Crawley Green

Crawley Green
Crawley Green
 Crawley Green shown within Bedfordshire
Population 7,230 [1]
OS grid referenceTL0523
Unitary authorityLuton
Ceremonial countyBedfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LUTON
Postcode district LU2
Dialling code 01582
Police Bedfordshire
Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentLuton North
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire

Coordinates: 51°53′28″N 0°22′52″W / 51.891°N 0.381°W / 51.891; -0.381

Crawley Green is an area in the southern part of Luton near to London Luton Airport. The area was historically owned by the Crawley Family, owners of the now demolished Stockwood House and Stockwood Park. The area is mainly residential with estates such as Vauxhall Park and Devon Road containing a large number of houses. The area also includes the IBC factory and the now demonished Vauxhall plant. This area is to being redeveloped into new housing, light industry and a lesiure facility called Napier Park.

The area is also home to one of Luton's High schools, Ashcroft High School and several primary schools including Crawley Green Infants and Wenlock Church of England Juniors.

Politics

Crawley Green is part of the Crawley ward which is represented by Cllr Mel Cato (Labour) and Cllr David Franks(Liberal Democrats) The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South, and the MP is Gavin Shuker (Labour). Crawley is within the East of England (European Parliament constituency).

Map of Luton showing Crawley Green (Crawley)

Sport & Leisure

Crawley Green has a Non-League football team Crawley Green F.C. who play at Crawley Green rec.

Local Attractions

Local Newspapers

Two weekly newspapers are delivered free to all houses in Crawley Green, with news about Luton and the surrounding area.

References

  1. Luton Borough Council, Population Estimates and Forecasts, estimate for Crawley ward in 2007. The count in the 2001 Census was 7,113.

External links

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