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Category Archives: Valley Park
Fines, arrests and car seizures as police lockdown on ‘cruise’
For a second successive week, the Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Valley Park, off the Purley Way, in a crackdown on the high-speed motor “Croydon cruise”. The police said that they stopped hundreds of people and … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Ikea, Policing, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon Cruise, Ikea, Metropolitan Police, Supt Andy Brittain, Valley Park
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Police break up illegal high-speed ‘cruise’ in retail park
The Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Croydon’s Valley Park to take action in dealing with what has become a weekly “cruise” meeting. The gathering of often high-powered cars and motorbikes, attracting crowds of spectators, has been … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Ikea, Policing, Valley Park
Tagged Broad Green, Ikea, Metropolitan Police, Valley Park
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Valley Park’s money-off offers in its Christmas present guide
To celebrate the season of giving, Croydon’s Valley Retail and Leisure Park has researched the best-selling items across its stores in order to create a personalised Christmas gift guide. As we enter the final six shopping days before Christmas, Valley … Continue reading
Ikea ready to say a socially-distanced ‘Hej’ to its customers
Croydon’s Ikea is one of 19 of the Swedish chain’s stores around the country which will be partially reopening after lockdown on June 1. Ikea is only reopening in England. Its stores in Scotland and Wales will remain closed, as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
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3,000 free ice creams this weekend at grand opening of Creams
The newest branch of Creams, the dessert restaurant, will be giving away 3,000 scoops of free gelato this weekend to celebrate opening its café in Croydon. Creams Croydon opens its doors for the first time today in Valley Leisure Park … Continue reading
Let’s revive town centre with more trees and youthful vitality
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Retired landscape architect and local resident LEWIS WHITE offers his suggestions for reviving the town centre after nearly a decade of development blight thanks to Westfield, who yesterday announced that they are ‘reviewing’ their £1.4bn flats and shops … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, Valley Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Lewis White, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Self-storage warehouse was Croydon’s worst fire since riots
Based on eyewitness accounts and internal fire brigade briefing documents, here’s the full account of how the Shurgard self-storage warehouse burned through from New Year’s Eve and into 2019 Photostory by DESMOND FITZGERALD The fire was called in to the … Continue reading
World Cup offer makes IKEA fish and chips the catch of the day
It could get a little awkward at Swedish retailer IKEA at around 3pm tomorrow afternoon, so ahead of England’s World Cup big match with Sweden, the store in Valley Park, off the Purley Way, is running a two-for-one offer where, … Continue reading
Valley Park shoppers ‘trapped’ without help on Bank Holiday
A two-car collision on the Purley Way left hundreds of Bank Holiday shoppers at Valley Park frustrated and angry, as they were stuck in the shopping and leisure centre’s car park for hours. It is the second time this year … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Transport, Valley Park, Waddon
Tagged Broad Green, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park, Waddon
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£1.5bn Hammersfield scheme hits a planning road block
CROYDON COMMENTARY: So, the centre of town has a traffic congestion problem. Who knew? Could last week’s announcement of the delay in Hammersfield delivering the planning application for its proposed £1.5 billion shopping mall be the start of more planning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Ikea, Planning, URV, Valley Park, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammerson, London, Purley Way, Stratford City, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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In to the Valley: Croydon’s wrong turn on road to future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: So a massive retail-based regeneration scheme in the centre of town will go ahead. DAVID CALLAM says it may yet prove to be yesterday’s solution for tomorrow’s problems Behold Boris Johnson, Croydon’s saviour, appearing in person at the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Ikea, Valley Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Gatwick Airport, Hammerson, London, Purley Way, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
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Ikea chucks out the chintz and now they chuck out Gypsies
Ikea in Valley Park has been using security guards to vet the ethnicity of people arriving at the store’s car park and trying to ban anyone who appears to be a “Gypsy” from entering. The store’s management claims it is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Daily Telegraph, Dawn Foster, Guardian, Gypsy, Ikea, London Borough of Croydon
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