Purley
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England, 11.7 miles south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least 800 years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 72,000 residents
- Description: town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon
- Also known as: “Purley, London”
- Postal code: CR8
Places of Interest
Highlights include Purley railway station and Purley Oaks railway station.
Purley railway station
Railway station
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Purley railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon on the Brighton Main Line, 13 miles 29 chains measured from London Bridge, in London fare zone 6. It is a junction, with branches to Caterham and Tattenham Corner.
Purley Oaks railway station
Railway station
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Purley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Brighton Main Line 12 miles 34 chains measured from London Bridge.
Sanderstead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanderstead railway station is on the Oxted Line in the London Borough of Croydon, 1 mile from Sanderstead village. It is in London fare zone 6, 12 miles 23 chains from London Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South London and Croydon.
South London
Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.
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.
Croydon
Town
Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area. Croydon is situated 2½ miles north of Purley.
Sutton
Town
Photo: A P Monblat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sutton is a town in the London Borough of Sutton in South London, England. It is the administrative headquarters of the Outer London borough. It is 10 miles south-southwest of Charing Cross, one of the fourteen metropolitan centres in the London Plan. Sutton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Purley.
Purley
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.3388° or 51° 20′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.1159° or 0° 6′ 57″ westPopulation
72,000Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PUROpen location code
9C3X8VQM+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 88374952OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Purley” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Փըռլի”
- Asturian: “Purley”
- Basque: “Purley”
- Bulgarian: “Пурлей”
- Catalan: “Purley”
- Cebuano: “Purley”
- Chinese: “珀利”
- Dutch: “Purley”
- French: “Purley”
- German: “Purley”
- Hebrew: “פורלי, לונדון”
- Irish: “Purley, Londain”
- Irish: “Purley”
- Italian: “Purley”
- Japanese: “パーリー (ロンドン)”
- Japanese: “パーリー”
- Ladin: “Purley”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Purley”
- Persian: “پورلی، لندن”
- Polish: “Purley”
- Russian: “Перли”
- Scots: “Purley”
- South Azerbaijani: “پورلی، لندن”
- Swedish: “Purley”
- Urdu: “پرلی، لندن”
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