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How to have fun in Crawley?
Crawley is a town in the West Sussex county, England. It has a population of 106.597. So far, so good. Maybe you didn’t hear much about Crawley as a foreign tourist, but it’s time to take it into consideration.
Gatwick Airport, one of the busiest airports in the UK is at 5 km from Crawley, so if you want to transfer to London from here, you can hire a taxi from 365, a trustowrthy operator that makes transfers to London Gatwick .
Crawley is a relatively small town but it has a rich history, for it has been inhabited since the Stone Age and it was a very important location of ironcrafting in the Roman Empire. Because it is located on the main road that travels London to Brighton, Crawley is also known for its coaching inns.
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How to travel in an elegant way to and from Oxford?
The city of Oxford, is located in southern central England, at the confluence of the Cherwell River and Thames, 84 km north west of London and very close to other well-known British settlements such as: Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s hometown),Cotswolds.
Oxford is the place where the romance of the medieval town blends with the vitality of the international university center, for here is located the Oxford University, an educational institution ranking at the forefront of university rankings around the world.
First of all, Oxford is regarded as an architectural collection, buildings combining perfectly the architectural styles of the past century. But most monuments belong to colleges and, unfortunately, access to visitors is allowed only in few of them.
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