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Lloyds makes the move into Centrale with £1.6m new branch
Lloyds Bank moves into Centrale on Monday, and says it has invested £1.6million in its new town centre branch. To mark the opening, the first customers through the doors on June 15 will be offered biscuits decorated with the Lloyds … Continue reading
Perry’s goons abandon threats against George Street homeless
Council security contractors may have failed to follow the law over their ‘thuggery’ and ‘bullying’ of what they called an ‘encampment’ in the town centre. By STEVEN DOWNES and KEN TOWL Threats of enforcement action against what the council described … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Community Protection Notice, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parkguard, Tory, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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Council heavies move in on vulnerable people on George Street
Under-trained security officials, paid for with public money, are doing the bidding of Mayor’s favoured business group in ‘authoritarian thuggery and bullying’. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council has been accused of being tactless, uncaring and of persecuting homeless people, after … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon BID, North End Quarter, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parkguard, Tory, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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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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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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Five Guys is latest business to give up on Croydon High Street
It’s not just Croydon’s pubs which are closing down. Five Guys, the pricy American burger joint on Croydon High Street, has closed in the past week. While Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, drops his chips over the opening of a … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Post Office, Restaurants, Surrey Street, Tokia Square, Turtle Bay, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Abaci, Allders, Allders Parade, Croydon, Hammersfield, Isle of Flowers, Miniso, Sky, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Abaci and florists’ are next kiosks to open in ‘Allders Parade’
EXCLUSIVE: After the Whitgift Centre’s florist shop joined the mass exodus of stores from the town centre, Westfield prepares to open a ‘kiosk’ in the old Allders building that will be selling… flowers Inside Croydon can reveal that the next … Continue reading
Delve behind the headlines on Allders, The Fold, Anonyvoter and campaign launches, with our regular subscriber podcast
Our Croydon Insider podcasts are an (almost) regular delve behind the headlines at the stories that matter to you, Inside Croydon’s loyal readers. And in our latest wide-ranging episode – part of what has been described as a “citizens’ revolt … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Allders, Annabel Smith, Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon Insider, Croydon West, Environment, Garwood Foundation, Housing, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Local media, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Bennett, New Addington North, New Addington South, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Under The Flyover, Whitgift Centre, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Allders, Annabel Smith, Anonyvoter, Bank closures, BBC London, Connie Duxbury, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Gatwick Airport expansion, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Neil Bennett, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Podcasts, Post office, Ross White, The Croydon Insider, The Fold, The Green Party, Tommy Robinson, Tory, Unite the Kingdom, Westfield
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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
Croydon’s rubbish High Street: what they say versus the reality
Croydon Council’s propaganda department was busy this week. On Monday, they pumped out this cheery piece of social media, to big-up the great work they claim is being done on Croydon High Street and North End.
YouTuber Swallow is taking us on a Croydon walk through time
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: On a stroll through the town centre, take a look up – or you won’t realise what you’re missing of the local heritage. That’s the message a local historian shared with DAVID MORGAN “Croydon is a goldmine of … Continue reading
Victim of brutal attack on North End has died from his injuries
The man subjected to a brutal assault on North End on a Saturday morning earlier this month has died in hospital from his injuries. The attack took place in broad daylight, at around 9.15am on July 12, with police responding … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, North End Quarter
Tagged Croydon, Metropolitan Police, murder, North End, Peter Dache
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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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We need a new approach to the town centre’s old problem
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Six months ago, after the latest, tokenistic ‘consultation’ over the town centre redevelopment, TED GUSH wrote that the credibility of Westfield and its regeneration scheme was ‘officially in tatters’. Now, he reacts to the latest Property Week report It … Continue reading
Sign up now to hear Croydon Mayor Jason Perry waffling on
Seriously. You cannot make this shit up. Jason Perry, the part-time Mayor of Croydon and full-time plastic guttering salesman, is in the middle of probably the greatest crisis this borough has ever seen, a crisis largely of his own making. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 'Future Croydon', Allders, Business, Commissioners, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Jo Negrini, LCA, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Communications Agency, Mayor Jason Perry, Waffle, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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‘It has to be’: Westfield scheme needs millions of public money
UNDER THE FLYOVER: In our latest podcast interview, housing specialist Fiona Fletcher-Smith, now the volunteer chair of the Whitgift Foundation’s governors, discusses the housing crisis, the closure of Old Palace School, what’s happening with the long-promised ‘kiosks’ in the Allders … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Housing, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Court of Governors, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, GLA, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Roisha Hughes, Under The Flyover, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Bench removal confirms Perry’s PSPO is yet another failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor’s ‘reign of error’ now includes removing benches from the high street in attempt to solve anti-social behaviour. Except that it hasn’t… KEN LEE reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s piss-poor Mayor, has spent much of the past week … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Marks and Spencer, Mayor Jason Perry, North End, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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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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Kiosks to open today in clapped-out shell of Allders building
Monsoon has gone. WH Smith is soon to be no more. Sainsbury’s packed up and left. So has Body Shop. But after more than a decade of broken promises, “a bold, new retail era is being launched” by Westfield in … Continue reading
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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This is where ‘Don’t rock the boat’ has become official mantra
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With local elections fast approaching, the national press has been taking a closer look at Croydon. Business owner NITIN MEHTA posted a comment in response to an article in Murdoch-owned The Times, and here expands on his points … Continue reading →
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