Croydon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 173,000 residents
- Description: town in South London, England
- Also known as: “Croydon Grants” and “Town of Croydon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selhurst Park and West Croydon 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.
West Croydon station
Railway station
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West Croydon is a multi-modal interchange station located in Croydon, South London. It is a southern terminus of the Windrush line of the London Overground, and is also served by National Rail services operated by Southern.
East Croydon Station
Railway station
Photo: Hzh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in Croydon, Greater London, England. It is located in London fare zone 5. At 10 miles 28 chains from London Bridge, it is the 20th busiest station in Britain, was the 10th busiest…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South London and Lambeth.
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.
Lambeth
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Lambeth is a borough of inner south-west London. Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace, St. Thomas's Hospital and County Hall.
Thornton Heath
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Croydon
- Categories: market town, area of London, and locality
- Location: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3713° or 51° 22′ 17″ northLongitude
-0.102° or 0° 6′ 7″ westPopulation
173,000Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CROOpen location code
9C3X9VCX+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 21262496OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Croydon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كرويدن”
- Arabic: “كرويدون”
- Armenian: “Կրոյդոն”
- Asturian: “Croydon”
- Azerbaijani: “Kroydon”
- Basque: “Croydon”
- Belarusian: “Кройдан”
- Bengali: “ক্রোডন”
- Bulgarian: “Кройдън”
- Catalan: “Croydon”
- Chinese: “克洛敦”
- Chinese: “克罗伊登”
- Chinese: “克羅伊登”
- Chinese: “歌來頓”
- Czech: “Croydon”
- Danish: “Croydon”
- Dutch: “Croydon”
- Esperanto: “Krojdono”
- Faroese: “Croydon”
- Finnish: “Croydon”
- French: “Croydon”
- Galician: “Croydon”
- German: “Croydon, London”
- German: “Croydon”
- Greek: “Κρόιντον”
- Gujarati: “ક્રોયડન”
- Hebrew: “עיריית קרוידון”
- Hebrew: “קרוידון”
- Hindi: “क्रॉयडन”
- Hungarian: “Croydon”
- Icelandic: “Croydon”
- Indonesian: “Croydon”
- Irish: “Croydon”
- Italian: “Croydon”
- Japanese: “クロイドン・ビジョン2020”
- Japanese: “クロイドン”
- Kalaallisut: “Croydon”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ರಾಯ್ಡನ್”
- Korean: “크로이던”
- Ladin: “Croydon”
- Latin: “Croydonia”
- Lithuanian: “Kroidonas”
- Malagasy: “Croydon”
- Northern Frisian: “Croydon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Croydon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Croydon”
- Ossetian: “Кройдон”
- Persian: “کرویدون”
- Polish: “Croydon”
- Portuguese: “Croydon”
- Russian: “Кройдон”
- Scots: “Croydon”
- Slovak: “Croydon”
- Slovenian: “Croydon”
- South Azerbaijani: “کرویدون”
- Spanish: “Croydon”
- Swedish: “Croydon, London”
- Swedish: “Croydon”
- Tamil: “சிராய்ந்தோன்”
- Telugu: “క్రోయ్డాన్”
- Turkish: “Croydon”
- Ukrainian: “Кройдон”
- Urdu: “کروئڈن”
- Urdu: “کرویدون”
- Vietnamese: “Croydon”
- Welsh: “Croydon”
- “Croydon”
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