Tag Archives: Vanguard Way

Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025

What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading

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Inside Croydon’s very own Mystic Mug’s predictions for 2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR: Katherine Kerswell gets headhunted to run crisis-hit Premier League football club… Mayor Perry creates more money-spinning LTNs for the cash-strapped council… And yet more new plans for the Whitgift Centre. We’ve polished up Inside Croydon’s crystal ball … Continue reading

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Join us for a six-mile guided ramble along the Vanguard Way

Become a Vanguard with Inside Croydon and walk into summer with a guided six-mile ramble. Inside Croydon’s guided walks around the outskirts of London offer our loyal readers a chance to find out more about the area, their environment, history … Continue reading

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East Croydon plaque to get you on track for the Vanguard Way

For the avoidance of any doubt (if ever there was any), East Croydon Station now has a new sign, designating it as the official starting point of the Vanguard Way, the 66-mile walkers’ route “from the suburbs to the sea”. … Continue reading

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Step out with Inside Croydon for a guided walk into the hills

May is National Walking Month, and to do our bit, Inside Croydon is going for a bit of a stroll this Sunday, May 14, and our readers are very welcome to join us! UPDATE: 9am May 11: This guided walk … Continue reading

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Vanguards are taking a new turn to keep going the distance

JOHN JEFKINS reports on the 10th staging of one of the country’s toughest trail marathons, and how a famed route from East Croydon down to the Sussex coast has just taken a different direction The Vanguard Way is a popular … Continue reading

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Take a walk on the Weald side, but remember to bring a map

Having followed the waymarkers, just, all the way from East Croydon to Warlingham, KEN TOWL got back on the bus bright and early to pick up the Vanguard Way from where he left off, with some a-llama-ing findings along the … Continue reading

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Be in the Vanguard for a hike from Croydon to the south coast

In the middle of the hottest of heatwaves, KEN TOWL set off from East Croydon for the sea. He travelled not by train, but on foot along the Vanguard Way I am looking at a plaque on the side of … Continue reading

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