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'Charlwood' is a small village in southeastern Surrey, a historical parish including Gatwick Airport. It is close west of Horley although the largest nearby town is Crawley in West Sussex. The Surrey-Sussex border, which ran to the south of Gatwick Airport, was moved to the north for administrative purposes in 1974 so that the administrative county boundary, delineated by the Sussex Border Path, now runs along the northern perimeter of the airport and marks much of the village boundary.
The village lay within the Reigate hundred.

Contents

Local government

Features

Record-breaking temperature

Famous residents

References

External links

Local government

Charlwood is located in Mole Valley although along with Hookwood, it has its own parish council[1]. The village is noted for having the highest council tax in the Mole Valley district. It was moved from Surrey to West Sussex in a local government reorganisation and is notable for having an eponymous act of parliament - the Charlwood and Horley Act 1974 - to move it back into Surrey.

Features

Charlwood is the home of the Lowfield Heath Windmill which was moved from the village of Lowfield Heath when it was demolished in the 1970s to make room for the expansion of the airport.
The village is centred around the "rec" which is currently (2005) in the process of having its children's playground redeveloped. The rec is the home of Charlwood F.C., Charlwood Village Residents F.C. and Ifield Cricket Club.
The village has its own infant school, a small number of shops and three pubs - ''The Greyhound'', ''The Rising Sun'' and ''The Half Moon'' - and a restaurant, ''Limes Bistro'', as well as two hotels and numerous Bed and Breakfasts on its outskirts. It has a sister village in Hookwood, at the southern tip of the A217, between Charlwood and Horley.

Record-breaking temperature

On 19 July 2006, it was believed that Charlwood had recorded the highest UK July temperature of 36.3 °C (97. 3°F); however, it was later confirmed that Wisley had beaten it with 36.5 °C. [2]

Famous residents

★ Barry Sheene MBE, former British World Champion of Grand Prix motorcycle racing lived in Charlwood before his move to Australia in the late 1980s.

★ Phil Creswick of the boyband Big Fun was born in Charlwood.

References

1. Census data

External links

★ Charlwood Parish Council

★ Charlwood Village Infant School

★ Charlwood FC

★ Charlwood Village FC sunday football

★ Charlwood in Surrey Towns and Villages