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Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street: c. 1903: John Wenlock Rollins: Charles Henman Jr. Architectural sculpture Grade II [2] More images: Statue of Queen Victoria: Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street: 1903: Francis John Williamson — Statue Grade II [3] More images: Croydon Cenotaph: Outside Croydon Library, Katharine Street
Croydon High School is an independent (fee paying) girls' school in Selsdon, and a member of the Girls' Day School Trust. [179] Royal Russell School is a co-educational independent (fee paying) boarding and day school in South Croydon and is a member of the Headmasters' Conference. [180] Croydon is also home to three single-sex Catholic state ...
Croydon Cemetery is a large cemetery and crematorium west of Croydon and is most famous for the gravestone of Derek Bentley, who was wrongly hanged in 1953. Mitcham Common is an area of common land partly shared with the boroughs of Sutton and Merton .
The research found that the words "Croydon", "museum" and "history" were all "turn-offs", and so the new institution was given the neutral name of "Lifetimes". [9] [10] [11] Sally MacDonald, the principal museum officer, later explained: Croydon's museum had to be new, different, modern, daring, high profile, glossy, sponsorable and popular.
Croydon's skyline has been built up mostly since the mid-20th century. No. 1 Croydon held the title of tallest structure in Croydon for 38 years until Altitude 25 is built. This was replaced in 2016 by Saffron Square, a 2016 Carbuncle Cup-nominated high-rise completed as part of Croydon Vision 2020. Other high-rise buildings proposed to be ...
View towards Central Croydon from Pitlake Bridge. The London Borough of Croydon has a wide variety of buildings mainly from post-war through to modern. Much of the modern architecture in the borough is centred on the commercial centre of the town, with much of the Victorian designs spread out on both the northern and southern corridors of the borough.
The venue contains the Museum of Croydon, Clocktower Café and the Croydon Central Library. [4] Other facilities which can be accessed from Croydon Clocktower include the David Lean Cinema, which offers a regular programme of art house and independent films, and the Braithwaite Hall, which is used for concerts, theatre and children's shows. [5]
It is centred on Croydon Minster and the Old Palace, and is the location of the original early medieval settlement of Croydon. As defined for modern planning purposes, the neighbourhood includes Surrey Street Market to the east, and extends west as far as the boundaries of Wandle Park, and south to Croydon Flyover (part of the east–west A232 ...