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Lowfield Heath

Lowfield Heath is a former village within the boundaries of the , West Sussex, England. Situated on the main London to Brighton road approximately 27 miles south of London and 2 miles north of Crawley, it was gradually rendered uninhabitable by the expansion of London Gatwick Airport immediately to the north.
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Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: former village in Crawley, West Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Lowfield Heath, West Sussex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gatwick Airport and St Michael and All Angels Church, Lowfield Heath.

Photo: Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0.
is 's second-busiest airport by passenger numbers, and serves the south-east of the . It is a hub for British Airways, easyJet and TUI Airways.

Church
Photo: grassrootsgroundswell, CC BY 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels Church is a church in Lowfield Heath, a depopulated former village in the , , 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.

Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is on the Brighton Main Line in , England. It serves , 26 miles 47 chains down the line from via .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinsley Green and Langley Green.

Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
is an area in the Borough of , one of seven local government districts in the county of . Originally a hamlet in the , it was absorbed by the New Town of Crawley in the 1940s and became part of the neighbourhood.

Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
is a one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of in , England. is in the north-west of the town and is bordered by Manor Royal to the east, Northgate to the south east, West Green to the south across the ring road and Ifield to the west.

Village
is the 14th residential neighbourhood in , a town and borough in . The 1,900 houses and other facilities will be built on open land in the northeast of the borough, adjoining the ancient village of Tinsley Green and to the north of the neighbourhood. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lowfield Heath.

Lowfield Heath

Latitude
51.14594° or 51° 8′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.18065° or 0° 10′ 50″ west
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
9C3X4RW9+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2662880828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13283763
Wiki­data ID
Q11762920
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Lowfield Heath” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Lowfield Heath”
  • French: “Lowfield Heath”
  • Irish: “Lowfield Heath”
  • Polish: “Lowfield Heath”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lowfield Heath”. Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.