Manor Royal
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| Manor Royal | |
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  Manor Royal Location within West Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | TQ265385 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Crawley |
| Postcode district | RH10 |
| Dialling code | 01293 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
Manor Royal is an industrial zone within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Manor Royal is in the north of the town near to Gatwick Airport. The area is devoted to light industry and offices and was designed for industry as part of the Crawley new town project. Manor Royal was officially named and opened by Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on 25 January 1950.
It is bordered by Northgate and Three Bridges to the south, Langley Green to the west, Gatwick to the north and the London - Brighton railway to the east. The area falls largely within the local government ward of Northgate.
Major companies with offices and factories in Manor Royal include:
- ABB
- Amey[1]
- B&CE[2]
- Boeing Flight Services[3]
- British Airways Holidays
- BOC Edwards
- Camelot Chilled Foods[4]
- CGG
- Doosan Power Systems[5]
- Elekta[6]
- G4S
- Grant Thornton[7]
- Invensys APV / Invensys Foxboro
- Jeppesen
- L3 Commercial Training Solutions[8]
- Metrobus
- National Federation of Builders
- Oxford Aviation Academy
- Suzuki GB
- Thales
- TUI Travel[9]
- Unilever
- Varian Medical Systems
- Vent-Axia
- Virgin Atlantic
Manor Royal is served by the Crawley Fastway 24-hour bus service, providing regular services to Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Three Bridges stations, as well as many other local areas, including Horley, a town even nearer the airport than Crawley, despite being in the neighbouring county of Surrey, that parts of Crawley were in historically, before they transferred to West Sussex.
References
- ^ [1]." Amey. Retrieved on 16 March 2012. "About Amey, Locations, Crawley
- ^ B & C E Benefit schemes
- ^ Boeing UK
- ^ Camelot Chilled Foods
- ^ Doosan Power Systems
- ^ Elekta
- ^ "Grant Thornton". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ L3 Commercial Training Solutions
- ^ Tui Travel PLC
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Virgin Atlantic "The Base" - Fleming Way -
Chemigraphic - Fleming Way -
Fastway bus on Fleming Way -
Gatwick Road in 2008, before the redevelopment of the Thales site
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