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King Charles joins Surrey Street’s 750th anniversary party
PHOTOGRAPHY for Inside Croydon by NADIA AZIZUDDIN King Charles was in Surrey Street this lunchtime, joining celebrations to mark the historic street market’s 750th anniversary. The first royal charter for a market in Croydon was granted in 1276 to the … Continue reading
Microsoft’s global outage even impacts Croydon bin collections
Jason Perry’s “digital first” council bumbled into further troubles today, as staff working in Fisher’s Folly and around the borough found themselves struggling to perform even the simplest of online functions related to council services due to the global Microsoft … Continue reading
Six years on, Brick by Brick approaching its final reckoning
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Companies House filings today mark the latest stage in winding up the council’s failed housing developer. But clearing the paperwork does not mean recovering the money. By STEVEN DOWNES Someone in Fisher’s Folly must have a very … Continue reading
The croissants in Janes are good, the arguments not so much
KEN TOWL set off on a mission to trial the new bakery chain in town and got much more than he bargained for At breakfast time on Saturday, I popped into Janes Pantry to try their coffee and their croissant, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Coughlan's, Janes Pantry, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe, Ball gag, Celebrity Traitors, Coughlans, Croissant, Janes, Janes Pantry, Ken Towl, Romesh Ranganathan, Traitors
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Westfield keeping schtum about their Croydon data centre
The latest public consultation on the long-delayed regeneration of the town centre offers little detail about the property speculators’ money-spinning proposals for the old Whitgift Centre. By STEVEN DOWNES In the United States this week, data centres (or, in American, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Adam Smith, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged AI, Artificial Intelligence, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North End, Croydon Town Centre, Datacenter, Date centre, Elon Musk, Fairfield, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, North End, President Donald Trump, Republican Party, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, US mid-term elections, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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South Croydon bar set to be restored after year-long closure
The Store is being restored. The South Croydon pub with a long-term identity crisis – previously called The Joker, Bar TXT et al – is set to reopen this month, though now with more of the air of an all-day … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Brakspear, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Propella Group Ltd, pubs, South Croydon, South End, The Store
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Upgrading Ford Ranger wheels: a practical overview
SPONSORED CONTENT The Ford Ranger is built for more than one kind of owner. Some use it for serious off-road work and heavy towing. Others use it as a lifestyle vehicle that occasionally sees a muddy track. Factory wheels serve … Continue reading
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Business
Tagged Advertisement, Ford Ranger, Sponsored content, The Wheel Guys
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North End’s Muffin Break café opens one week ahead of plan
Muffin Break, the fresh bakery café chain, has opened its first Croydon branch, and managed to do so a week earlier than originally announced. The new North End branch, near Marks and Spencer and close to West Croydon Station, started … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Muffin Break, Restaurants
Tagged Café, Croydon North End, Foodco UK Group, Marks and Spencer, Muffin Break, North End, Retail
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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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Healey’s ‘breathing space’ Budget was tempered by Trump
Small Business Rate Relief is not the headline-grabber from yesterday’s Budget that a £100 payment to millions of households to help with fuel bills was. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports how it is a measure that should help more than … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council
Tagged Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Iran, Iran war, John Healey, Labour, London, President Donald Trump, Small Business Rate Relief, SMEs, Tory
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You’ll very much like the rice, jerk chicken and divine lamb
A new bar-restaurant on South End has opened, and KEN TOWL definitely liked the lamb First things first. The suya lamb chops at Anything Yuh Like are divine. The finely balanced spices complement rather than overwhelm the perfectly cooked, pink-in-the-middle … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged 1 South End, Anything Yuh Like, AYL, Blacksmiths Arms, Croydon, Jerk chicken, Jollof rice, Ken Towl, Kendra Marful, South Croydon, Suya lamb chops, The Corner House
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Unpicking the Budget and the Bayeux Tapestry in our podcast
The latest episode of the Croydon Insider podcast is now available – free for our paying subscribers as premium content via Patreon, or for purchase on our Spotify page. It’s another jam-packed episode, with a panel of iC readers going … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Bayeux Tapestry, BBC, Beckenham Junction, British Museum, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydon Trams, Dr Yusuf Ali Osman, Elmers End, London Trams, New Addington, Patreon, Podcast, Sanjana Idnani, Spotify, The Budget, Yusuf Osman
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How online sales can help Croydon’s shops stay competitive
SPONSORED CONTENT With more customers turning to online shopping instead of heading to the high street, independent shops in Croydon are having to adapt. As a result, many businesses are creating online stores to capture audiences further afield. But, can … Continue reading
Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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What your business needs to do before taking card payments
SPONSORED CONTENT You are about to start a new business. Your card machine will probably show up a few days before you open. It’ll sit in its box on the counter while you’re still painting, sorting stock, stacking shelves, wiping … Continue reading
The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more info and to book tickets, visit the Croydonites website by clicking here
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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How Croydon got its first shopping centre, 750 years ago
CROYDON CHRONICLES: As the town centre’s ancient market reaches its 750th anniversary, DAVID MORGAN charts its growth from its beginnings as Butchers Row, aided by the patronage of commercially-minded Archbishops of Canterbury “Where there are two or three people gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Surrey Street
Tagged 1276, 750th anniversary, Archbishop John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Robert Kilwardby, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, King Edward I, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash
A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling Prize
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Perry’s CALAT lies exposed as up to 200 jobs are put at risk
In four years under Croydon’s Tory Mayor, the borough’s adult education service has gone from paying its own way to operating a £500,000 overspend – after its landlords, the council, doubled its rent to more than £800,000 a year. ‘It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Homelessness charity opens art exhibit in Whitgift Centre
An art exhibition featuring unique pieces created by people impacted by homelessness in Croydon has opened in the Whitgift Centre this week. This first-of-its-kind exhibition aims to share the stories of people in the borough with nowhere safe to live, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Charity, Crisis Skylight Centre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Crisis, Crisis Skylight Centre, Homelessness, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
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‘Everything must go!’: TG Jones joins Whitgift Centre exodus
Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest signs of the times in the Whitgift Centre “Everything must go!” scream the bright yellow signs stuck to the windows of the recently re-styled TG Jones on North End. Thing is, as … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Fairfield, Post Office, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Modella, Private equity, TG Jones, Westfield, WH Smith, Whitgift Centre
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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