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More than 400 pre-1905 cars pass through Norbury, Croydon, Purley and Coulsdon on Sunday 1 November, from about 7.25am to 11.05am. Where to watch, and when.
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Care Leavers
Croydon House Project: 12 Care Leavers Start Path to a Home
Twelve young people leaving care joined the Croydon House Project in South Norwood on 27 October, a two-year pilot ending in the offer of a home of their own.
Croydon
Croydon Remembrance Sunday 2026: Cenotaph 10.30am, 8 Nov
Croydon's Remembrance Sunday wreath-laying is at 10.30am on 8 November at the Katharine Street Cenotaph, with the Minster service moved to 5.30pm.
Council
Croydon Mayor's Business Plan Voted Down 39 to 29
Full Council rejected Mayor Jason Perry's 2026-2030 business plan by 39 votes to 29 over its lack of targets. He must bring it back on 9 December.
Charity
Rowland Brothers Appeal: 11 Drop-Offs for Calendars and Toys
Leave an unopened advent calendar or a new toy at any of 11 Rowland Brothers branches in October and November. The foundation sends them to local foodbanks.
Food & Drink
Brunch in Croydon: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots
Bob's Your Uncle, Tao Cafe and Grumpy Goose lead 11 Croydon brunch spots, with menu prices, hours and hygiene ratings, all checked on 27 October 2026.
Arts
Croydon Photographer Wins Urban Wildlife Prize on a Phone
Seth Forestson won the Urban Wildlife category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 with a Pixel 7 Pro shot of a monitor lizard in Bangkok.
Transport
Croydon TfL Road Money: £1.79m Agreed, £3.36m Asked For
Croydon has agreed £1.79m with TfL for crossings, school road safety, buses and cycle routes this year. In December it bid for £3.36m. Here is what it asked for.
Planning
128 Foxley Lane, Purley: Bid to Drop 5 Affordable Flats
The owner of 128 Foxley Lane, Purley, wants to build its 16 approved flats with no affordable homes instead of five. Comments close 14 November.
Business
Pure Padel Croydon: 6 Indoor Courts Coming to Coulsdon
A six-court indoor padel club is being fitted out in an empty warehouse on Brighton Road, Coulsdon. 500 free early-bird sessions are on offer before it opens.
Council
Respect Orders Live in Croydon: Up to 2 Years for a Breach
Respect Orders start today: Croydon Council can ask a court to ban repeat adult antisocial offenders from set activities. Breach can mean two years in prison.
Parks
Croydon Playgrounds and Parks for Children
Park Hill's 25-piece rebuild, Purley Way's aeroplane frame and Lloyd Park's free parking lead 15 Croydon playgrounds, with cafes, toilets and trams listed.
Walks
Walks Near Croydon: Circular Routes, Parks and Riversides
Farthing Downs, the London Loop, Addington Hills and the Wandle Trail lead 13 walks near Croydon, with distances, mud, parking and stations, checked Oct 2026.
Norbury to New Addington. Crystal Palace to Coulsdon. Thornton Heath to Sanderstead. Croydon is big enough that people living at one end of it rarely have much cause to visit the other, and the tram is about the only thing that stitches the whole borough together. Most coverage of the place arrives from outside and leaves again the same afternoon.
Croydon Today stays put. We read what the council publishes, the planning register, licensing notices, committee papers and spending, plus what the police and the inspectors put out alongside it, and then set down what those documents say. Every fact links to its source. Nothing gets stretched to make a better story, and we always say which part of the borough we are talking about, because a decision in Waddon is not news in Selsdon. In between all that we keep the pages people search for at eleven at night.