Purley
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England, on the border with Sutton. It is 11.5 miles south of Charing Cross and 2.5 miles northeast of the London/Surrey border, with a history going back at least 800 years.
- Suburb with about 72,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 320 feet (100 metres)
- Description: town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon
- Postal code: CR8
- Also known as“Purley, Croydon”“Purley, London”“Purley, Surrey”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Purley railway station and Purley War Memorial Hospital.
Purley War Memorial Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital is a community hospital in Purley, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South London and Croydon.
South London
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South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames.
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross. Croydon is situated 2½ miles north of Purley.
Sutton
Sutton is a town in the London Borough of Sutton in South London, England. Sutton is situated 3½ miles northwest of Purley.
Purley
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Latitude
51.3388° or 51° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
-0.1159° or 0° 6′ 57″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB PUR
Open location code
9C3X8VQM+GM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Purley” goes by many names.
ՓըռլիArmenian
PurleyAsturian
PurleyBasque
ПурлейBulgarian
PurleyCatalan
PurleyCebuano
珀利Chinese
PurleyDutch
פורלי, לונדוןHebrew
PurleyIrish
Purley, LondainIrish
PurleyItalian
パーリーJapanese
パーリー (ロンドン)Japanese
펄리Korean
PurleyLadin
PurleyNorwegian Bokmål
پورلیPersian
پورلی، لندنPersian
PurleyPolish
ПерлиRussian
PurleyScots
پورلی، لندنSouth Azerbaijani
PurleySwedish
پرلی، لندنUrdu
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