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This is a list of towns, villages and most notable hamlets and neighbourhoods in Surrey, a ceremonial and administrative county of England.. For lists relating to parts of London formerly in Surrey, see the London Boroughs of Croydon, Kingston upon Thames (Royal Borough), Richmond upon Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Croydon Council is the local authority for the borough of Croydon. The council holds its meetings at Croydon Town Hall, which is situated on Katherine Street in the centre of Croydon. The council's main administrative offices are located in the adjoining building, Bernard Weatherill House.
The CR postcode area, also known as the Croydon postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within ten post towns. These cover parts of southern Greater London and north-east Surrey .
Kenley is located 13 miles (21 km) south of Charing Cross and adjacent to the Greater London boundary. It is situated south of Purley , east of Coulsdon and west of Sanderstead . It is almost completely surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt , forming part of a finger of urban development that extends into Surrey to include Caterham and ...
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least 800 years.It was originally granted as an estate from holdings at Sanderstead and until as a district of Surrey and then, with neighbouring Coulsdon, as an urban district that became an electoral ward of the London Borough of Croydon, becoming ...
Surrey remained safe from attack for over a century thereafter, due to its location and to the growing power of the West Saxon, later English, kingdom. Kingston was the scene for the coronations of Æthelstan in 924 and of Æthelred the Unready in 978, and, according to later tradition, also of other 10th-century Kings of England.
South Norwood is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey.It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Woodside and Addiscombe, east of Selhurst and Thornton Heath, south of Crystal Palace/Upper Norwood and Anerley, and south-west of Penge.
Shirley is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It lies north of Spring Park and Addington, east of Addiscombe, south of Monks Orchard and west of West Wickham, and 10 miles south-southeast of Charing Cross. Prior to the creation of Greater London in 1965, Shirley was in the administrative county of Surrey.