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Uniformed guards are making our town centre more hostile
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Stopping for a morning coffee overlooking North End on Monday, community worker EMMA GARDINER did not much like the events unfolding before her Sitting in the window of the lovely new coffee shop on North End gives you … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon BID, North End Quarter, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Next, Parkguard, Tory
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Westfield consult public for 6th time and deliver more delays
Paris-based multi-bilion developers URW today begin another public consultation over the future of the town centre – Consultation No6 – which means that their latest planning application, already two years late, won’t see the light of day until long after … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Car Park, Allies and Morrison, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, The Croydon Project, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Police make arrest in Croydon over ‘School Wars’ messages
EXCLUSIVE: Met promises ‘robust’ action, dispersal orders and stop and search ahead of further social media advertised meetings The police have made an arrest in Croydon in connection with the “School Wars” social media messages which went viral across London … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, London-wide issues, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Policing, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Superintendent Luke Dillon, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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Police use stop-and-search powers to counter ‘Croydon Wars’
There were no arrests across London yesterday, as the threatened youth violence prompted by social media messaging failed to materialise. Now some suggest the ‘Red v Blue’ messages are all a hoax A large police presence in Croydon town centre … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, London-wide issues, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Policing, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Commander Neerav Patel, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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Dozen social media sites ‘disabled’ over Croydon Wars stunt
Metropolitan Police says it is increasing number of officers patrolling around schools and town centre, ‘and we will respond firmly to any reports of violence or disorder’ A senior police officer based in Croydon has issued a statement seeking to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Croydon Council, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Superintendent Luke Dillon, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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Schools and parents on alert for next week’s ‘Croydon Wars’
Police and community groups are preparing for a week of “Croydon Wars”, after children aged as young as 12 have been encouraged on social media to take weapons with them to a series of “Red v Blue” fights between schools. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood School, Crime, Croydon Council, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy South Norwood, Norbury Manor, Oasis Academy, Orchard Park High, Schools, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coloma, Coombe Wood, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Wars, Hackney, Harris Beulah Hill, Harris Invictus, Harris Purley, Harris South Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Norbury Manor, Oasis Arena, Orchard Park, Saffron Valley Collegiate, Sutton, TikTok, Whitgift Centre
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101 Records to shut with final blast at landlords and council
One of the stalwarts of the Croydon music scene since the period of peak punk, where singer Kirsty MacColl once worked in its mail order department, is to close next month. NADIA AZIZUDDIN reports Another key part of Croydon’s retail … Continue reading
MP Jones misses mark with criticism of town centre’s Primark
CROYDON IN CRISIS: One of the borough’s Labour MPs is accused of ‘performatively sending emails’ to a fashion chain’s CEO, when there are bigger issues in the borough, such as Westfield’s continuing delays over redevelopment Croydon West MP Sarah Jones … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Nick Blackburn, North End Quarter, Planning, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Hammersfield, Labour, Metropolitan Police, North End, Primark, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Planning application for Westfield scheme stalled to mid-2026
EXCLUSIVE: ‘”Rome wasn’t built in a day”, but it never took this long’. More broken promises from the Paris-based developers as their housing scheme for the town centre is delayed again. By STEVEN DOWNES Their planning application was supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Car Park, Allies and Morrison, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Smell the coffee… Last two Allders kiosks set to open this week
Locals better get there early on Friday, for the grand opening of Coco and Nut on North End, when free coffees and pastries will be on offer to celebrate. Because, with the slightest whiff of a freebie to be had, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Parade, Coco and Nut, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Kiosks, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Meltin' Memories, Miniso, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up
The number of empty retail units in the Whitgift Centre has increased by more than 50% in the past year, according to recent research. Now under the management of Westfield, the Whitgift Centre was supposed to have been demolished and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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Westfield is forced to fence off Centrale’s leaky entrance
