Croydon

Croydon is a large town in , England, 9.5 miles south of . Part of the , a local government district of ; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area.
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  • Type: Town with 192,000 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.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , in the , England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Railway station
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West Croydon is a multi-modal interchange station located in Croydon, . It is a southern terminus of the Windrush line of the London Overground, and is also served by National Rail services operated by Southern.

Railway station
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East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in Croydon, , 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.

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is generally defined as any part of that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.

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is a borough of inner south-west . Here is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury at Palace, St. Thomas's Hospital and County Hall.

Suburb
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is a district of , England, within the . It is around 1.5 miles north of the town of Croydon, and 7.2 miles south of .

Croydon

Latitude
51.3737° or 51° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-0.1003° or 0° 6′ 1″ west
Population
192,000
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CRO
Open location code
9C3X9VFX+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21262496
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2651817
Wiki­data ID
Q2213391
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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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