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Croydon High School is an independent (fee paying) girls' school in Selsdon, and a member of the Girls' Day School Trust. [178] 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. [179] Croydon is also home to three single-sex Catholic state ...
Croydon Amphibians SC plays in the Division 2 British Water Polo League. The team won the National League Division 2 in 2008. [147] Croydon has over 120 parks and open spaces, [148] ranging from the 200-acre (0.81 km 2) Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve to many recreation grounds and
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Croydon" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Croydon's physical features consist of many hills and rivers that are spread out across the borough and into the North Downs, Surrey and the rest of South London. Some of the open spaces in Croydon form part of the well-known London LOOP walks where the first section was opened on 3 May 1996 with a ceremony on Farthing Downs in Coulsdon .
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 ...
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.
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]
Croydon: Church: 1894–95: 29 November 1976 1079303: Church of the Holy Innocents, and boundary wall ...