Sanderstead
Sanderstead is a village and medieval-founded church parish at the southern end of Croydon in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, and formerly in the historic county of Surrey, until 1965.
Sanderstead is a village and medieval-founded church parish at the southern end of Croydon in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, and formerly in the historic county of Surrey, until 1965. It takes in Purley Downs and Sanderstead Plantation, an area of woodland that includes the second-highest point in London. Sanderstead sits above a dry valley at the edge of the built-up area of Greater London. Cementing its secular identity from the late 19th century until abolition in 1965 it had a civil parish council. The community had a smaller farming-centred economy until the mid 19th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Sanderstead
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.
- 01Addington Palace
Addington Palace is an 18th-century mansion in Addington located within the London Borough of Croydon. It was built close to the site of an earlier manor house belonging to the Leigh family.
3.7 km · Mansion in Addington in Greater London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Addington Hills
Addington Hills is a park in Upper Shirley, London, England. It is managed by the London Borough of Croydon.
3.4 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Duppas 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.
4 km · hill and park in the London Borough of Croydon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Addington Park
Addington Park is a park situated in Addington in the London Borough of Croydon. The park covers an area of 24.5 acres.
3.8 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Saints
All Saints is a church of England church in Croydon, London, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
400 m · church in Sanderstead, London · Wikipedia - 06St Andrew's, Croydon
St Andrew's, formally the Church of St Andrew, is a church of England church in Croydon, London, England.
3.9 km · Anglican church in Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Peter
South Croydon in south London is the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon and running as far south as the former Red Deer public house on the Brighton Road. It is bounded by Waddon to the West and Selsdon and Sanderstead to the East.
3.2 km · Anglican church in Croydon, London · Wikipedia - 08Ruskin House
Ruskin House, situated in its own grounds on Coombe Road, Croydon, South London, has been a centre of Britain's progressive movements for a century. It is the headquarters of the Communist Party of Britain and Croydon's Labour, Trade Union and Co-operative movements and is itself a co-operative with shareholders from organisations across the four movements.
3.7 km · grade II listed house in London Borough of Croydon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Croydon 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.
3.2 km · indoor water park in London Borough of Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Heathfield
Coombe is a place in the London Borough of Croydon, situated south-east of central Croydon, between Addiscombe, Selsdon and Upper Shirley. Formerly a hamlet, since the growth of suburban development the area has become swallowed into the London conurbation and often does not appear on modern map.
3 km · building in Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sanderstead
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 22 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 63 km
- Stations
- Purley railway station, 2.2 km · South Croydon railway station, 3.1 km · Coombe Lane, 3.1 km · Gravel Hill, 3.4 km · Lloyd Park, 3.2 km
- Luton, Luton → Sanderstead65 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–14
- London, Essex → Sanderstead19 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £2–2.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Sanderstead178 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £22–29
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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 Sanderstead
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 Sanderstead. 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 Sanderstead
Sanderstead is 19 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Whyteleafevillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, United Kingdom3 km
- Warlinghamvillage in Tandridge district, Surrey, England3.4 km
- Purleytown in South London within the London Borough of Croydon2.3 km
- Farleighvillage in Tandridge, Surrey, England, UK3.7 km
- Selsdonarea of the London borough of Croydon2.2 km
- Waddonarea of Croydon, South London3.8 km