Crawley Walk: Town Centre【4K】

Located around 30 miles/48km south of central London, in the county of West Sussex, is the town of Crawley.
The name Crawley is believed to be derived from an old Saxon name from the 5th century - 'Crow's Leah', meaning a crow-infested clearing. In 1202 King John granted Crawley a market charter.
For several centuries it remained a very small town, registering a population of just 210 on the first census in 1801. Prior to this, Crawley had served as a coaching stop between London and Brighton for horse-drawn carriages. One such example of the architecture of this era can be seen just after the 1-minute mark on Crawley High Street. The George Hotel (now the Ramada Crawley Gatwick), dating back to the 15th century, was one of the country's most famous coaching inns in its heyday. The beam structure outside is a replica gallows.
The construction of a turnpike road between London and Brighton in 1770 allowed Crawley to prosper. The arrival of the railway would follow in 1841 in the form of the Brighton Main Line.
After the Second World War, Crawley was identified as a suitable location for a New Town, which was a programme to relocate those whose houses had been bombed during the Blitz. Hence as we see in the video, virtually everything outside of the High Street takes on a 20th century grid-like design. Queen's Square was opened in 1958 by The Queen herself. Crawley's population went from below 10,000 just after the war to over 100,000 today.
Legendary rock band The Cure formed in Crawley in 1978.
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Filmed: 6th March 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/bN...
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Rode Stereo VideoMic Pro.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 High Street
1:06 The George Hotel (famous coaching inn between London and Brighton)
1:20 High Street
3:36 The Boulevard
6:48 The Pavement
7:32 Queensway
8:16 Queens Square
9:37 The Broadway
10:20 Queens Square
11:31 The Martletts
12:58 Haslett Avenue West
13:59 The Broadway