Spring Park, Croydon

Spring Park is a small area in London, England. It is within the London Borough of Bromley and the London Borough of Croydon, straddling the traditional Kent-Surrey border along The Beck. Spring Park is located north of Addington, west of West Wickham and south of Monks Orchard and Shirley.[1]

Spring Park
Spring Park Location within Greater London
London borough	Bromley Croydon
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Croydon
Postcode district	CR0
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley Croydon and Sutton

History

The area was historically known as Cold Harbour.[1] Settlement began in the area in the 1830s at the instigation of the MP John Temple Leader, who employed the agricultural innovator Hewitt Davis to turn what was barren heathland into productive farmland.[1] Large scale residential building began in the 1920s–1930s.[2] The Shrublands council estate was constructed after the Second World War on compulsorily purchased land from the golf course.[3]

The area contains a small row of shops at the junction of Bridle Road and Broom Road. The Goat pub, which closed in 2017 following an attack on a local asylum seeker, re-opened in 2019 as The Apple Tree.[4]

Notable residents

• Joshua Buatsi - boxer, grew up on the Shrublands estate.[5]

Gallery

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  The Apple Tree pub, with Broom Road shops
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  All Saints Church on Bridle Road was built in 1955-6 by William Curtis Green and is a Grade II listed building.[6]
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  Clearing in the woods that border the Shrublands estate
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  Millers Pond, originally part of Spring Park Farm

References

1. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p. 467.
2. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p. 467.
3. Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p. 441.
4. "The Goat pub in Shirley is reopening very soon under a new name". MyLondon. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. "Rio 2016: Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed at least a bronze medal". MyLondon. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
6. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1376050)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 January 2020.