CROYDON, Greater London | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2025

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Join me for a walk around the centre of Croydon - one of the largest towns in South London! Home to a wealth of history on every corner, Croydon boasts everything from a charming Old Town to a huge modern district, home to soaring tower blocks, opulent Victorian architecture, and some of London's largest shopping centres! On our walk around Croydon, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Croydon Town Hall, the Spread Eagle Pub, Croydon High Street, Grants' Department Store, the Whitgift Almshouses, North End, Centrale Shopping Centre, the Whitgift Centre, Surrey Street Market, the Dog & Bull Pub, Croydon Trams, Church Street, Old Palace Road, the Gothic Villas, Croydon Minster, the Old Palace of Croydon, The Queen's Doorway and the Tudor Arch. Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Croydon: https://www.croydon.gov.uk/planning-and-regeneration/planning-policy/conservation-and-heritage/neighbourhood-walks-and-heritage-walks/old-town-and-market-walks https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-10/Croydon%20Old%20Town%20folding%20final%20%281%29.pdf https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-10/Croydon%20Market%20Town%20folding%20final%20%281%29.pdf https://www.friendsofoldpalace.org/almshouses.htm https://www.friendsofoldpalace.org/foundation1.htm https://insidecroydon.com/2024/06/30/capturing-the-bustle-of-victorian-croydons-busy-high-street/ https://www.culturecroydon.com/event/whitgift-almshouses/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3C_PjJonM https://selsdon-residents.co.uk/resources/Origin%20of%20the%20name%20of%20Croydon.pdf https://insidecroydon.com/2023/02/05/when-minster-was-the-venue-for-an-anglo-saxon-peace-treaty/ https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121660 0:00 Croydon Old Town Hall 0:21 Things to see in Croydon... 1:01 Croydon Old Town Hall 2:29 Queen Victoria Statue (1903) 2:50 Croydon Old Town Hall 3:12 The Spread Eagle Pub 3:28 High Street 4:15 Grants' Department Store 4:41 High Street 5:05 Whitgift Almshouses 5:11 A tram! 5:26 Whitgift Almshouses 6:52 North End 8:05 Centrale Shopping Centre 8:22 The Whitgift Centre 8:39 North End 10:06 Whitgift Almshouses 10:29 Church Street 11:12 Surrey Street Market 12:25 The Dog & Bull Pub 12:44 Surrey Street Market 13:49 Church Street 13:55 Another tram! 14:10 Church Street 15:43 Old Palace Road 16:20 Old Palace of John Whitgift School 17:07 Gothic Villas 18:00 Croydon Minster 20:05 Croydon Minster First World War Memorial 20:42 Old Palace of Croydon 21:09 The Queen's Doorway 21:29 Croydon Palace 22:05 Croydon Minster Churchyard 22:31 The Tudor Arch 23:38 Croydon Minster Churchyard 24:01 Thank you for watching!