Is Croydon’s reputation now so bad that businesses that have been based here for many years don’t want to be associated with the borough? The ‘relocating’ of one old pub, being run by a ‘Mayor of Croydon’, could cause ULEZ confusion for customers driving in from Tandridge

Rogue sign: locals have been dismissive of the pub’s efforts to distance itself from Old Coulsdon
One of Croydon’s best-loved country pubs, The Fox on Coulsdon Common, has re-opened after a month-long makeover estimated as having cost half-a-million pounds.
And in doing so, they’ve made a “dash” for the other side of the county border, to the derision of some locals.
Some have even suggested that the geographically illiterate rebranding of the pub as “The Fox Caterham” could get some unsuspecting drivers from Surrey into problems with London’s ULEZ cameras.
Vintage Inns, which runs The Fox and another 180 “rustic country inns” across the country, have given the front of the pub a lick of paint and a rejigged logo, and a new pub sign beside the nearby Transport for London bus stop, with the mislocation of “Caterham” added to the pub name.
“The Fox is on Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon. Idiots!” was the view of one forthright regular on social media. Continue reading



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