Norbury
Norbury is a town and suburb in south London.
Norbury is a town and suburb in south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. The area is mainly in the borough of Croydon, with some parts extending into the neighbouring borough of Lambeth. Norbury is 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south of Charing Cross.
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Worth seeing in and around Norbury
10 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.
- 01Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
2 km · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 02London Trams
Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and currently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It is the first operational tram system serving the London region since 1952.
3 km · light rail tram system in Greater London, England · Wikipedia - 03BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology, more commonly referred to as The BRIT School, is a secondary school in Selhurst, Croydon, England, specializing in the performing and creative arts. The school is free-to-attend.
2.4 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 04Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.
3 km · 1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which had been destroyed by fire in 1936, and is on the same site as the former FA Cup Final venue which was used here between 1895 and 1914.
2.9 km · National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.
2.7 km · cemetery in West Norwood in London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Crystal Palace transmitting station
The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter operated by John Logie Baird from 1933.
2.8 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia - 08Croydon Mosque
Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre is a mosque situated in Croydon, London.
2.2 km · mosque in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Spurgeon's College
Spurgeon's College was an evangelical Baptist theological college in South Norwood, London, England. It was affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
1.6 km · Baptist theological college in London · Wikipedia - 10Cranmer Green
Cranmer Green is a 3.2 hectare local nature reserve and Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in Mitcham in the London Borough of Merton. It is owned and managed by Merton Council.
3.9 km · park in Mitcham, London · Wikipedia
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Getting to Norbury
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 25 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 55 km
- Stations
- Crystal Palace railway station, 2.7 km · West Croydon, 3.5 km · East Croydon railway station, 3.9 km · Penge West railway station, 3.4 km · Norwood Junction railway station, 2.7 km
- Luton, Luton → Norbury56 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £6–9
- London, Essex → Norbury10 km · quickest by road, 50 min · £1–1.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Norbury170 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · £19–26
- 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 Norbury
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 Norbury. 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 Norbury
Norbury is 11 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mitchamdistrict within the London Borough of Merton, London, England3.1 km
- Streathamdistrict in South London, England2.3 km
- Pengedistrict in South London UK3.2 km
- Thornton Heathdistrict of South London, England1 km
- Upper Norwoodarea of South London within the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon and Lambeth1.8 km
- South Norwooddistrict of south east London, England2.6 km