Manor Royal is an industrial zone within the town of Crawley in

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. Manor Royal is in the north of the town near to

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. 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

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) 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: *

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* Amey *

B&CE B&CE is a not-for-profit financial services company based in Crawley, West Sussex. The company provides insurance-based products to people working in the UK construction industry. Group Structure Building and Civil Engineering Holidays Scheme Ma ...

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Flight Services * British Airways Holidays * BOC Edwards * Camelot Chilled Foods * CGG * Doosan Power Systems *

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* G4S *

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* Invensys APV / Invensys Foxboro * Jeppesen *

L3 Commercial Training Solutions L3 Commercial Training Solutions (L3 CTS) is a flight training provider and manufacturer of civil flight simulators based in Crawley, England. It is a subsidiary of American simulator manufacturer L-3 Link Simulation & Training, itself part of L3 ...

* Metrobus *

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* Suzuki GB *

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Vent-Axia Vent-Axia is a British manufacturer of ventilation, heating and air conditioning equipment, located in Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex. History The company was originally incorporated on 28 January 1933, and as Vent-Axia Limited private compan ...

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Manor Royal is served by the

Crawley Fastway Fastway is a bus rapid transit network in Surrey and West Sussex, United Kingdom, linking Crawley with Gatwick Airport and Horley, the first to be constructed outside a major city. It uses specially adapted buses that can either be steered by the ...

24-hour bus service, providing regular services to

, Crawley and Three Bridges stations, as well as many other local areas.

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Areas of Crawley {{WestSussex-geo-stub