Westfield shopping centre to be 'catalyst' for Croydon". BBC News. 15 November 2017 . Retrieved 8 April 2018. Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004)" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010 . Retrieved 21 December 2013. With the opening of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway line to London Victoria in 1860 extra platforms were provided at East Croydon, which the LBSCR treated as a separate station named New Croydon. The South Eastern Railway (SER) was excluded from this station, which ran exclusively LBSCR services to London at fares cheaper than those the SER offered from the original station. [124] In 1864, the LBSCR obtained authorisation to construct a 1⁄ 2-mile long branch line into the heart of the town centre near Katharine Street, where Croydon Central station was built. The line opened in 1868 but enjoyed little success and closed in 1871, only to reopen in 1886 under pressure from the Town Council before finally closing in 1890. The station was subsequently demolished and replaced by the Town Hall. [125] In 1897–98, East Croydon and New Croydon were merged into a single station with three island platforms, which remain today, but the two stations kept separate booking accounts until 1924. [124] The Croydon Promise: Growth for All" (PDF). Croydon Observatory. Croydon Council. 2014. p.7 . Retrieved 2 February 2019. A new 'cultural quarter' around College Green will have emerged with the modernised Fairfield Halls one of the star attractions

Census Information Scheme (2012). "2011 Census Ward Population figures for London". Greater London Authority . Retrieved 17 October 2023.Lancaster, Brian (March 2012). "Jean-Baptiste Say's 1785 Croydon street plan". Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society Bulletin. 144: 2–5. Butter, Susannah (28 August 2015). "Cool Croydon: how bars, burgers and a new Boxpark are making Kate Moss's hometown a hipster hotspot". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 16 February 2016. Morris, John, ed. (1975). Domesday Book: Surrey. Vol.3. Chichester: Phillimore. pp.2: 1. ISBN 0-85033-132-3.

Transport [ edit ] The concourse of East Croydon station East Croydon mainline station Tram no. 2544 in Church Street, 2008 Rail [ edit ] Heavy Rail [ edit ]Whalley, Kirsty (15 September 2010). "ELO man dies". Croydon Guardian. Newsquest Media Group. p.15. Croydon, Addiscombe, Woodside (part), Selhurst, Broad Green, Spring Park, Shirley, Addington, New Addington, Coombe, Forestdale, Waddon, Beddington, Thornton Heath (part), Valley Retail and Leisure Park, Mitcham Common (part)

Le Faye, Deirdre (2004). Jane Austen: A Family Record (2nded.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.241. ISBN 0-521-82691-8. Lionel Atwill, 61, Noted Actor, Dies. Veteran of Stage and Screen Made London Debut in 1904". The New York Times. 23 April 1946.Croydon town centre is near the centre of the borough of Croydon, to the north of the North Downs and the Pilgrims' Way path. To the north of Croydon are typical London districts, whereas a short distance southeast (such as Coombe and Selsdon) is green, hilly and rural land. To the west are industrial areas, part of which are in the London Borough of Sutton. The southern suburbs are mainly affluent and also hilly. Mike Leeder, Hong Kong based Casting Director and Film Producer, born and raised in Croydon. Worked at Allders of Croydon, before relocating to Hong Kong in 1989. [ citation needed] Nightingale, Anne (2020). Hey hi hello. London. ISBN 978-1-4746-1668-3. OCLC 1158144145. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

Croydon Amphibians SC plays in Division 2 British Waterpolo League. In 2008, the team won the National League Division 3. [119] At Ruskin Square, a Boxpark made of sea containers opened in 2016 as a temporary measure until new buildings are constructed for shops, offices and housing. [54] [55] The London Evening Standard said that this and other developments were reviving the town which was in the process of gentrification. [56] Future [ edit ] Historic England. "Wrencote(Grade II*) (1079291)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 15 August 2017. The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels by John Loughborough Pearson in West Croydon was built between 1880 and 1885, and is Grade I listed. [26] Industrial Revolution and the railway [ edit ] The Grade II listed Surrey Street Pumping Station, CroydonCroydon High School for Girls is an independent girls' school in Selsdon, and a member of the Girls' Day School Trust. The Japanese Saturday School of London, a weekend Japanese programme, uses Croydon High School as its Croydon Campus (クロイドン校舎 Kuroidon Kōsha). [131]