Beehive, Gatwick Airport
The Beehive is the original terminal building at Gatwick Airport, England. Opened in 1936, it became obsolete in the 1950s as the airport expanded. In 2008 it was converted into serviced offices, operated by Orega, having served as the headquarters of franchised airline GB Airways for some years before that.Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0.
- Type: Building
- Description: former terminal building and current office complex in Gatwick Airport
- Also known as: “Beehive”, “Combined Terminal And Control Tower”, and “The Beehive”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include City Place Gatwick and Gatwick Airport railway station.
City Place Gatwick
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
City Place Gatwick is an office complex located on the property of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, England. The complex includes four buildings: The Beehive, an approximately 20,000-square-foot former terminal building at Gatwick Airport…
Gatwick Airport railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gatwick Airport railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in West Sussex, England. It serves Gatwick Airport, 26 miles 47 chains down the line from London Bridge via Redhill. Gatwick Airport railway station is situated 1 mile north of Beehive, Gatwick Airport.
The Gatwick School
School
The Gatwick School is an all-through free school located on the Manor Royal estate, on the northern outskirts of Crawley, just south of the Gatwick Airport perimeter. The Gatwick School is situated 2,100 feet south of Beehive, Gatwick Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinsley Green and Lowfield Heath.
Tinsley Green
Village
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
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.
Lowfield Heath
Suburb
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Lowfield Heath is a former village within the boundaries of the Borough of Crawley, 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.
Forge Wood
Village
Forge Wood is the 14th residential neighbourhood in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex. 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 Pound Hill neighbourhood.
Beehive, Gatwick Airport
Latitude
51.14426° or 51° 8′ 39″ northLongitude
-0.16322° or 0° 9′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3X4RVP+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 23687373OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4879789
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