Croydon

The London Borough of Croydon is a borough within . It covers an area of 87 km2 and has a population of 397,741 as of mid-2023, making it one of London's most populated boroughs.
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  • Type: Locality with 382,000 residents
  • Description: borough in the London Region in England
  • Also known as: Croydon (unparished area)” and “London Borough of Croydon

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selhurst Park and West Croydon station.

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

Railway station
West Croydon is a multi-modal interchange station located in , . 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
Photo: Hzh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in , , 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.

Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.
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.

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.

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

Croydon

Latitude
51.3766° or 51° 22′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.1057° or 0° 6′ 21″ west
Population
382,000
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Abbreviation
“CRY”
Open location code
9C3X9VGV+MP
Geo­Names ID
3333140
Wiki­data ID
Q26888
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yiddish—“Croydon” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Քրոյդոն
  • Basque: Croydon
  • Belarusian: бора Кройдан
  • Belarusian: Кройдан (бора)
  • Belarusian: Кройдан
  • Catalan: Croydon
  • Cebuano: Croydon
  • Chinese: Croydon
  • Chinese: 克洛敦區
  • Chinese: 克罗伊登区
  • Chinese: 克羅伊登倫敦自治市
  • Chinese: 克羅伊登區
  • Chinese: 歌來頓區
  • Czech: Croydon
  • Danish: Croydon
  • Dutch: Croydon
  • Dutch: London Borough of Croydon
  • Esperanto: Croydon
  • Esperanto: London Borough of Croydon
  • Estonian: Croydon
  • Finnish: Croydon
  • French: Borough londonien de Croydon
  • French: Croydon
  • French: London Borough de Croydon
  • French: London Borough of Croydon
  • Galician: Croydon
  • German: GB-CRY
  • German: London Borough of Croydon
  • Hebrew: קרוידון
  • Hebrew: רובע קרוידון
  • Hindi: क्रॉयडन बरो
  • Hungarian: Croydon kerület
  • Icelandic: Croydon
  • Irish: Buirg Londan Croydon
  • Italian: borgo londinese di Croydon
  • Italian: Croydon
  • Japanese: クロイドン・ロンドン特別区
  • Japanese: クロイドン
  • Japanese: クロイドン区
  • Japanese: ロンドン市クロイドン区
  • Korean: 크로이던구
  • Latin: Croindone
  • Latin: Croydon
  • Latin: Croydonia
  • Latvian: Kroidona
  • Marathi: क्रॉयडन
  • Marathi: क्रॉयडॉन
  • Min Nan Chinese: Croydon (koān)
  • Northern Frisian: Croydon
  • Northern Frisian: London Borough of Croydon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Croydon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: London Borough of Croydon
  • Norwegian: Croydon
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Crogdenu se Lundenburgscipe
  • Ossetian: Кройдон
  • Persian: منطقه کرویدون لندن
  • Polish: Croydon
  • Polish: London Borough of Croydon
  • Portuguese: Borough de Croydon
  • Portuguese: Croydon
  • Portuguese: London Borough de Croydon
  • Portuguese: London Borough of Croydon
  • Romanian: Burgul londonez Croydon
  • Romanian: Croydon
  • Russian: Коулсдон-энд-Перли
  • Russian: Кройдон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Croydon
  • Slovenian: Croydon
  • Slovenian: GB-CRY
  • Slovenian: London Borough of Croydon
  • Slovenian: Londonski okraj Croydon
  • South Azerbaijani: کرویدون لندن منطقه‌سی
  • Spanish: Croydon
  • Spanish: Municipio de Croydon
  • Swedish: Croydon
  • Swedish: London Borough of Croydon
  • Tajik: Ноҳияи Кройдон
  • Turkish: Croydon
  • Ukrainian: Кройдон
  • Urdu: کروئڈن بورو
  • Urdu: لندن بورو کروئڈن
  • Vietnamese: Khu Croydon của Luân Đôn
  • Vlaams: Croydon
  • Vlaams: London Borough of Croydon
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Llundain Croydon
  • Welsh: Croydon
  • Western Panjabi: کرؤڈن
  • Yiddish: לאנדאנער בארא פון קרוידן

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Highlights include Centrale tram stop and Reeves Corner tram stop.

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