Spring Park, Croydon Explained

Country:England
Map Type:Greater London
Region:London
Official Name:Spring Park
London Borough:Bromley
Coordinates:51.3757°N -0.031°W
Post Town:Croydon
Postcode District:CR0
Postcode Area:CR
Dial Code:020
London Borough1: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]

History

The area was historically known as Cold Harbour. 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. Large scale residential building began in the 1920s–1930s. The Shrublands council estate was constructed after the Second World War on compulsorily purchased land from the golf course.

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.[2]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Book: Willey . Russ . London gazetteer . 2007 . Edinburgh : Chambers . 978-0-550-10326-0 . 7 March 2024.
  2. News: The Goat pub in Shirley is reopening very soon under a new name . MyLondon. 16 September 2019. 12 August 2020.
  3. News: Rio 2016: Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed at least a bronze medal . MyLondon. 15 August 2016. 19 August 2020.