IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Dingwall Avenue, CROYDON, CR0 2AA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Dingwall Avenue, CR0 2AA by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (826 Images Found)
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Distance
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Focus House and London House, Dingwall Avenue
A matching pair of 1960s office blocks, both looking somewhat under-utilised.
Between the 1950s and the 1970s Croydon experienced a burst of commercial development unparalleled anywhere else in the country. The impetus was provided by the Croydon Corporation Act of 1956 which gave Croydon Council powers to develop land in the borough. A combination of improved roads, government incentives to relocate from, and Croydon's proximity to, central London, and lower rents attracted employers in their droves. By 1970 about six million square feet of office space had been provided in central Croydon. Development has continued since, but at a much slower rate. From a distance the skyline is impressive (the nearest this country comes to Manhattan), but the problem is that few of the buildings are of architectural merit.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 20 Mar 2011
0.02 miles
2
George Street, Croydon
In the foreground, a tram has stopped at the George Street stop, outside Allders. This location is surrounded by, mainly, Victorian buildings. On the distant skyline is the NLA Tower, dating from the late 1960's.
Image: © Peter Trimming
Taken: 25 Oct 2009
0.02 miles
3
Croydon: George Street: The 'George'
This pub opened only in 1993, but apparently there was a 'George' almost on the same site between 1497 and 1781, and a George IV nearby from 1832 to 1959.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 7 May 2011
0.02 miles
4
Croydon: George Street
Looking east from the junction with High Street / North End. On the immediate left is Whitgift Hospital (almshouses), beyond which is Allder's Store - this goes right through into the Whitgift Centre and North End. The tram stop opposite Allder's is served by all three tram routes - 1 to Elmer's End, 2 to Beckenham Junction and 3 to Wimbledon.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 27 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
7
Croydon: George Street, without a tram in sight
The trams come along George Street so frequently that it is unusual to be able to photograph the street without them. Here are seen the frontage, (or rather side-frontage) of Allder's, and in the distance, the NLA tower, or 'Wedding Cake'.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 27 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
8
Croydon: shops on George Street
The upper floors of the Allders department store.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 20 Sep 2008
0.03 miles
10
Oriental Xpres, George St
A large chinese restaurant.
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 8 May 2010
0.04 miles