It is regularly the butt of comedians' jokes and is viewed by many people to be a soulless, concrete jungle. But Croydon has been getting a bad press all these years and is in fact the UK’s most ...

A new guided tour company has set up shop in Croydon - taking visitors to the top of a multi-storey car park to 'admire the views'. The firm, called Croydon Tours, takes people on a whistle-stop tour ...

London’s satellite town of Croydon has long suffered bad press for its poor urban planning and architectural hotchpotch. But in the 1950s and 60s it was filled with high aspirations and set out to ...

Stumped for romantic ideas this summer? Forget about mountaineering in Snowdonia or trekking through the moors of the Peak District, the National Trust is introducing the UK’s latest tourist hot spot… ...

The route for the Croydon stage of this summer's Pearl Izumi Tour cycle race has been unveiled. Riders will speed past the Town Hall, Clocktower, Surrey Street Market, and Queen’s Gardens when the ...

It’s a world away from the South Downs or the Lake District but Croydon could be set to become a new tourist hotspot thanks to the National Trust. The organisation, which protects areas of outstanding ...

The 2015 national tour of Rachel Wagstaff's stage play BIRDSONG, adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, will open on 4 February 2015 at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. The production will tour ...

Tours of one of Britain’s most historically important airports were held to coincide with Open House London. Croydon Airport opened its doors to show off memorabilia from the time when it was one of ...

The words “Croydon” and “destination” are not what you’d call soulmates. “I’m certain that of all the places I’ve visited,” writes Tom Chesshyre in “To Hull and Back,” a travelog that sets out to ...

Croydon will step on to the world stage this summer when it hosts two major events in the cycling calendar. Thousands of spectators are expected to turn out to see the action on June 2 when the Pearl ...

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