Kenley
Kenley is a suburb within the London Borough of Croydon.
Kenley is a suburb within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 13 miles (21 km) south of Charing Cross and within the southern boundary of London, England. Surrounded by the Metropolitan Green Belt on three sides, it includes the large open spaces of Kenley Common and Kenley Aerodrome. Kenley was part of the ancient parish of Coulsdon in the county of Surrey and was connected to central London by rail in 1856. As the population of the area was growing, it became part of Coulsdon and Purley Urban District in 1915 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. At the 2011 Census, Kenley had a population of 14,966.
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Worth seeing in and around Kenley
5 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.
- 01Church of All Saints
All Saints is a church of England church in Croydon, London, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2 km · church in Sanderstead, London · Wikipedia - 02Happy Valley Park
Happy Valley Park is a public park in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council.
3.4 km · public park in London, England · Wikipedia - 03Dollypers Hill
Dollypers Hill is a 12-hectare nature reserve south east of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
2 km · park · Wikipedia - 04Purley Council Offices Including Attached Railings
Purley Council Offices, also known as Purley Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Brighton Road, Purley, London. The structure, which was the headquarters of Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.2 km · building in Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Croydon Water Palace
The Croydon Water Palace was an indoor water park complex that opened in 1990 by the Purley Way in Waddon in the London Borough of Croydon, opposite Croydon Airport. It featured four water slides, a large jacuzzi area, a lazy river and a wave pool using an artificial wave-making machine.
3.8 km · indoor water park in London Borough of Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kenley
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 20 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 64 km
- Stations
- Coulsdon South railway station, 3 km · Purley railway station, 1.9 km · Coulsdon Town railway station, 2.6 km · Whyteleafe South railway station, 2.7 km · Woodmansterne railway station, 4 km
- Luton, Luton → Kenley65 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Kenley20 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £2–3
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Kenley178 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Kenley
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 Kenley. 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 Kenley
Kenley is 21 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Coulsdonarea in the London Borough of Croydon, England, UK2.9 km
- Whyteleafevillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, United Kingdom1.9 km
- Warlinghamvillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, England3.2 km
- Purleytown in South London within the London Borough of Croydon1.9 km
- Sandersteadarea of London1.7 km
- Selsdonarea of the London borough of Croydon3.8 km