View across Fairmead Road roundabout
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View across Fairmead Road roundabout
Image: © Marathon Taken: 11 Jul 2012
This is the Broad Green area of Croydon. Fairmead Road is to the right and Allen Road to the left. The chimneys are a well-known local landmark and belong to the former Waddon Marsh Power Station, also known as Croydon 'B' Power Station. This was built in the late 1940s and opened in 1950. It shut down in 1984, was demolished in 1991 and an IKEA store was opened on its site. Its immediate surroundings were developed as the Valley Park Retail and Leisure Complex. The large chimneys of the power station were retained as a landmark.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.382714
Longitude
-0.119222