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Category Archives: Purley Way
Gang guilty of industrial-scale fly-tipping across south London
Four men sentenced after they were found to have issued threats and blackmail, destroyed property and, at a site off the Purley Way, cost the property owner £300,000 The scale of the organised criminality which lies behind the scourge of … Continue reading
Clinton Morrison is on target at Decathlon’s Ikea opening
Decathlon has officially opened the doors to its new store at Ikea Croydon, a first-of-its-kind retail partnership between the two global brands. And former Crystal Palace striker Clinton Morrison was in attendance to ensure that the opening was right on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Decathlon, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Retail Park
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Vouchers and backpack giveaways in Decathlon’s Ikea opening
Free bags and gift vouchers are on offer to the first customers next Friday and Saturday at Decathlon’s new store within Ikea off the Purley Way. Decathlon is trialling some retail “co-habiting”, as previously reported by Inside Croydon, giving up … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Decathlon, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Retail Park
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Smoke at dusk: Brigade health warning over Imperial Way fire
Tall turntable ladders and drones were deployed by emergency crews from the London Fire Brigade yesterday evening to tackle a blaze at a disused building on Imperial Way, as residents were advised to keep their windows and doors closed overnight … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, Purley Way, South Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Imperial Way, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Purley Way, South Croydon
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Sports store Decathlon opts to co-habit with Ikea’s homeware
Decathlon is to close its sports and lifestyle store on the Purley Way, as the business downsizes to relocate in a purpose-built standalone unit within Croydon’s Ikea in Valley Retail Park. Ikea Croydon will be the first in the country … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged Decathlon, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Retail Park
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Bounce into 2026 with special family party at Oxygen play park
Families can jump into the New Year together at Oxygen trampoline park at the Colonnades, off the Purley Way, with games, dancing, tasty food and a special countdown to 2026, without ruining the kids’ bedtime Oxygen is hosting a New … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Purley Way
Tagged New Year's Eve, Oxygen, Oxygen Croydon, Oxygen Trampolining Park, Purley Way
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Strictly’s real glitterball winners are dressmakers from Croydon
Whoever receives the glitterball at the end of the BBC’s pro-celebrity Strictly Come Dancing tonight, they will probably be wearing costumes where every stitch of chiffon, every sequin, has been designed and sewn on by craftspeople at a Croydon-based costume … Continue reading
Reform threaten legal action over their cancelled Croydon party
‘It’s an outrage!’ frothed Farage’s deputy leader on KGBNews last night, after the £350 top-ticket event on a Purley Way industrial estate was called off. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Far-right political party Reform UK’s Christmas fund-raiser at the Grand … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Community associations, Purley Way
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Stand Up to Racism, Grand Sapphire, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Lee Anderson, London, Nigel Farage, Purley Way, Reform UK, Richard Tice MP, Suleman Raza, Sutton, UKIP
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Muslim millionaire in row for hosting Reform’s Christmas party
EXCLUSIVE: A £350 a head fund-raising dinner for Nigel Farage’s ‘racist cronies’ at the Grand Sapphire Hotel on an industrial estate off the Purley Way next week has caused outrage. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports A massive row has broken … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Church and religions, Community associations, Purley Way
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Stand Up to Racism, Grand Sapphire, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Lee Anderson, London, Nigel Farage, Purley Way, Reform UK, Richard Tice MP, Suleman Raza, Sutton, UKIP
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Colonnades management cuts customers’ free parking by half
EXCLUSIVE: Regular users of the gym, DIY centre or kids’ play areas at the ‘leisure park’ off the Purley Way no longer have the benefit of three hours’ free car parking. By our motoring correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON Shoppers and gym … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Colonnades, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Purley Way, Transport, Waddon
Tagged 9Yards, Colonnades, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Way, Tory
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Colonnades Pizza Hut among 68 restaurants forced to close
Croydon is one of the locations that will be losing its branch of Pizza Hut, it was confirmed yesterday. Pizza Hut in the Colonnades, the Purley Way venue for building supplies, takeaway coffees and a trampoline park, is among the … Continue reading
Purley Way store’s Next move is to sell women’s and menswear
Next is re-opening its store off Purley Way tomorrow morning after a full conversion from the previous home-only offering to now include key womenswear, menswear and children’s lines. The massive refurbed shop – there’s 14,634 sq ft of trading space … Continue reading
