Built in 1891, this was originally the bandstand for Gatwick Racecourse. The last meeting at Gatwick was held in 1948 and the racecourse now lies under Gatwick Airport. In 1948 the bandstand was sold to Crawley Development Corporation for £60. It was refurbished and re-erected in Queens Square in 1958, when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Square.
The Bandstand was moved to storage when improvements to Queens Square commenced and is now being re-assembled in what will hopefully be it's permanent home; the towns Memorial Gardens.
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