Free outdoor public Wi-Fi planned for popular visitor area in Crawley

A popular visitor area in the Crawley borough will soon benefit from freely accessible outdoor public Wi-Fi.
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Six potential sites have been identified by West Sussex County Council’s district and borough council partners to benefit from the Connected Spaces Wi-Fi Project.

They are at: High Street, Arundel; areas within Tilgate Park, Crawley (central area, including the Walled Garden and surrounding businesses, plus the lake and main car park); Cuckfield Recreation Ground; Selsey’s East Beach; Steyne Gardens, Worthing, and Steyning High Street.

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This means there will be one in almost all the county’s district and boroughs.

Top to bottom left: within the Walled Garden at Tilgate Park, Crawley, a Farmer’s Market in the car park off High Street, Steyning, and Arundel High Street. Top to bottom, right, Selsey’s East Beach; the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground, and Steyne Gardens, Worthing. Central picture: trading in action at the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground.Top to bottom left: within the Walled Garden at Tilgate Park, Crawley, a Farmer’s Market in the car park off High Street, Steyning, and Arundel High Street. Top to bottom, right, Selsey’s East Beach; the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground, and Steyne Gardens, Worthing. Central picture: trading in action at the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground.
Top to bottom left: within the Walled Garden at Tilgate Park, Crawley, a Farmer’s Market in the car park off High Street, Steyning, and Arundel High Street. Top to bottom, right, Selsey’s East Beach; the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground, and Steyne Gardens, Worthing. Central picture: trading in action at the kiosk on Cuckfield Recreation Ground.

The benefits and potential uses of the scheme include:

Providing the Wi-Fi needed for electronic payments, both at permanent businesses and for traders attending scheduled events or markets

Visitor use, and consumer-led social media promotion

The live streaming of educational, business, and social events.

Paul Marshall, Leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “We are determined to continue to help businesses in these challenging times and this innovative project has a lot of potential.

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“It is another example of how we are working with our partners to provide digital infrastructure to help boost the visitor economy, as set out in our Economy Plan.

“We hope it will help both established and emerging businesses to attract more customers.”

The Wi-Fi service provided under this project, once live, will be in place for a two-year term.

The contract was awarded to networking specialist North (North PB Ltd).

The project is anticipated to cost a total of about £500,000.