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English: Grant's, High Street, Croydon. Grant's was formerly Croydon's leading department store. It was rebuilt in 2000, retaining just the facade (much of which collapsed and had to be painstakingly reassembled) and re-opened in 2002 as a multi-screen cinema and entertainments complex, the top of which can be seen looming into the sky above the Victorian brickwork.
St. George's Walk 2015, western part. St George's Walk is a partially covered shopping parade in the centre of Croydon, London that houses many independent stores. It was completed in 1964 by Ronald Ward and Partners, the designers of St George's House, at one end of the walk, and Millbank Tower in Westminster.
Croydon High Street runs from South Croydon up to the point where it meets the street called North End. North End is the main shopping street, while Croydon High Street is the main restaurant quarter. The High Street is also home to Wrencote House, a Grade II* listed building. Dating from the late 17th or early 18th centuries, and probably ...
The Whitgift Centre is a large shopping centre in the town centre of Croydon, opening in stages between 1968 and 1970. [1] The centre comprises 1,302,444 sq ft (121,001 m 2) of retail space, and was the largest covered shopping development in Greater London until the opening of Westfield London at White City in 2008.
The Croydon Advertiser listed the approval as an "historic night for Croydon". [5] North End was the home of Allders department store, opened in 1862, which later became the flagship store of a chain extending across England and Wales. The company went into administration in 2005, and the Croydon store, the last to survive, closed in 2012.
Grants of Croydon is an entertainment complex at 14–32 High Street, Croydon, London. Originally built in 1894, Grants became a Grade II listed building in 1990. [1] In 2000 Grants was re-developed into an entertainment centre. It was bought by Scottish Widows in early 2010.
The Croydon Community Against Trafficking campaigns against prostitution in Croydon. [13] The former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said he would support Croydon becoming an official city and announced £23m of additional funding to help redevelop the town at the Develop Croydon Conference on 22 November 2011. Several luxury Docklands-style ...
The junction of Surrey Street (to the left) and the High Street (to the right) Surrey Street Market (also known as Croydon Market) [1] is a street market located in Surrey Street, Croydon, south London. Records of a market on the site date back to the 13th century. It operates six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and mainly sells fruit and ...