Stafford Road in Wallington to be closed for gas mains works
Parts of the A232 Stafford Road are to be closed for two weeks for gas mains replacement works, starting at the end of this month. This is the third set of road closures for the area on or around the … Continue reading
Resurfacing works will close part of Purley Way for 11 nights
Transport for London is to carry out resurfacing works on the A23 from the Fiveways junction to Waddon Way which will see the half-mile stretch of the Purley Way closed overnight every night from Sunday October 12 until Thursday October … Continue reading
Posted in Purley Way, TfL, Transport
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Imperial Way shooting: murder victim was attending a funeral
Anthony Morrison, the man shot dead on Imperial Way last week, had been attending a wake following a funeral, it has emerged. The Metropolitan Police has repeated its appeal for witnesses following the shooting outside CostCo at around 5pm on … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Nick Blackburn, Policing, Purley Way
Tagged CostCo, Fatal shooting, Imperial Way, Metropolitan Police, murder, Purley Way, Shooting
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Imperial Way murder suspect appears in court as victim named
Byron Cole, aged 39, of Gleneldon Road, Streatham, has been charged with murder and will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today in connection with the fatal shooting that took place outside CostCo on Imperial Way last Thursday. The Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Purley Way
Tagged CostCo, Fatal shooting, Imperial Way, Metropolitan Police, murder, Purley Way, Shooting
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Two arrested in connection with fatal shooting on Imperial Way
The police have made two arrests in connection with the shooting near Costco on Imperial Way last Thursday, when a 41-year-old man was found dead. The Metropolitan Police said last night that they had arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Purley Way
Tagged CostCo, Fatal shooting, Imperial Way, Metropolitan Police, murder, Purley Way, Shooting
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Police launch man-hunt after fatal shooting on Imperial Way
Scotland Yard has confirmed that an investigation is underway after a man was shot dead in broad daylight outside CostCo on Imperial Way, off Purley Way, yesterday afternoon. The victim has not yet been named, but police were called just … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Purley Way
Tagged CostCo, Fatal shooting, Imperial Way, Metropolitan Police, murder, Purley Way, Shooting
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Purley Way closed by police after man is killed in car crash
A man was killed after he crashed his car into a tree on the Purley Way late last night. The busy A23 was closed in both directions all morning, from Purley town centre to Edgehill Road, South Croydon, with buses … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing, Purley, Purley Way, South Croydon
Tagged A23, Car crash, Diversions, Metropolitan Police, Purley, Purley Way
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Two-car crash forces police to close Purley Way all morning
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOSTORY by AUSTEN COOPER The Purley Way is best avoided on most Saturday mornings, but that was especially the case today after a two-car crash saw a mile-long stretch of one of Croydon’s busiest urban motorways closed to traffic. … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Purley Way, Transport, Waddon
Tagged A23, Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Purley Way, Purley Way closure, Two-car crash, Waddon, Waddon Road
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Take a deep breath this half-term with Oxygen’s special offers
Oxygen, the trampoline and activities park at the Colonnades off the Purley Way, is offering a five-day bounce pass, which includes one hour of open play on each day of the half term, for just £30. From tiny tots to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way
Tagged Colonnades, Oxygen Croydon, Oxygen Trampolining Park
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Controversial Purley Skyscraper scheme needs ‘adjustments’
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, surveys some of the slow-motion developments that have been troubling residents in the south of the borough The developers of one of the most controversial developments in Croydon of the past decade say that, four … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mosaic Place, Planning, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Way
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Mosaic Place, Optivo, Purley, Purley Baptist Church, Robert Jenrick, Southern Housing, Thornsett
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Council’s care equipment service is spun-off to Provide
Croydon’s community equipment service, based on Imperial Way and providing wheelchairs, specialised beds, mobility aids and other equipment for use in the home, has been spun out of the council, and re-launched as Provide Equipment Hub. Employee-owned, Provide Equipment now … Continue reading
Croydon Road’s sewer works completed ahead of schedule
Emergency road works to fix a broken sewer on the A232 Croydon Road have been completed ahead of schedule, with the major road set to re-open to all traffic as soon as tomorrow, Sunday October 20. Inside Croydon reported at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way, Sutton Council, Thames Water
Tagged Beddington Park, Croydon Road, Purley Way, Sink hole, Sutton, Thames Water, Wallington
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