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The town of Croydon's first local authority was a body of improvement commissioners established in 1829. [4] They were superseded in 1849 by an elected local board. [5] [6] The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Croydon", generally known as the corporation, town council ...
South Croydon is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, London in the United Kingdom, covering part of the Croham Hurst and South Croydon. The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. The ward held its first election in 2018. The ward has largely replaced the former Croham Ward.
NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group (a merger of the previous NHS Croydon CCG and others in South West London) is the body responsible for public health and for planning and funding health services in the borough. Croydon has 227 GPs in 64 practices, 156 dentists in 51 practices, 166 pharmacists and 70 optometrists in 28 practices.
Borough 2004–2008 2008–2011 2011–present City of London: East North East Central Barking and Dagenham: East North East East Barnet: North North North Bexley: East South East East Brent: West West West Bromley: South South East South Camden: Central North Central Croydon: South South West South Ealing: West West West Enfield: North North ...
South Croydon postcode district St Peter's Church. The area is bounded by the South Croydon electoral ward of the London Borough of Croydon. To the west and south it is bounded by the historic Croydon parish boundary, which runs from Conduit Lane to Croham Hurst, crossing Croham Road where it becomes Croham Valley Road, then across to the railway line, crossing Selsdon Road where it becomes ...
In December 2022, Croydon Council (Conservative run) was warned by Councillor Patricia Hay-Justice (Labour), in a meeting of Council officers and planning officials that Croydon is not Manhattan and that the suburb should not resemble New York City in a row over a new skyscraper development. [6] [7]
An artist's impression of the Croydon Tower Ruskin Square skyscraper An area of the Ruskin Square development, in 2017. Ruskin Square (or Croydon Gateway) is a project to redevelop a parcel of land between East Croydon railway station and the existing town centre of Croydon in South London. It is part of the major Croydon Vision 2020 ...
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of Charing Cross.Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area. [2]