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A Walking Discovery
South Croydon Station Circular Walk via Park Hill and Lloyd
Park (Approx. 3 miles)
As you come out of South Croydon Stn turn right and walk along
the footpath, until you come to the footbridge. Take note of
the small cottages and pretty footpath leading to Temple Road.
As you cross the footbridge look left for views of the Coombe
Cliff and the water tower in Park Hill. Look right for views
of Sanderstead, Purley and Riddlesdown. Cross footbridge and
turn left through small housing estate, into Birdhurst Avenue.
Follow this until you come to Coombe Road.
Take great care to cross the road and enter the park using
the Coombe Cliff entrance. Stop to view Coombe Cliff, which was
once the home of John Horniman, the tea merchant, built in 1850.
Continue up the path into Park Hill to views of Central Croydon
and water tower. Walk down along the left sided footpath, through
gate into the walled herb garden (look out for the CMB Garden!).
Come out of there and cross the grass towards the water tower.
Take the footpath on the tower's left and come out into Stanhope
Road. Turn right and follow the signs for Fairfield Path towards
Lloyd Park. Cross Park Hill Road, Brownlow Road, under the tram
at Larcombe Close and into Lloyd Park. Cross Coombe Road into
Campden Road. Walk along and turn right into Spencer Road.
Halfway down on the right is the entrance to a footpath which
shows you the fascinating abandoned railway trackbed, which used
to run from Woodside to Selsdon Road. Cross footbridge and continue
along footpath straight back to South Croydon Station.
Toby Jacobs
Editor's note: Do you have a favourite walk? How about sending
it in to Focus, so that others may get good ideas about re discovering
Croydon. Look in the next edition of Focus for another walk of
interest by Toby.
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