Arun Valley Places to Visit in Crawley

Welcome to the Arun Valley Line, here you will find a list of places to visit along the line, with reviews and offers to help make your visit to the Arun Valley memorable and to encourage you to return to this wonderful area.

The Arun Valley Line enables you to visit the area in a comfortable and sustainable way with Southern Trains.

Take a look at Southern Railways latest travel offers and visit some great locations today.

• Crawley 

The area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and was a centre of ironworking in Roman times. Crawley developed slowly as a market town from the 13th century, serving the surrounding villages in the Weald; its location on the main road from London to Brighton brought a passing trade, encouraging the development of coaching inns. It was connected to the railway network in the 1840s. since then Crawley has grown in size during the second half of the 20th century, Gatwick Airport, now one of Britain's busiest international airports, opened on the edge of the town in the 1940s, encouraging commercial and industrial growth

The town comprises 13 residential neighbourhoods based around the core of the old market town, and separated by main roads and railway lines. The nearby communities of Ifield, Pound Hill and Three Bridges were absorbed into the new town at different stages of its development

Economically, the town has developed into the main centre of industry and employment between London and the south coast of England. A large industrial area supports industries and services, many of which are connected with the airport, and the commercial and retail sectors continue to expand.

Crawley has a a wide range of shops and leisure faciliyes inlcuding sports centres, cinemas, thertres, restaurnats, bowling and much more.

History-

The Brighton Main Line was the first railway line to serve the Crawley area. A station was opened at Three Bridges (originally known as East Crawley) in the summer of 1841. Crawley railway station, at the southern end of the High Street, was built in 1848 when the Horsham branch was opened from Three Bridges to Horsham. There was a major expansion in housebuilding in the late 19th century. An area known as "New Town" (unrelated to the postwar developments) was created around the railway level crossing and down the Brighton Road. the West Green area, west of the High Street on the way to Ifield, was built up; and housing spread south of the Horsham line for the first time, into what is now Southgate.

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You can also visit the following locations

• Amberley
• Arundel
• Barnham
• Billingshurst
• Bognor Regis
• Chichester
• Christs Hospital
• Faygate
• Ford
• Gatwick
• Horsham
• Ifield
• Littlehampton
• Littlehaven
• Three Bridges

 If you visit somewhere we have not listed on this page please do let us know.