Crawley Green
| Crawley Green | |
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 Crawley Green
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| Crawley Green shown within Bedfordshire | |
| Population | 7,230 |
| OS grid reference | TL0523 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LUTON |
| Postcode district | LU2 |
| Dialling code | 01582 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Crawley Green is an area in the southern part of Luton near to London Luton Airport. The area was historically owned by the Crawley Family, owners of the now demolished Stockwood House and . The area is mainly residential with estates such as Vauxhall Park and Devon Road containing a large number of houses. The area also includes the IBC factory and the now demonished Vauxhall plant. This area is to being redeveloped into new housing, light industry and a lesiure facility called Napier Park.
The area is also home to one of Luton's High schools, Ashcroft High School and several primary schools including Crawley Green Infants and Wenlock Church of England Juniors.
Crawley Green is part of the Crawley ward which is represented by Cllr James Taylor (Labour) and Cllr Terry Keens (Liberal Democrats) The ward forms part of the parliamentary constituency of Luton South, and the MP is Gavin Shuker (Labour). Crawley is within the East of England (European Parliament constituency).
Crawley Green has a Non-League football team Crawley Green F.C. who play at Crawley Green rec.
Two weekly newspapers are delivered free to all houses in Crawley Green, with news about Luton and the surrounding area.
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