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Strategically placed between London and Gatwick, Croydon has excellent rail links to the capital. As well as boasting one of the most extensive shopping centres outside London's West End, the area's Surrey Street Market has traded since 1276 and is the oldest in the country.
Culturally, Croydon caters for every age and taste. Visit Fairfield Halls with its art gallery, concert hall and theatre or the award-winning Clocktower that includes one of the most modern libraries in the world, a cinema and three galleries. Golfers flock to Croydon to make use of its nine major courses. The borough also plays host to its own carnival week, held in June of each year.
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1 Priddys Yard, CR0 | 6 minutes from Croydon
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29/30 Dingwall Road, CR0 | 11 minutes from Croydon
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London > Useful Numbers > London Boroughs
Civic Offices, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 | 4.2 miles from Croydon
Situated on the southern edge of London, Sutton is an excitingly diverse borough. Visitors will want to check out the 16th-century timber framed Whitehall in the ...More
London > Useful Numbers > London Boroughs
Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 | 4.7 miles from Croydon
Merton is home to the legendary Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships, held every year for two weeks during June/July. The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, open throughout the ...More
London > Useful Numbers > London Boroughs
Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, BR1 | 5.6 miles from Croydon
Bromley is the largest of the London boroughs and promotes itself as the clean and green borough. It plays host every year to the Biggin Hill ...More
London > Entertainment > Theatres
240 The Broadway, London, SW19 | 5.4 miles from Croydon
The Wimbledon-based Polka Children's Theatre is one of the few venues in the UK which produces and directs work solely for kids. Opened in 1979, the ...More
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London, SW12 | 5.4 miles from Croydon
It's worth venturing all the way to Balham for this comedy club - it's a class act. The legendary Banana Cabaret has run every Friday and ...More
London > Entertainment > Cinemas
Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, London, Brixton, London SW2 | 6.3 miles from Croydon
If the Ritzy were a cat, it would have used up most of its nine lives. The cinema started life in 1910 as the Electric Pavilion, ...More
London > Attractions > Attractions for Kids
100 London Road, SE23 | 5.1 miles from Croydon
Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman collected specimens and artefacts from his travels around the world in the 1860's. His personal collection became the foundation of ...More
London > Attractions > Other Attractions
Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 | 5.1 miles from Croydon
The basement aquarium at The Horniman follows a long history of marine life at the museum. Sealife has been on display here since 1903 when the ...More
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
Gallery Road, Dulwich Village, London, SE21 | 5.2 miles from Croydon
Designed by London architect Sir John Soane in 1811, Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world's first purpose-built art gallery and holds one of the most celebrated ...More
London > Shopping > Books
1 Calton Avenue, London, SE21 | 5.6 miles from Croydon
Hazel Broadfoot's and Julian Toland's run a superb, high class bookshop in the heart of Dulwich Village. All the staff have a real enthusiasm, thirst for ...More
London > Shopping > Hair and Grooming
22-23 Wimbledon Hill Road, London, SW19 | 5.9 miles from Croydon
This excellent hair and beauty clinic on Wimbledon Hill Road offers the full range of hair and beauty treatments as well as yoga classes. Gina Conway ...More
London > Shopping > Food and Drink Shops
149 Lordship Lane, London, SE22 | 5.9 miles from Croydon
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London > Restaurants > Thai restaurants
2 Orton Buildings, Portland Road, London, SE25 | 2.2 miles from Croydon
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London > Restaurants > Cafes and Delis
93A George Street, CR9 | 7 minutes from Croydon
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London > Restaurants > French restaurants
18 Selsden Road, CR2 | 13 minutes from Croydon
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London > Education > Arts and Drama
Parchmore Place, CR7 | 2.3 miles from Croydon
This popular, affordable music school delivers short and intensive part time courses in music production/technology, sound engineering, vocal techniques and keyboard/guitar/dj skills. They also have studios to ...More
London > Education > Language Courses
Liongate Enterprise Park, 80 Morden Road, CR4 | 3.2 miles from Croydon
Linguaphone is one of the most popular and effective ways of learning a language. Listen, repeat understand. That's their slogan, and the technique works very well ...More
London > Education > Evening Classes
93 Hazelbourne Road, London, SW12 | 5.9 miles from Croydon
It's kind of an evening class, kind of a dinner party... Led by FHM's Kenneth Harry Putt, the WFA wine appreciation classes are based around tasting ...More
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 | 3.7 miles from Croydon
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London > Leisure > Sports Facilities
Foxgrove Road, BR3 | 4.4 miles from Croydon
Its name may imply allegiance to cricket alone but at this club you can play tennis, hockey, and squash. The cricket club boasts immaculate pitches, ...More
London > Leisure > Games
Burbage Road, London, SE21 | 5.3 miles from Croydon
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
65 Rosendale Road, London, SE21 | 4.5 miles from Croydon
The winner of the Time Out Award for Best Gastropub 2007 is indeed a truly splendid restaurant, with a short menu of hip modern cuisine made ...More
London > Nightlife > Pubs
73 Dulwich Village, London, SE21 | 5.4 miles from Croydon
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London > Restaurants > Gastropub
210-212 Railton Road, London, SE24 | 5.7 miles from Croydon
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Nightlife near Croydon
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
65 Clapham Park Road, London, SW4 | 6.4 miles from Croydon
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Gallery Road, London, SE21 | 5.2 miles from Croydon
Designed by London architect Sir John Soane in 1811, Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world's first purpose-built art gallery and holds one of the most celebrated ...More
London > Business > Venue Hire
3-4 Woodhayes Rd, Wimbledon Common, London, SW19 | 6.6 miles from Croydon
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Gate 2, 188 Kirtling Street, London, Battersea, London SW8 | 7.8 miles from Croydon
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