The Gatwick
Introduction
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The Gatwick
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 6 Nov 2011
Originally built in the 1850s as a private house called Raglan House, it is not clear when it formally became a pub or acquired its name, although there was a brewery, the Station Brewery, situated immediately behind the building between at least 1867 and 1874. Records show that it certainly was fully running as a pub by 1890. The name "The Gatwick" is nothing to do with the airport, but instead Gatwick racecourse (on which the current airport is built), with horses being unloaded from trains in the nearby station yard, for leading to the racecourse.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.17261
Longitude
-0.161988