Pound Hill, Crawley

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Overview

Pound Hill is a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Pound Hill is located on the east of Crawley. It is bordered by Three Bridges and Manor Royal to the west and Maidenbower to the south.

It is the largest of the 13 neighbourhoods of Crawley. Until 2004, it was the only one to be split into two wards - Pound Hill North and Pound Hill South (now Broadfield has also been split into North and South). Its boundaries extend north beyond the main built-up area thus making it also the most northerly neighbourhood in the town.

Pound Hill has a reputation for being a more expensive area of Crawley, although it covers a wide variety of housing from small flats to very large modern houses.

The White Knight, 'Britain's most patriotic pub', is in Pound Hill. Pound Hill is also home to the Tavern on the Green which is a more family orientated pub and The Hillside which is geared more towards the resteraunt end of the spectrum.

The area of Worth is within the boundaries of Pound Hill. This has no official recognition, however the 'Pound Hill South' ward was renamed in 2004 to 'Pound Hill South and Worth'. It is common for signposts to be altered to use the Worth name by local residents.

Music

Pound Hill was formerly the home of Robert Smith of rock band The Cure. Smith also attended Hazelwick School, which is also located in the ward of Pound Hill. His parents still live in the area.

Other bands to hail from the area include Eat Me Alice, The Molotovs, Great White Line, Black Gang Chine, The Mayflys, The Freebasing Floorboards, Straight to Video, Partario's Music Therapy and solo artists Rory Flynn, Tom Eveleigh and Lorenzo Cavendish. Lead guitarist Olaf Hartberg with Birmingham based band The Skeksis also hails from this area of Crawley.

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