Broadfield is a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Broadfield is located in the south west of the town. It is bordered by Bewbush to the north, Southgate to the north east and Tilgate to the east.
Broadfield has one central shopping parade, which is the largest neighbourhood parade in the town. There is a wide variety of shops, a library, a church (shared by Anglicans, Catholics and the Broadfield Fellowship), mosque and a large medical centre. There is also a community centre which is run as a charitable organisation overseen by trustees from the churches.
There are two infant/primary schools in the neighbourhood, an adventure playground, several open spaces with football pitches, and Broadfield Stadium, home to Crawley Town FC.
Next to the stadium is Broadfield Park which used to be part of the Tilgate Estate. Broadfield House was the hunting lodge for the estate, and the park contains a small lake and some woods.
To the south of Broadfield are the Buchan Country Park and part of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at Pease Pottage. The latter is currently home to a scout camp.
Broadfield is served by various bus services including the 24 hour Crawley Fastway bus service to Gatwick.
Broadfield House used to be, I am told, a hunting lodge for the Tilgate Forest Estates.
Broadfield Park stands out for its water and the strange atmosphere of its rundown ornamental garden and oddly shaped lawn (old tennis court perhaps?), but also as the only one of the three not earmarked for large-scale development of a civic facility.
This is a part of Crawley, actually a part of Broadfield, which often gets forgotten as its a little scrap of land separated from the rest of town by the A264.
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