Give the market a place in your route
Surrey Street offers a different shopping experience from the surrounding stores. Browse the market as part of an everyday food shop or a visit to the older streets of the centre, using the council's current information to choose when to go.
North End and the Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres give you further options close by. Check the centres' store information for a particular retailer rather than assuming an older shop list is still current.
Seek out a specialist
Croydon's independent shops can make a trip worthwhile when you want advice alongside a purchase. Just Flutes on South End specialises in musical instruments, while House of Reeves at Reeves Corner offers furniture. Florists, jewellers and framing businesses add other reasons to look beyond the largest stores.
For a specialist item, speak to the shop about stock, measurements or an appointment before travelling. This is particularly useful when you want to compare instruments, discuss framing or choose something for your home.
Look closer to home as well
Addiscombe, South Croydon, Selsdon and Purley have shops and services of their own. The best place for a routine purchase may be a neighbourhood business rather than the town centre.
Use our area filters to narrow the search, then check the business's own details for opening times, collection or delivery. If you are combining stops in different parts of the borough, allow for the journey between them.
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More local guides
- About Croydon: markets, the Clocktower and the neighbourhoods beyond
- Things to do in Croydon: local culture, market browsing and Lloyd Park
- Croydon community contacts: council services, volunteering and local groups
- Where to list your business in Croydon: local directories and promotion