South Norwood
South Norwood is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey.
South Norwood is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey. It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Woodside and Addiscombe, east of Selhurst and Thornton Heath, south of Crystal Palace/Upper Norwood and Anerley, and south-west of Penge.
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Worth seeing in and around South Norwood
9 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.
800 m · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 02BRIT 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.
1.6 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 03Crystal 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.
2.1 km · 1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Crystal 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.
2.2 km · National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Crystal 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.
2.7 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia - 06Croydon Mosque
Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre is a mosque situated in Croydon, London.
2.8 km · mosque in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Lebanon Road
Lebanon Road tram stop is a light rail stop in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London. It serves the residential area along Addiscombe Road to the east of the centre of the town of Croydon.
2.8 km · light rail stop in Croydon · Wikipedia - 08Croydon Minster
Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon, located in the Old Town area of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent.
3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Croydon, London · 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.
1.1 km · Baptist theological college in London · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Norwood
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 28 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 57 km
- Stations
- Crystal Palace railway station, 2.1 km · West Croydon, 3 km · East Croydon railway station, 3 km · Penge West railway station, 2.2 km · Sydenham railway station, 3.4 km
- Luton, Luton → South Norwood58 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £7–9
- London, Essex → South Norwood13 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £1.5–2
- Birmingham, West Midlands → South Norwood174 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £20–26
- 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 South Norwood
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 South Norwood. 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 South Norwood
South Norwood is 13 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Croydonborough in the London Region in England3.6 km
- Croydontown in South London, England3.9 km
- Beckenhamarea in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK3.8 km
- Pengedistrict in South London UK2.1 km
- Thornton Heathdistrict of South London, England2.4 km
- Addiscombearea of south London within the London Borough of Croydon2.1 km