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pavilion style community building next to where the leisure centre had been. The new pavilion opened for use on 14 May the same year. A new park opened on 27 July 2009 on land that was previously part of
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Children and Family Centre and a doctor's surgery. However, in March 2007, the local authority announced its intention to redevelop the area of central
Bewbush. In 2009 the closure and demolition of the Bewbush Leisure Centre and The Dorsten public house took place, with the creation of a smaller
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A park was recorded at
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701:Director of Education and the Arts (2002).
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1184:Thomas Bennett Community College
661:Neighbourhood Statistics website
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485:Bewbush Community Primary School
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804:. Crawley Borough Council. 2009
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684:"Crawley New Town: Education"
1217:St John the Baptist's Church
1212:Ifield Friends Meeting House
826:Some photographs of Bewbush
657:"Approximated Social Grade"
87:OS grid reference
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595:"Bewbush Ward Profile"
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191:Postcode district
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257:UK Parliament
203:Dialling code
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775:on 9 October 2011
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434:2001 census
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68:West Sussex
1308:Tree House
1065:River Mole
1037:West Green
1010:Pound Hill
961:Forge Wood
949:Broadfield
535:References
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502:named for
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432:As at the
421:Demography
389:Governance
354:Broadfield
304:51°06′18″N
147:South East
78:Population
1400:Worth Way
1303:Town Hall
1241:Buildings
1142:Education
1074:Transport
1053:Geography
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307:0°13′15″W
241:Ambulance
181:Post town
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1111:Metrobus
1106:A23 road
955:Fernhill
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517:Metrobus
441:terraced
393:Bewbush
103:District
94:TQ245355
1348:Leisure
1116:Fastway
1025:Tilgate
944:Bewbush
862:Crawley
808:27 July
779:27 July
719:25 July
525:Crawley
513:Parkour
407:Crawley
403:Borough
372:History
350:England
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157:Country
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60:Bewbush
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500:church
452:Muslim
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222:Sussex
217:Police
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