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Perry and Bains claiming credit for TfL’s Addiscombe crossings
KEN LEE reports on how the same local politicians who have opposed 20mph zones, cycle lanes and other road safety measures in the borough are now scrambling to take credit for TfL spending ahead of next May’s local elections The … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Jeet Bains, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Transport
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, A232, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Bingham Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jeet Bains, London Borough of Croydon, Lower Addiscombe Road, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Millionaire developer Ansari loses appeal on guard dog charges
After having convictions upheld relating to his giant Kangals, controversial Croydon figure now focuses on his planning appeals over the Leslie Arms pub in Addiscombe, a listed building on the ‘heritage at risk’ list Almost a year since he was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon parks, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Coombe Farm, Croydon, Friends of Lloyd Park, Kangal, Labour, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Metropolitan Police, Oaks Road, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Visit Croydon Art Space to help brighten grey days of winter
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, and the latest Art Space exhibition, People and Landscapes, runs, very conveniently, up to December 18. When I visited recently, I was escorted by curator Paul Hall through the front two rooms … Continue reading
Owner Ansari seeks to avoid Leslie Arms planning conditions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Since 2000, a multi-millionaire property developer has been allowing a Grade II-listed pub to decay. Now, he wants to change the conditions of his latest planning permission. KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the sorry tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, The Victorian Society, Tony Newman, Turkish Kangal, Yvette Cooper
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Abstract and Beyond, Croydon Art Space from Feb 1
Posted in Art, Croydon Art Space
Tagged Abstract and Beyond, Croydon Art Space, Lower Addiscombe Road
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After 10 years, council untangles Lebanon Road traffic mess
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the last knockings of a public consultation over road systems in and around Addiscombe Ten years since one Labour councillor managed to get the one-way system around Addiscombe changed just to make things calmer … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Croydon Council, ECCO, HOME, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Mark Watson, Spring Park Residents' Association, TfL
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lebanon Road, Lower Addiscombe Road, Mark Watson, Shirley, TfL, Tony Newman, Transport for London
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Harrison finishes top of her class in School of Art competition
Croydon School of Art student Leanne Harrison was this week named as the winner of the annual Croydon Art Space Best Artist of the Year competition. The competition, supported by gallery owner Paul Hall, each year celebrates the best artistic … Continue reading
Lights! Cameras! Amazon project has Addiscombe centre stage
Parts of Lower Addiscombe Road are to have traffic and parking restrictions today and tomorrow, as Croydon once again is providing the backdrop for the shooting of a movie. London-based production company The Imaginarium are using a property on Lower … Continue reading
Addiscombe gallery once again shows off its art with a heart
You don’t need to go far to discover genuine art, says KEN TOWL after visiting the latest exhibition at the Croydon Art Space Aurelia Duplouich found herself stranded during the first covid lockdown, an artist without artist’s materials. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Art Space, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon Art Space, Ken Towl, Lower Addiscombe Road, Paul Hall
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Residents’ plans to erase Addiscombe’s magic roundabout
There is a public meeting being held tomorrow night to discuss plans to reshape the junction of Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road to make it more pedestrian-friendly. The radical plans being proposed would remove the current mini-roundabout outside … Continue reading
Addiscombe’s The Alma gets a £360,000 Croydon facelift
Work began this week on a £360,000 refurbishment project to bring The Alma Tavern on Lower Addiscombe Road back into business for the New Year. The Alma has been closed since the first covid lockdown in March 2020, but Heineken … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Alma, The Alma Tavern
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