Coulsdon
Coulsdon is a town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon.

Coulsdon is a town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. Coulsdon was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey that included the settlements of Purley and Kenley. It was merged with Sanderstead in 1915 to form the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District and has formed part of Greater London since 1965.
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Worth seeing in and around Coulsdon
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Duppas Hill
Duppas Hill is a park, road and surrounding residential area in Waddon, near Croydon in Greater London. Duppas Hill has a long history of sport and recreation.
5.5 km · hill and park in the London Borough of Croydon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Trinity Church
Trinity Church, Sutton is a Grade II listed United Reformed and Methodist church in the centre of Sutton, London. It was built in 1907 in the Gothic style with Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings.
5.9 km · church in Sutton, London · Wikipedia - 03Manor Park
Manor Park is a public park in the town of Sutton in Greater London. It was created in 1914 on a site in the town centre, opposite the police station.
5.9 km · park in Sutton, London · Wikipedia - 04Recreation Ground, Banstead
The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Banstead, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when South Women Second XI played the Women's Cricket Association.
4.1 km · cricket ground in Banstead, Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 05Grove Park
The Grove Park, or The Grove is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated close to Carshalton Village in the area approximately bounded by the High Street, North Street and Mill Lane.
5.3 km · public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton · Wikipedia - 06Chisenhale Gallery
Chisenhale Gallery is a non-profit contemporary art gallery based in London's East End. The gallery occupies the ground level of a former veneer factory on Chisenhale Road, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, near Victoria Park and flanking the Hertford Union Canal.
5.9 km · non profit art gallery in London · Wikipedia - 07Church of All Saints
All Saints is a church of England church in Croydon, London, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
4.7 km · church in Sanderstead, London · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Peter and St Paul
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Chaldon, Surrey, is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Southwark. The building was begun before 1086 and is Grade I listed.
4.1 km · church at Chaldon, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Coulsdon
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 19 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 28 km · London Luton (LTN), 64 km
- Stations
- Coulsdon South railway station, 600 m · Wallington railway station, 4.4 km · Carshalton Beeches railway station, 4.7 km · Purley railway station, 2.5 km · South Croydon railway station, 5.6 km
- Luton, Luton → Coulsdon65 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £10–13
- London, Essex → Coulsdon21 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £2–3
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Coulsdon177 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £21–28
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Coulsdon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Coulsdon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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Next door to Coulsdon
Coulsdon is 21 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Suttonborough in the London Region in England6 km
- Q2220276suburb of London in the London Borough of Sutton, England5.3 km
- Bansteadtown in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England4.5 km
- Whyteleafevillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, United Kingdom4.1 km
- Chaldonvillage in Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK4 km
- Warlinghamvillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, England5.8 km