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Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district.
- 192,064 (2011 Census)
Croydon, outer borough of London, England, on the southern edge of the metropolis. It is in the historic county of Surrey. The present borough was established in 1965 by the amalgamation of the former county borough of Croydon and the adjacent district of Coulsdon and Purley. It includes the areas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The London Borough of Croydon (pronunciation ⓘ) is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of 87 km 2 (33.6 sq mi). It is the southernmost borough of London.
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- Croydon Airport Visitor Centre
- Croydon Clocktower
- Museum of Croydon
- Croydon Palace
- Whitgift Almshouses
- Croydon Minster
- Surrey Street Market
- Boxpark Croydon
- Spread Eagle Theatre
- Fairfield Halls
The UK’s first international airport was right here in Croydon. This evolved from an airfield built in the First World War to help defend the capital against Zeppelin attacks. Scheduled flights started in 1920, and Croydon Airport became the first in the world to have a control tower and air traffic control using radio position-fixing procedures. T...
An instant identifier for Croydon, the Clocktower is part of an ensemble that includes Croydon Town Hall and Braithwaite Hall, a former theatre and concert venue. With a neo-Baroque design, the Croydon Clocktower went up between 1892 and 1896, and holds the Croydon Central Library in a modern extension, and the Museum of Croydon, which we’ll bring ...
The main galleries at the Museum of Croydon are a social history of the town from 1800 to the 21st century. Some fun exhibits here are a bubble car manufactured in the town in the mid-20th century and a 19th-century clock from the Greyhound Inn, a famed pub and live music venue that closed in the 1980s, as well as artefacts from the local football ...
The Archbishops of Canterbury had ties to the Manor of Croydon from Anglo-Saxon times. This complex of buildings dating to the 14th and 16th centuries was their summer residence for more than five centuries. Croydon Palace is now the Old Palace School, an independent school for girls, but if you check online there’s a calendar of tours during half-...
In the chaotic centre of Croydon, against the packed pedestrian streets, shopping centres and high rise office blocks there’s an exceedingly old building that might pique your attention. This is the Whitgift Almshouses, founded by Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift in 1596. This site at the corner of George Street and North End remains an almsh...
John Whitgift’s tomb sits inside Croydon Minster, which is also the burial site of five other Archbishops of Canterbury. Previously a parish church, it was upgraded to “minster” in 2011 and has a history that goes all the way back to Saxon times. Sadly, the 14th-century building was gutted by fire during a restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott in...
The biggest market in the borough of Croydon is also the oldest street market in the capital. A market has traded on this exact spot since 1276. Almost entirely dedicated to fresh produce like fruit and vegetables, Surrey Street Market fills the namesake road behind the Croydon Grants Cinema. Monday to Saturday there are around 70 fruit and veg tra...
This pop-up mall concept was trialled in Shoreditch in 2011 and proved so successful that it expanded south of the river to Croydon in 2016. Boxpark provides affordable, flexible retail space for its tenants, and for customers this means shopping and dining you won’t normally find on the high street, all in 80 upcycled shipping containers. Beatbox ...
Something out of the ordinary next to the Croydon Clocktower, this grand Victorian former bank building has become a pub with a 50-seater studio theatre on its top floor. The Spread Eagle Theatre is devoted to new writing and has the same owners as another unusual venue at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, a converted library in Birmingham. Both belong ...
At the time of writing in 2018 this renowned performing arts venue was closed for a £30m refurbishment scheduled for completion in March 2019. Fairfield Halls opened in 1962 and became a regional centre for the arts, hosting the likes of the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd and the The Who. The BBC recognised the high quality of the acoustics in ...
The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in south London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of 87 km2 (33.6 sq mi). It is the southernmost borough of London.
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