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A major town in [[Locale South London\|South London]] or [[Locale Surrey\|Surrey]] depending on your point of view — it is within a Greater London borough (of the same name), but classified as Surrey from the post office's point of view. It is within the [[Locale CR0\|CR0]] postal district (as well as [[Locale CR9\|CR9]], which though non-geographic, is used for large businesses which are based in the centre). category='Locales' Croydon has grand aspirations — like many large towns it applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000 and 2002, and it has a number of "skyscrapers" in the town centre. Croydon is particularly notable for two things. Firstly it has excellent transport links: for [[Locale Central London\|Central London]], Brighton and many other south coast destinations, and locally thanks to an extensive bus and [[Category Tramlink\|tram]] network. Secondly, Croydon is a significant local shopping nexus, with two large "malls" in the centre (the Whitgift and Centrale centres, with another in the planning stages) and a considerable out-of-town retail park on Purley Way. Historically, Croydon can boast the world's first (horse-drawn) public railway, and London's first international passenger airport (opened in 1915, but now long gone). Although the centre is largely given over to commercial and industrial use, there is a notable pocket of residential development just to the south-east, close by [[East Croydon Station]], the Park Hill 'Village'. It was laid out in the 1960s and 70s, replacing a stately home, and is bounded on the east by the Tramlink tunnel and [[Lloyd Park]]. See also: * [http://croydon.randomness.org.uk/ Completists' Guide to Croydon] * [http://london-road-croydon.org/history/ The Past and Present of Croydon's London Road] * [http://dirtycroydonlovearchitecture.blogspot.co.uk/ Dirty Croydon Love] (an architecture blog) * [http://www.flickr.com/groups/croydon/ Flickr group] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon Wikipedia entry] Auto-generated list of things in Croydon (@MAP_LINK [[Locale Croydon\|view them on a map]]): @INDEX_LIST [[Locale Croydon]] <div class="neighbouring_postcodes">North: [[Locale Selhurst\|Selhurst]]<br> North-East: [[Locale Woodside\|Woodside]]<br> East: [[Locale Addiscombe\|Addiscombe]]<br> South: [[Locale South Croydon\|South Croydon]]<br> West: [[Locale Waddon\|Waddon]]</div> address='' category='Locales' edit_type='Minor tidying' fax='' formatted_website_text='' host='81.187.166.218' hours_text='' locale='South London' major_change='0' map_link='' node_image='https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3204345847_819d2a531e_m_d.jpg' node_image_copyright='diamond geezer' node_image_licence='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/' node_image_url='https://www.flickr.com/photos/dgeezer/3204345847/' opening_hours_text='' phone='' postcode='' summary='Major town to the south of London, now part of Greater London.'	@INDEX_LINK [[Locale Croydon]] category='Locales' summary='Major town to the south of London, now part of Greater London.'

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A major town in [[Locale South London|South London]] or [[Locale Surrey|Surrey]] depending on your point of view — it is within a Greater London borough (of the same name), but classified as Surrey from the post office's point of view. It is within the [[Locale CR0|CR0]] postal district (as well as [[Locale CR9|CR9]], which though non-geographic, is used for large businesses which are based in the centre).
category='Locales'
Croydon has grand aspirations — like many large towns it applied unsuccessfully for city status in 2000 and 2002, and it has a number of "skyscrapers" in the town centre.

Croydon is particularly notable for two things. Firstly it has excellent transport links: for [[Locale Central London|Central London]], Brighton and many other south coast destinations, and locally thanks to an extensive bus and [[Category Tramlink|tram]] network. Secondly, Croydon is a significant local shopping nexus, with two large "malls" in the centre (the Whitgift and Centrale centres, with another in the planning stages) and a considerable out-of-town retail park on Purley Way.

Historically, Croydon can boast the world's first (horse-drawn) public railway, and London's first international passenger airport (opened in 1915, but now long gone).

Although the centre is largely given over to commercial and industrial use, there is a notable pocket of residential development just to the south-east, close by [[East Croydon Station]], the Park Hill 'Village'. It was laid out in the 1960s and 70s, replacing a stately home, and is bounded on the east by the Tramlink tunnel and [[Lloyd Park]].

See also:
* [http://croydon.randomness.org.uk/ Completists' Guide to Croydon]
* [http://london-road-croydon.org/history/ The Past and Present of Croydon's London Road]
* [http://dirtycroydonlovearchitecture.blogspot.co.uk/ Dirty Croydon Love] (an architecture blog)
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/croydon/ Flickr group]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon Wikipedia entry]

Auto-generated list of things in Croydon (@MAP_LINK [[Locale Croydon|view them on a map]]):
@INDEX_LIST [[Locale Croydon]]

<div class="neighbouring_postcodes">North: [[Locale Selhurst|Selhurst]]<br>
North-East: [[Locale Woodside|Woodside]]<br>
East: [[Locale Addiscombe|Addiscombe]]<br>
South: [[Locale South Croydon|South Croydon]]<br>
West: [[Locale Waddon|Waddon]]</div>
address=''
category='Locales'
edit_type='Minor tidying'
fax=''
formatted_website_text=''
host='81.187.166.218'
hours_text=''
locale='South London'
major_change='0'
map_link=''
node_image='https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3204345847_819d2a531e_m_d.jpg'
node_image_copyright='diamond geezer'
node_image_licence='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/'
node_image_url='https://www.flickr.com/photos/dgeezer/3204345847/'
opening_hours_text=''
phone=''
postcode=''
summary='Major town to the south of London, now part of Greater London.'

@INDEX_LINK [[Locale Croydon]]
category='Locales' summary='Major town to the south of London, now part of Greater London.'

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