Outdoors
13 November 2025
Weekends and evenings, for us, have always been about finding those peaceful yet lively corners just in and around Croydon, places where we can pause, breathe, and create little pockets of calm amid the...
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6 November 2025
Have you looked up while you’ve been walking around the town centre this week? The fourth edition of the Creative Croydon exhibition hit our streets on Sunday. In case you’re new to Croydon, this...
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18 September 2025
You may or may not know that over the summer Ashburton Park celebrated its 100th birthday… You also may or may not know, there is a group called Friends of Ashburton Park that helps...
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4 September 2025
In case you missed it, earlier this week we launched a competition to find local artists for the fourth instalment of the Creative Croydon outdoor exhibition. Partnering with Croydon BID and our alter ego...
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10 July 2025
After last year’s Pride celebrations in Croydon were on a smaller scale in the town centre, we were very pleased to hear that this year Croydon PrideFest is back in Wandle Park, in true...
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19 June 2025
A team from local neurodivergent-led arts social enterprise A Collective have been commissioned to create an artwork for a new development in Factory Lane, and they want to collaborate with Croydon residents. Interested in...
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23 April 2025
I have lived in Croydon all my life and I have yet to visit Hutchinson’s Bank Nature Reserve, in New Addington. I have heard its name mentioned before, but I didn’t quite realise how...
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5 September 2024
It’s September, which means the Open House Festival is just around the corner. As a bit of an architecture fan, it’s a festival I always look forward to, especially as the nosy part of...
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21 August 2024
Looking for local things to do to kick off the bank holiday weekend? Well look no further than the Queen’s Gardens Party (see what they did there with the name) which takes place this...
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15 August 2024
Yes, it’s the middle of August and it feels like we’ve got weeks and weeks of lazy summer days where we can soak up the holiday atmosphere, before we need to brush off our...
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8 August 2024
Now I love a ‘repurposing’ of a car park (think of the wonderful Lost Format Society from a few year’s back), so I was dead excited to hear about Centrale & Whitgift’s rooftop beach...
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25 July 2024
This year the Creative Croydon exhibition took on a bit of a different format. We teamed up again with Croydon BID and our alter ego 31% Wool (aka our day job) to curate the...
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11 July 2024
In just over a week Pride returns to Croydon. This year it’s billed as Croydon’s Mini PrideFest, because it’s on a smaller scale than the previous years’ celebrations in Wandle Park. Earlier this year...
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9 November 2023
Who doesn’t enjoy some outdoor art to brighten our streets? We were delighted when Croydon BID asked us to curate a second season of the Creative Croydon exhibition, after we brought the work of...
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5 October 2023
Last week I took to the skies of Croydon and crossed off an activity that’s long been on my bucket list. No, not a plane or a helicopter or even a hot air balloon,...
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20 September 2023
Last Saturday we joined a Croydon Music Heritage Trail tour around the centre of Croydon. We (along with a dozen or so other walkers) met our three friendly guides from the Museum of Croydon...
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7 September 2023
September, the start of autumn and the last of those glorious warm evenings before the weather turns and the darker evenings set in… it’s one of my favourite months of the year, but not...
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28 August 2023
There’s another carnival coming to Croydon, but this is a carnival with a difference, as its theme is invention (yes you heard right). On Sunday 10 September the Carnival of Invention will be taking...
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24 August 2023
The next London Borough of Culture festival on our radar is Liberty. The free arts festival celebrating the work of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists hits our town for three days from Friday 1...
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17 August 2023
You may remember back in February us talking about giraffes covered in art roaming our streets. No? Well if not see here. Since then Croydon BID and Wild in Art (who are the organisations...
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