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Norwood, Croydon/Lambeth A sprawling south London suburb that begins south of Tulse Hill and fills a broad south-easterly swathe that continues almost as far as…

…The ‘Bowie bandstand’ in Croydon Road recre­ation ground was awarded a grade II listing in August 2019. Postcode area: Beckenham, BR3 Station: South­eastern and Southern,…

…airfield was down­graded to non-oper­a­tional status in 1958 and the RAF finally left in 1980. When Croydon Airport closed, most of the operators who had…

…first woman to fly from England to Australia, piloting a de Havilland Gipsy Moth from Croydon to Darwin. The aircraft is now on display at…

Reedham, Croydon A suburb fathered by an orphanage, situated south-west of Purley The Lodge is all that remains of Reedham orphanage Trained as a watchmaker…

…horse) along bridlepaths. Most young residents of Clock­house are educated within the borough of Croydon, but local voters have over­whelm­ingly rejected the oppor­tu­nity to secede…

…to outer suburbs like Croydon or the new town of Crawley. Wandsworth gasworks closed in 1971 and devel­op­ment began along the riverside. In the same…

…of a library and theatre block and in 1991 of the Glades shopping centre. Bromley’s rivalry with Croydon and Kingston as south London’s leading shopping…

…+13.0% City of London 8,672 9,886 +14.0% Croydon 385,670 429,833 +11.5% Ealing 349,200 373,375 +6.9% Enfield 334,279 377,022 +12.8% Greenwich 278,259 316,423 +13.7% Hackney 273,506…

…its farmhouse. Brockley Green Farm belonged to the governors of Christ’s Hospital and was bought by the London and Croydon Railway Company in 1836. From the…