Built in 1891, Crawley Bandstand was originally the bandstand at Gatwick Racecourse. The last meeting at Gatwick was held in March 1940 and the racecourse has long since been swallowed up by Gatwick Airport.

In 1948 the derelict bandstand was sold to Crawley Development Corporation for £60. It was refurbished and re-erected in Queens Square in 1958; the year when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Square.

After being moved around the square like a chess piece over several years, the Bandstand was moved to storage when improvements to Queens Square commenced and has now been re-assembled in what will hopefully be it's permanent home; the town's Memorial Gardens.

The Bandstand is locally listed by Crawley Borough Council.