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Gatwick Airport area as at about 1925 with current airport boundary in green outline. The racecourse is in the northeast end of the airport area.

Gatwick Racecourse was a racecourse in the county of Surrey, England near to Horley and Lowfield Heath.[1] It was in use from 1891 to 1940 when it was closed at the start of the Second World War. The land is now part of London Gatwick Airport.

  1. ^ Since 1974, the land that the racecourse once stood on has been in West Sussex. Timeline of Gatwick Airport

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