As one door opens, another slams into shoppers’ faces on North End, as temporary fencing was erected outside the entrance to Zara and House of Fraser Less than a week after Westfield was trumpeting the opening of two “kiosks” in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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Costa Del Croydon offers beach experience unlike any other
Westfield’s latest sop for failing to deliver the long-promised regeneration of the town centre has been to have tons of sand dumped on the top of a shopping centre’s multi-storey car park. KEN TOWL donned his ‘Kiss Me Quick’ hat … Continue reading
Perry’s poor waffle performance shows who is really in charge
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s £82,000 per year executive Mayor gave up a morning of his valuable time to help a property PR firm boost the flagging credibility of Westfield’s town centre proposals. And there among the breakfast croissants and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Planning, Tom Copley, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Breakfast Waffle, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Holborn, Jo Negrini, LCA, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Another Croydon mugging as Westfield stages latest charade
There’s a public consultation about the long-delayed Westfield redevelopment of the town centre. Yes, another one. But there’s no promises of when any work will actually begin, or end. By STEVEN DOWNES After decades of broken promises and inflicting development … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Adam Smith, Business, Centrale, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Adam Smith, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamburg, Hammersfield, Hammerson, LCA, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Property Week, Scott Parsons, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Westfield’s non-denial denials can’t mask their investment plan
More than 48 hours after trade magazine Property Week reported what Westfield had been briefing their investors about the possibility of them selling off their interests in Croydon, and there’s been not a peep from the Paris head office of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon West, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamburg, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Property Week, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Westfield looking for ‘bargain basement’ sale of Croydon site
Respected trade magazine Property Week is reporting that after almost 14 years of inflicting development blight on Croydon town centre, without ever laying a single brick, Westfield could be about to flog off their interests in south London once and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamburg, Hammersfield, Hammerson, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Property Week, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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It’s Easter – so obviously, Whitgift Centre goes all Jurassic Park
Croydon’s Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres are staging a Dino Eggstravaganza this Easter weekend, what they call “a thrilling, prehistoric-themed experience for dino-lovers of all ages”. So, full of the meaning of Easter, then… From tomorrow, Thursday April 17, through … Continue reading
Landowner wants public cash to help delayed Westfield project
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Whitgift Foundation is in talks with the Mayor of London and central government for another multi-million-pound bail-out for Croydon, this one likely to centre around building around 3,000 homes in the town centre. That’s according … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Roisha Hughes, Schools, TfL, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Roisha Hughes, Sir Howard Dawber, Tom Copley, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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The Masterplan has just one aim, to make money for Westfield
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Town Hall planners handing over Masterplan responsibilities for the town centre to Westfield, as Inside Croydon reported this week, has left reader CARL LUCAS angry that our council will be missing a significant opportunity for a sustainable … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Nicola Townsend, North End Quarter, Planning, Property, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Carl Lucas, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Michael Neal, NEQ, Nicola Townsend, North End Quarter, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Bingo! Croydon player scoops the £50,000 jackpot at Centrale
A bingo player at Centrale in Croydon scooped an incredible £50,000 prize earlier this month – the third national game jackpot to be called by Mecca Bingo’s Altex Gibson, who has been working at the venue for 20 years. “When … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Centrale
Tagged Altex Gibson, Bingo, Centrale, Croydon, Mecca Bingo
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The man who made shopping at Kennards feel a bit magical
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A former Music Hall performer used his modelling genius to brighten the lives of countless children in one Croydon department store, while creating famous stage dummies including Archie Andrews and Lord Charles. DAVID MORGAN looks back on the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, David Morgan, Debenhams, History
Tagged Archie Andrews, BBC Radio, Croydon, David Morgan, Drummond Centre, Eric Morecambe, Kennards, Len Insull, Music Hall, Peter Brough, Ray Alan
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Waiting for Westfield leaves us Urban Room for improvement
With not a moment to lose, KEN TOWL dashed down to the Whitgift Centre to try to discover what the multi-national developers might have in store for the town centre, amid their models made of cereal packets and design briefs … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Ken Towl, North End Quarter, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Car Park, Allies and Morrison, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Ken Towl, London, North End Quarter, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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