Crawley Down
Crawley Down is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England.
Crawley Down is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There is one church, one school, and a number of social groups. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Crawley and 7 miles (11 km) east of Gatwick Airport. Crawley Down lies in the northeast corner of West Sussex, just one mile from the border with Surrey.
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Worth seeing in and around Crawley Down
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gravetye Manor
Gravetye Manor is a manor house located near East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The former home of landscape gardener William Robinson, it is now a hotel and restaurant holding, in 2020, one star in the Michelin Guide, and is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England, its gardens are also Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
3.9 km · manor house, restaurant and gardens in West Hoathly, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Tulleys Farm
Tulleys Farm is a family farm, located in West Sussex. The farm was founded in 1937 by Bernard Beare.
2.4 km · farm in Turners Hill, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Imberhorne Viaduct
Imberhorne Viaduct is a Grade II listed railway viaduct located in East Grinstead, West Sussex, South-East England. Closed in 1958, the structure was brought back into use as part of the preserved Bluebell Railway heritage line in 2013, allowing trains to continue to East Grinstead railway station.
3.9 km · bridge in West Sussex, South-East England · Wikipedia - 04Hedgecourt
Hedgecourt is a 33.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Felbridge in Surrey. An area of 5 ha is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crawley Down
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 8 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 47 km · London Luton (LTN), 86 km
- Stations
- Rowfant railway station, 2.3 km · Kingscote railway station, 3 km
- London → Crawley Down43 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £5–6
- Luton, Luton → Crawley Down88 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £11–15
- London, Essex → Crawley Down43 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £5–6
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Crawley Down
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crawley Down. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundScale 1:25,000 (4 cm:1 km, 2½ in:1 mi) would be fine, costing usually under £8.00 Cycling is very limited on Ashdown Forest land to the few public bridleways, although several groups are petitioning for more open access for off-road cycling however it is fully allowed on roads.
- Go nextEastbourne Petersfield South Downs Way, a popular walking path.
From Wikivoyage: Ashdown Forest, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Crawley Down
Crawley Down is 43 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Turners Hillvillage and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England2 km
- Felbridgevillage in Surrey, England3.2 km
- Copthornevillage in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England3.4 km
- Felcourthamlet in Tandridge district, Surrey, England3.2 km
- Domewoodsettlement in Tandridge, Surrey, England2.7 km