus]] (incorporating Sussex Daily News)|location=Brighton|page=12}}</ref> and the same distance south of [[Horley]].<ref name="SurreyCon">{{cite web|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt3/pt3GatwickCrash69.html |title=Surrey Constabulary – Part 3: Policing Change 1951–1975. Airliner crashes on approach to Gatwick Airport 1969 |year=2013 |publisher=[[Open University]] and Robert Bartlett |work=The Open University International Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031071355/http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history-from-police-archives/RB1/Pt3/pt3GatwickCrash69.html |archive-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref> It has been wholly within the [[borough]] since 1990, when the [[borough]] and county boundary was moved eastwards to align exactly with the [[M23 motorway|M23]] motorway.<ref name="LGBCE-Rpt589-Para23+66">{{cite report|url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/lgbce-reports-1973---1992/mandatory-reviews/589-county-of-west-sussex-and-its-boundary-with-surrey.pdf |title=Review of non-Metropolitan counties: County of West Sussex and its Boundary with Surrey |pages=§§. 23, 66 |no-pp=y |work=LGBCE Report No. 589 |publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]] |date=26 April 1990 |access-date=16 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017021732/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/lgbce-reports-1973---1992/mandatory-reviews/589-county-of-west-sussex-and-its-boundary-with-surrey.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Until then, its houses and farms straddled the boundary.<ref name="LGBCE-Rpt589-Map10">{{cite report|url=http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/lgbce-reports-1973---1992/mandatory-reviews/589-county-of-west-sussex-and-its-boundary-with-surrey.pdf |title=Review of non-Metropolitan counties: County of West Sussex and its Boundary with Surrey |pages=Map 10 |no-pp=y |work=LGBCE Report No. 589 |publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]] |date=26 April 1990 |access-date=19 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017021732/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/__documents/lgbce/research/lgbce-reports-1973---1992/mandatory-reviews/589-county-of-west-sussex-and-its-boundary-with-surrey.pdf |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> [[Fernhill, West Sussex|Fernhill]] was the site of a fatal aeroplane crash in 1969: 50 people (including two residents) died when [[Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701]] crashed into a house on [[Fernhill Road]].<ref name="Ariana">{{cite report |last=Kelly |first=G.M. |title=Civil Aircraft Accident Report No. EW/C/303: Report on the Accident to Boeing 727-112C YA-FAR 1.5 miles east of London (Gatwick) Airport on 5th January 1969 |url=http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information|Her Majesty's Stationery Office]] |date=7 January 1969 |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907045653/http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |archive-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Geographic location
|title = '''Neighbouring areas'''
|Northwest = [[Dorking]]
|North = [[Horley]], [[Reigate]], [[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]]
|Northeast = [[Copthorne, West Sussex|Copthorne]]
|West = [[Horsham]]
|Centre = Crawley
|East = [[Crawley Down]], [[East Grinstead]]
|Southwest = [[St Leonards Forest]]
|South = [[Haywards Heath]], [[Burgess Hill]]
|Southeast = [[Balcombe]]
}}