Northgate, West Sussex

Coordinates: 51°07′53″N 0°10′36″W / 51.1314°N 0.1768°W / 51.1314; -0.1768

Northgate
Northgate  Northgate shown within West Sussex
OS grid reference	TQ275385
District	Crawley
Shire county	West Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Crawley
Postcode district	RH10
Dialling code	01293
Police	Sussex
Fire	West Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Crawley
List of places: UK • England • West Sussex

Northgate is a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England, and includes the town centre. Northgate is bordered by West Green to the west, Langley Green to the north, Three Bridges to the east and Southgate to the south.

History

Oak Way, Northgate

Before the arrival of the New Town, the name 'Northgate' was associated with the area around the Northgate Toll House located on the London to Brighton road as you entered the town from the North. The area was largely open fields although during the early twentieth century was some ribbon housing development along London Road, Tushmore Lane and Green Lane, Barnfield Road and Woolborough Road.

In the development of the New Town in the 1950s Northgate was the second neighbourhood estate to be built on fields to the north-east of the town. The bulk of the neighbourhood was constructed in 1951-52 by the Development Corporation for the town, but some houses were also built by the Horsham Rural District Council in the early 1950s.

The town centre was also included in the Northgate neighbourhood including the main shopping area of Crawley and the rail and bus stations as was the Manor Royal Industrial Estate to the north of the town and south of Gatwick Airport.

Facilities

Woodfield Road, Northgate

In common with other Crawley neighbourhoods Northgate was provided with a primary school - originally provided in a prefabricated hut, but permanent buildings were opened in 1953. A parade of shops, a public house and two churches followed in the mid 1950s.

A Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers depot was formerly sited on the London Road, and a Territorial Army (United Kingdom) Centre is in Kilnmead.