Category Archives: KENDRA

Residents secure community asset status for Kenley Hotel

While one Victorian era pub building in Croydon faces continuing uncertainty, a residents’ campaign in Kenley has been successful in achieving Asset of Community Value status for what could become a community hub The Kenley Hotel, a grand Victorian pub … Continue reading

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Kenley locals in campaign to save their local for the future

Grand Victorian pub that served RAF heroes during the Battle of Britain and which has  a bar reputedly made for the doomed Titanic, is under threat of being sold off, possibly for redevelopment. But not if the residents’ association get … Continue reading

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Life-saving first aid lessons, Kenley Memorial Hall, Apr 13

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How TfL’s changes to 10 Croydon bus routes will affect you

There’s major changes coming to 10 bus routes serving the south of Croydon, including Purley, Coulsdon, Kenley and South Croydon, as well as Sutton and Wallington, coming into effect on Saturday March 2. Here’s TfL’s blow-by-blow breakdown of their bus … Continue reading

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Goodbye Route 455… it’s been a long, long journey. Too long

EXCLUSIVE: There’s more than a touch of an old Morecambe and Wise gag about the extensive changes to 10 bus routes in Croydon and Sutton: ‘TfL has chosen all the right routes, just not the right roads’. By JEREMY CLACKSON, … Continue reading

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Spitfire and Hurricane in Battle of Britain flypast at Kenley

There is to be a flypast at Kenley airfield this Sunday, August 20, by a Spitfire and Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to commemorate “The Hardest Day”. While September 15 is widely considered to have been the … Continue reading

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An unaligned elected Mayor could be best result for Croydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Loyal reader GEOFF JAMES, from Kenley, offers his take on the importance of the 2022 local elections, including the first vote for an executive Mayor of Croydon 1, Regardless of who wins, Labour and Conservatives will remain the … Continue reading

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