The different neighbourhoods of Crawley
Although Crawley is the closest we have in the UK to a planned town, its growth has happened in phases.
Work was started on Crawley's different neighbourhoods over four decades. The neighbourhoods are shown in chronological order:
West Green
Started in 1949 : population 4,404
Northgate
Started in 1951 : population 4,407
Langley Green
Started in 1952 : population 7,286
Three Bridges
Started in 1952 : population 5,648
Pound Hill
Started in 1953 : population 14,716
Ifield
Started in 1953 : population 8,414
Tilgate
Started in 1955 : population 6,198
Southgate
Started in 1955 : population 8,106
Gossops Green
Started in 1956 : population 5,014
Furnace Green
Started in 1960 : population 5,734
Broadfield
Started in 1969 : population 12,666
Bewbush
Started in 1975 : population 9,081
Maidenbower
Started in 1987 : population 8,070
The Population figures are from Office of National Statistics Data as at 2007
- Arundel
- Bognor Regis
- Burgess Hill
- Chichester
- Crawley
- East Grinstead
- Haywards Heath
- Horsham
- Littlehampton
- Midhurst
- Petworth
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Steyning
- Worthing
