County Oak Retail Park
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The photograph on this page of County Oak Retail Park by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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County Oak Retail Park
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 24 Jan 2009
A large retail park in the north of Crawley. Why County Oak? Before the 1974 local government reorganisation, the boundary between Surrey and Sussex crossed the Brighton Road here, and an old oak tree stood at the point, in what was once heathland. Because of its situation on the border, it was known as the County Oak, and was marked as such on maps. Whilst the tree is long gone, its name survives, even though the county boundary has now moved north of Gatwick Airport.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.131704
Longitude
-0.186338