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Where to stay in Crawley
Crawley is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 107,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Crawley, with about 63 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LGW4 km · London Gatwick Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Crawley
Crawley ( KRAW-lee) is a town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester.
Crawley was a small hamlet until 1947 when it was designated a New Town by the government. Its population boomed in the 1950s and 1960s, due to this designation. From this, Crawley has become a multicultural town with a plethora of different ethnicities and religions, which can be seen in the food and the vibrant landscape of the town.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Crawley
See
- Goffs Park
- Gatwick Aviation Museum
- Crawley Museum
- Crawley Library
Do
- Buchan County Park
- Tilgate Park
- Tilgate Forest
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Crawley
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Crawley hotel | 63 | 4.2/5 1,676 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Crawley
9 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| The George Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Gatwick Manor Inn | 2.7 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 9.8 km | |
| The Half Moon Inn | 7.5 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 6.0 km | |
| The Star Inn | 6.0 km | |
| Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick | 5.2 km | |
| Holiday Inn London Gatwick - Worth | 4.1 km | |
| Little Foxes Hotel | 2.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Crawley
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Crawley are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Crawley: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 3.7 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 44 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 47 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Crawley marks the midpoint of the M23/A23, which links London in the north to Brighton on the south coast. The A217 leads north to Reigate, and the A264 heads east to East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells, and west to Horsham. There are three relevant train stops for Crawley: Crawley station, Gatwick Airport station and Three Bridges station. While trains run directly and frequently from Gatwick and Three Bridges to Brighton, you will need to change in Three Bridges to Brighton when coming from Crawley Station. Fare and timetable information is available from Southeastern, tel. +44 345 748 4950.
Getting around
Within the town centre, or to the station, county mall and the football stadium you can comfortably walk. Local buses run by Metrobus include routes: 10, 20, 100, 281, 291, 400. Fastway services are managed by Metrobus. From and to the airport take the number 10 Fastway service which runs almost always as a 24-hr service with the exception of Sundays and public holidays. There are also a number of alternative routes when travelling to the airport, such as routes 4 and 5.
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LGW · London Gatwick Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Crawley
Eat
Along the High Street are pubs and restaurants featuring typical English pubs and bars, Italian chains like Pizza Express, Si and Bella Italia, two or three curry houses, Mexican, kebab kiosks and more. There are also a lot of cheaper takeaways in Crawley where you can order a meal for around £7 to £15 if you're on a budget.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Crawley
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Crawley: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Crawley?
By published guest score: Travelodge Crawley (4.2 / 5 · 1,676 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Crawley?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Crawley are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; October is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Crawley?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 3.7 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 44 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 47 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Crawley?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Crawley
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.