Thornton Heath
Thornton Heath is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around 1.5 miles north of the town of Croydon, and 7.2 miles south of Charing Cross.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 14,700 residents
- Description: district of South London, England
- Postal code: CR7
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selhurst Park and Thornton Heath railway station.
Selhurst Park
Stadium
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Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Thornton Heath railway station
Railway station
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Thornton Heath is a railway station in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, 8 miles 64 chains down the line from London Victoria. It is on the Brighton Main Line between Norbury and Selhurst.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selhurst and South Norwood.
Selhurst
Suburb
Photo: Noel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Selhurst is a suburb in the London Borough of Croydon, England, 7.8 miles south-east of Charing Cross. Historically in Surrey, the suburb is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woodside.
South Norwood
Suburb
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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.
South London
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South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.
Thornton Heath
- Categories: town, area of London, and locality
- Location: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39911° or 51° 23′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.09861° or 0° 5′ 55″ westPopulation
14,700Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB THHOpen location code
9C3X9WX2+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 431524383OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Thornton Heath” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ثورنتون هيث”
- Asturian: “Thornton Heath”
- Cebuano: “Thornton Heath”
- Chinese: “桑頓希思”
- Chinese: “桑顿希思”
- Dutch: “Thornton Heath”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ثورنتون هيث”
- French: “Thornton Heath”
- German: “Thornton Heath”
- Greek: “Θόρντον Χιθ”
- Hebrew: “טורטון”
- Irish: “Thornton Heath”
- Italian: “Thornton Heath”
- Japanese: “ソーントン・ヒース”
- Ladin: “Thornton Heath”
- Persian: “ثورنتون هیث”
- Romanian: “Thornton Heath”
- Russian: “Торнтон-Хит”
- Spanish: “Thornton Heath”
- Swedish: “Thornton Heath”
- Turkish: “Thornton Heath”
- Urdu: “تھورنٹن ہیتھ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Croydon Community Church and Thornton Heath Station.
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