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Ultra runner Michael Crawley isn’t currently wearing a running watch and these days, most of his runs are to and from school pickup. But for research into his new book, To the Limit: the Meaning of ...

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The R book / Michael J. Crawley, Imperial college London at Silwood Park, UK

It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of 17.36 square miles (44.96 km 2) and had a population of 118,493 at the time of the 2021 Census.

Crawley is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles south of London, 18 miles north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles north-east of the county town of Chichester.

A New Town in West Sussex, Crawley’s recent fortunes have been tied to Gatwick International Airport a few miles north. Before the middle of the 20th century Crawley was a small market town constellated by little villages that are now suburbs.

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Once a humble Roman stopover along the great London-to-Brighton route, Crawley blossomed in medieval times as a bustling market village, with its hammers clanging in the ironworks and its fields bursting with bountiful harvests.

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One of the biggest and most lively towns in Sussex, Crawley sits midway between the colourful city of Brighton, and the sprawl of London.