Tinsley Green
Tinsley Green is an area in the Borough of Crawley, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.
Tinsley Green is an area in the Borough of Crawley, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Originally a hamlet in the parish of Worth, it was absorbed by the New Town of Crawley in the 1940s and became part of the Pound Hill neighbourhood. As well as houses, farms and woodland, it became the site of the 1930s aerodrome at Gatwick—now London Gatwick Airport. The airport's first railway station was briefly known as Tinsley Green. The game of marbles has a strong local tradition, and Tinsley Green's pub hosts the British and World Marbles Championship each year.
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Worth seeing in and around Tinsley Green
10 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.
- 01Noor Mosque
Noor Mosque is a mosque in Crawley in the borough of West Sussex, England. The mosque was opened on 18 January 2014.
3.2 km · mosque in Crawley · Wikipedia - 02Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley
The Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony is a Roman Catholic church in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. The town's first permanent place of Roman Catholic worship was founded in 1861 next to a friary whose members, from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, had been invited to the area by a wealthy local family of Catholic converts.
3.9 km · church in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Archway Theatre
The Archway Theatre is a unique amateur theatre based in Horley, Surrey, United Kingdom. It is operated by a membership organisation, the Archway Theatre Company.
3.1 km · theatre in Horley, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 04St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath
St Michael and All Angels Church is a church in Lowfield Heath, a depopulated former village in the Borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England. Built by the Gothic Revival architect William Burges in 1867 to serve the village, it declined in importance as Lowfield Heath was gradually appropriated for the expansion of London Gatwick Airport and of its related development.
1.8 km · church in Lowfield Heath, West Sussex, England · Wikipedia - 05Ancient Priors
The Ancient Priors is a medieval timber-framed hall house on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. It was built in approximately 1450, partly replacing an older structure—although part of this survives behind the present street frontage.
4 km · medieval timber-framed hall-house in Crawley that is now a restaurant · Wikipedia - 06Central Sussex College
Crawley College is a further education college in Crawley, West Sussex, England. It forms the Crawley campus of the Chichester College Group, one of the largest providers of further education in the south-east of England.
3.4 km · further education college in Crawley, West Sussex, England · Wikipedia - 07Crawley Town Hall
Crawley Town Hall is a municipal structure in The Boulevard, Crawley, West Sussex, England. It was completed in 2023 and serves as the headquarters of Crawley Borough Council.
3.5 km · municipal building in Crawley, West Sussex, England · Wikipedia - 08Hawth Theatre
The Hawth Theatre is an arts and entertainment complex located in 38 acres of woodland about 0.5 mi from the town centre of the English town of Crawley. It is wholly owned by Crawley Borough Council and is currently operated by Parkwood Theatres.
3.6 km · theatre in the UK · Wikipedia - 09Grattons Park
Grattons Park is a 7.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Crawley in West Sussex, England. It is owned by Crawley Borough Council and managed by the council and the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership.
1.7 km · park · Wikipedia - 10Old Punch Bowl
The Old Punch Bowl is a medieval timber-framed Wealden hall house on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Built in the early 15th century, it was used as a farmhouse by about 1600, passing through various owners and sometimes being used for other purposes.
3.8 km · wealden hall house in Borough of Crawley · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tinsley Green
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 2 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 42 km · London Luton (LTN), 83 km
- Stations
- London Gatwick Airport, 2.6 km · Gatwick Airport railway station, 1.7 km · Three Bridges railway station, 2.8 km · Horley railway station, 3 km
- London → Tinsley Green41 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £4.5–6
- Luton, Luton → Tinsley Green84 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £11–14
- London, Essex → Tinsley Green41 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £4.5–6
- 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 Tinsley Green
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 Tinsley Green. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThere are many possible day trips from Horsham, here are some suggestions: Leith Hill and the Surrey Hills, 20 minutes north-northwest via the A24 and B2126, one of the most beautiful stretches of the North Downs, with the highest point in south east England.
From Wikivoyage: Horsham (West Sussex), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Tinsley Green
Tinsley Green is 41 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Crawleytown in West Sussex, England, United Kingdom4 km
- Horleytown in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England3.7 km
- Worthvillage, now part of the Borough of Crawley, in West Sussex, England3.3 km
- Copthornevillage in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England2.6 km
- Three Bridgessuburb in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK2.8 km
- West Greensuburb of Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK3.4 km