Manor Royal
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| Manor Royal | |
  Manor Royal shown within West Sussex |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| District | Crawley |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Crawley |
| Postcode district | RH10 |
| Dialling code | 01293 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
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 HRH Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on the 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:
- Oxford Aviation Academy
- Gatwick Express Couriers
- Asea Brown Boveri
- BOC Edwards
- Canon
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Group 4 Securicor
- Invensys APV / Invensys Foxboro
- Philips Medical
- Siemens
- Suzuki GB
- Thales
- Toshiba Medical Systems
- Unilever Foods
- Varian Medical Systems
- Vent-Axia
- Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Manor Royal is served by the Crawley Fastway 24 hour bus service.
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