Croydon, CR0

Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in southern England, and is also an area of Greater London, being the main settlement in the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of the centre of London (Charing Cross). Croydon is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.

Croydon was created a municipal borough in Surrey in 1883. In 1889, through its growing economic importance, it was made a county borough exempt from county administration. In 1965 the County Borough of Croydon was abolished and its former area was transferred to Greater London and combined with that of the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District to form the present-day London Borough of Croydon.

As the town continued to grow, it became especially popular as a pleasant leafy residential suburb for members of the Victorian middle classes, who could commute to the City of London by fast train in 20 minutes.

Croydon has developed an important centre for shopping with the construction of the Whitgift Centre, which opened in 1969. In the same period, the Fairfield Halls arts centre and event venue opened (1962). The Warehouse Theatre opened in 1977. The 1990s saw further changes intended to give the town a more attractive image. These include the closure of North End to motor traffic in 1989 and the opening of the Croydon Clocktower arts centre in 1994. Tramlink began operation in May 2000. A new equally large shopping centre, Centrale, was opened in 2004 and lies opposite the Whitgift Centre, straddling the site of the smaller Drummond Centre and what was once a large branch of C&A. There are now plans for a large new shopping centre, Park Place, the redevelopment of the Croydon Gateway site and extensions of Tramlink to Purley, Streatham and Crystal Palace. Croydon has become the second largest place to shop in the south east after central London offering a range of shops and department stores.


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Croydon on Wikipedia
Croydon Online
Croydon Guardian
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Croydon Web
Croydon Tramlink

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