
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: In the late 1930s and 1940s Sir Malcolm Campbell 1885-1948 world water speed record holder tested and developed Bluebird on this lake known locally as Campbell's lake Recorded plaque organisation: Crawley Arts Council.
Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British speed record breaker who set several land and water speed records; he famously tested his Bluebird boats on the lake here, earning it the local name of Campbell's Lake.
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Places near here
Malcolm CampbellMemorial · 62 yd
The Peace GardenWood · 426 yd
Tilgate ForestForest · 993 yd
Sculpture outside K2 Crawley.Public sculpture · 1258 yd
Broadfield StadiumStadium · 1528 yd
Broadfield HouseListed building · 1551 yd
Ironworks (site of)Archaeological place · 1693 yd
Friary Church of St Francis and St AnthonyListed building · 1.4 mi
BuckswoodMemorial · 1.5 mi
Old Milestone by A24, North of KingsfoldMonument or public art · 1.5 mi
High Beeches Garden: The Waterfall 1Waterfall · 2.3 mi
Nymans WoodlandVisitor information · 3.1 miOther information
Photo: Pete Chapman on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0