| Lowfield Heath | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The village crossroads, looking east along Church Road | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRAWLEY |
| Postcode district | RH11 |
| Dialling code | 01293 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
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51°8′45″N 0°10′47″W / 51.14583°N 0.17972°W
Lowfield Heath is a former village within the boundaries of the Borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England. Situated on the main London to Brighton road approximately 27 miles (43 km) south of London and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Crawley,[1] it was gradually rendered uninhabitable by the expansion of London Gatwick Airport immediately to the north.
Houses and village amenities were steadily demolished between the 1950s and the 1970s, and only one original building – St Michael and All Angels Church, built in 1867 – remains,[2] although there are various buildings on the site which serve the airport. The village took its name from an area of heathland of the same name, parts of which still survive, and a few houses and farms away from the old village centre survive and are still described as being in Lowfield Heath. A windmill stood in the area until it was moved to nearby Charlwood in 1987, and is also still referred to as the Lowfield Heath windmill.[3]
- ^ Harper 1906, p. ix.
- ^ Goldsmith 1987, p. 122.
- ^ Historic England (2007). "Lowfield Heath Windmill, Rectory Lane, Charlwood, Surrey (1277803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2008.