Crawley Green

Crawley Green is a suburb in East Luton near to London Luton Airport. The area is roughly bounded by Crawley Green Road to the north, Devon Road to the south, the Midland Main Line to the west, and Vauxhall Way to the east.

Crawley Green
Crawley Green
Location within Bedfordshire
Population7,230 [1]
OS grid referenceTL0523
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLUTON
Postcode districtLU2
Dialling code01582
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

History

The area was historically owned by the Crawley Family, owners of the now demolished Stockwood House and Stockwood Park. Crawley Green was originally a hamlet and farm on Crawley Green Road, near its junction with Hart Lane. The old farmhouse still stands at 124 Crawley Green Road. There was also another farm called Nether Crawley Farm slightly further up the road near what is now Vauxhall Way.[2]

Local area

The area is mainly residential. The south of the area was built up in the 1920s and 1930s during the interwar expansion of Luton, with the northern half of the area then being developed post war.

In the centre of Crawley Green are Crawley Green Infant School and Wenlock Church of England Junior School, as well as a large open space behind the schools. There is a parade of shops in the north of Crawley Green, on Crawley Green Road near its junction with Somerset Avenue.

Politics

Crawley Green is part of the much larger Crawley ward which also includes Vauxhall Park, Napier Park and parts of Hart Hill. The ward is represented by Cllr Terry Keens (Liberal Democrats) and Cllr Lee Bridgen (Liberal Democrats).[3]

The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South and the MP is Rachel Hopkins (Labour).

Map of Luton showing Crawley ward which includes Crawley Green

Sport & Leisure

Crawley Green has a Non-League football team Crawley Green F.C. who organise teams at the Crawley Green Recreational Ground next to Ashcroft High School. However in 2018, the first team left the ground to move to Luton Town's training facilities at The Brache in Park Town - formerly the home of Vauxhall Motors F.C. (Luton). Prior to this move, the team had also spent some time groundsharing with Barton Rovers F.C. in nearby Barton-le-Clay.

Local Attractions

Local newspapers

Two weekly newspapers cover Crawley Green, although they are not specific to the area.

They are the:

References
  1. Luton Borough Council, Population Estimates and Forecasts Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, estimate for Crawley ward in 2007. The count in the 2001 Census was 7,113.
  2. "Map of Luton area 1879".
  3. https://democracy.luton.gov.uk/cmis5public/Councillors.aspx
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