Three Bridges was a tiny hamlet, which first began to grow with the coming of the railways in the mid 19th century. Despite many beliefs to the contrary, the village was not named after rail bridges, but rather for three much older crossings over the streams in the area (River Mole tributaries).
The village was changed radically with the coming of the New town development in the Crawley area in the late 1940s. Three Bridges was one of the first group of neighbourhoods to be built. There are currently 13 neighbourhoods.
Three Bridges Railway Station
Rail bridge at Three Bridges Station
Three Bridges is home to a major rail station at the intersection of the London to Brighton line and the London to Southampton and Portsmouth Line (via Horsham).
Local Sports
Three Bridges Football Club play in Division 1 of the Sussex County League. Three Bridges Cricket Club play in the Sussex Cricket League.
External Links
Three Bridges Football Club (http://www.threebridgesfc.com/)
It is the smallest of the threebridges, and yet it has a span of 194 feet, being 35 feet wide on top but only 10 feet thick in the center.
Three miles down Armstrong Canyon, at its junction with White Canyon, the Kachina or, as it is better known, Caroline Bridge, is reached.
As the threebridges are located about 4 miles apart, saddle horses or mules will be needed by those not accustomed to hiking if they wish to go on to the Augusta and Caroline Bridges.
ThreeBridges was a tiny hamlet, which first began to grow with the coming of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1841.
ThreeBridges continues to be the site of an important rail station at the intersection of the London to Brighton line and the London to Portsmouth Line (via Horsham), but the branch line to East Grinstead closed in the mid 1960s.
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