The Higher Education College offers university-level education in a range of subjects from Law through to Fine Art.
There are several arts venues. Croydon High Street runs from South Croydon up to the point where it meets the street called North End. A charter issued by King Coenwulf of Mercia refers to a council that had taken place close to the monasterium (meaning minster) of Croydon. The band Saint Etienne formed in Croydon. The Grade II listed West Croydon Baptist Church was built in 1873 by J. Theodore Barker. The application was revived the following year, when Queen Mary again authorised a charter, but once again it was abandoned. The opening credit sequence for the sitcom Terry and June featured the eponymous stars walking around the Whitgift Centre and the Fairfield Halls. The church still bears the arms of Archbishop Courtenay and Archbishop Chichele, believed to have been its benefactors. The lake at South Norwood is the former reservoir for the canal. Dating from the late 17th or early 18th centuries, and probably built as a merchant's house, it has a distinctive "H" plan form over its four floors (including basement and attic storey). During the war, much of central Croydon was devastated by German V-1 flying bombs and V-2 rockets, and for many years the town bore the scars of the destruction.
One widely publicised event was a "Grand Scottish Fete" on 16 September 1834 "with a tightrope performance by Pablo Fanque, the black circus performer who would later dominate the Victorian circus and achieve immortality in The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr.
The Zotefoams company is headquartered in Croydon. [40], On 26 November 2013, Croydon Council approved a redevelopment of the Town Centre by The Croydon Partnership, a joint venture by The Westfield Group and Hammerson.
To the north of Croydon are typical London districts, whereas a short distance southeast (such as Coombe and Selsdon) is green, hilly and rural land. His design loosely followed the previous layout, with knapped flint facing and many of the original features, including several important tombs. It travelled north largely along the course of the present railway line to New Cross Gate, where it joined the Grand Surrey Canal and went on into the River Thames. On 22 March each year the laying of the foundation stone is commemorated as Founder's Day. [25], The Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels by John Loughborough Pearson in West Croydon was built between 1880 and 1885, and is Grade I listed.[26]. In 1831, one of England's most prominent architects, Decimus Burton, designed a spa and pleasure gardens below Beulah Hill and off what is now Spa Hill in a bowl of land on the south-facing side of the hill around a spring of chalybeate water. The Greyhound also saw the debut of the Electric Light Orchestra in 1972.[98]. [57][58][59], In 2007, events were held under the label of Croydon Exp07 to promote billions of pounds of promised projects, including swimming pools and a library. 2.