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Category Archives: Selsdon and Addington Village
Police said ‘no immediate risk’ before stabbing, claims church
The church which operates Selsdon Hall says that it is “open to learning” after a teenager needed emergency hospital treatment following a stabbing outside the venue at the weekend. Croydon Jubilee Church says that police were called late on Friday … Continue reading
Selsdon’s security shutdown after teenager’s midnight stabbing
Selsdon was under a police lockdown this morning, after a teenager was stabbed just after midnight. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the incident followed a party staged in Selsdon Hall. The 16-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital, according … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged Addington Road, Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, Selsdon Library
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Jewitt tops councillor charts for a second successive year
After the brickbats for the work-shy do-littles who populate our Town Hall Chamber, today we celebrate those elected representatives who keep busy by keeping council officials busy They will be dancing down Sauchiehall Street tonight, as proud Scot Karen Jewitt … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Gayle Gander, Karen Jewitt, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Robert Ward, Rowenna Davis, Samir Dwesar, Simon Fox, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gayle Gander, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Samir Dwesar, Sherwan Chowdhury, Simon Fox, Tory, Toss-cars
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Girls school’s space satellite project finally takes flight
Pupils from Croydon High have taken a major step towards achieving their ambitious dream to become the first all-girls school in the world to design, build and launch a satellite into space. The latest stage of the school’s Mission Pegasus … Continue reading
Now Perry wants to axe school safety patrols to save £58,000
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Without any debate or discussion at the Town Hall, the Tory Mayor is trying to sneak through cuts which some fear will put thousands of children’s safety at risk on a daily basis. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Manor, Orchard Park High, Rowenna Davis, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Monks Orchard, Norbury, Selsdon, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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98-year-old Scout troop in urgent appeal for adult volunteers
An urgent appeal has gone out from the 1st Selsdon and Addington Scout Group, established in 1927, but which could be forced to close without more adult volunteer helpers. The group is “in desperate need of Scout troop team members”, … Continue reading
Side By Side By Selsdon for latest CODA song and dance show
CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, is going all Sondheim for their next production, Company, which is to be performed at Selsdon Hall from May 8 to 11. In 1970s New York, bachelor Bobby contemplates his unmarried state. Over … Continue reading
A century of Selsdon captured in new exhibition’s photographs
CHRIS JONES, Editor of The Selsdon Gazette, the publication of the area’s residents’ association, outlines a century of suburban growth, which is now the subject of a free exhibition at the local library One hundred years ago, in 1925, Selsdon … Continue reading
Croydon families get help from second ‘hub’ in South Norwood
Croydon families will soon have more support, with a “Family Hub” opening at the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centre in South Norwood. The council said: “The opening of this hub marks another milestone in the council’s commitment to making sure Croydon’s families … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Family Hubs, Health, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Norwood
Tagged Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Family Hub, Samuel Coleridge Taylor Centre, Selsdon, South Norwood, Woodlands Centre
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Administrators given further 12 months to sell Selsdon Park
Administrators Moorfields have been granted a further year to try to sell the former Selsdon Park Hotel. Birch Selsdon closed in November 2023 due to “cash constraints”, barely six months since it had re-opened as a boutique hipster resort charging … Continue reading
Town centres to get small grants for undecided ‘improvements’
The council is beginning a set of projects “to transform” (their words) five of the borough’s district centres with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. But the money – £833,000 – will be spread very thinly between the five … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Purley, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Thornton Heath, West Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Road, Maintained Nursery Schools, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, nursery schools, Purley, Selhurst Nursery, Selsdon, Tory, West Croydon
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Suburban spy drama is coming to Selsdon Hall this week
In 1960s suburbia, Barbara and Bob Jackson are living an idyllic life with their daughter Julie. But when they are visited by the security services, they are informed that their best friends and neighbours, the Canadian Krogers, may not be … Continue reading
Sign the petition today to save Shirley Heath for the public
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our exclusive news report yesterday of a bid by one of the country’s best-known golf clubs to take over public land from the council has been greeted with widespread disgust. Here, PETER UNDERWOOD, local conservationist and Green Party … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington Hills, Addington Residents' Association, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, Peter Underwood, Property, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley Heath, Sport, The Addington GC, Wildlife
Tagged Addington, Addington Hills, Addington Village, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Underwood, Shirley Heath, The Addington Golf Club, The Green Party
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Suspicions raised over golf club’s Addington Hills ‘land grab’
Multi-million-pound sports business that needs to provide its members with a practice range is seeking to annex 15 acres of Shirley Heath in a deal with Croydon Council. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES A world-famous golf club which charges almost £2,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, Peter Underwood, Planning, Property, Ryan Noades, Selsdon and Addington Village, The Addington GC, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Addington Residents' Association, Addington Village Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, Golf, London Wildlife Trust, Matthew Frith, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Ron Noades, Ryan Noades, Shirley Church Road, Shirley Heath, The Addington Golf Club, The Altonwood Group, The Conservation Volunteers, Tory
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‘Strong interest’ expected as Selsdon hotel goes on the market
The former Selsdon Park Hotel and its 198-acre estate has been put up for sale through estate agents Savills less than two months since it went out of business as boutique hipster resort Birch Selsdon. The sale, on behalf of … Continue reading
Selsdon’s Michelin star chef Westcott pledges to try again
Lee Westcott, the Michelin star-winning chef who headed up the restaurants at the failed Birch hotel in Selsdon, has expressed his determination to reopenat a new location. Administrators pulled the plug on Birch Selsdon hotel and members’ club last week, … Continue reading
All bunged up: Thames Water’s concrete scheme for the sewers
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the major road works in Selsdon that have sent buses on lengthy diversions The withdrawal of almost all bus routes in some parts of the south of the borough may be down to a … Continue reading
Posted in New Addington South, Selsdon & Ballards, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Ballards Estate, buses, Coombe Road, Croham Road, Croham Valley, Croham Valley Road, Croydon, Farley Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, South Park Hill Road, TfL, Thames Water, Transport for London
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Open+’s CCTV gives Norbury Library few extra opening hours
Croydon, London’s Borough of Culture 2023, can afford to buy CCTV cameras and pay security guards, but it cannot afford the wages for trained librarians to open its public libraries for more than three days a week. The council has … Continue reading
Mayor Perry spends £140,000 on gym equipment for Monks Hill
Politics, they say, is all about priorities. So while Croydon Mayor Jason Perry takes away the £13,000 per year grant to the Selsdon Centre for the Retired and increases their rent, after hiking everyone’s Council Tax by 15%, up the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Quest Academy, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Kirsty MacColl, Mayor Jason Perry, Monks Hill, Monks Hill Comprehensive, Monks Hill Sports Centre, Quest Academy, Selsdon, Selsdon High School, There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvish, Wilfried Zaha
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Supporters campaign to save under-threat Selsdon Centre
The trustees of an old people’s charity in Selsdon that is under threat of closure after Mayor Jason Perry axed their annual council grant have launched a petition appealing for public support. As Inside Croydon revealed last week, the Selsdon … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Charity, Fatima Zaman, Joseph Lee, Mayor Jason Perry, Robert Ward, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Centre for the Retired, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Mayor Jason Perry, Selsdon, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Centre for the Retired, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
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