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Purley

Town in South London within the London Borough of Croydon

CitytownQ2118905

Also known as Purley, London · Purley, Surrey · Purley, Croydon

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: London Borough of Croydon
Postal code: CR8

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Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in Greater London, England, on the border with Sutton. It is 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of Charing Cross and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of the London/Surrey border, with a history going back at least 800 years. It was originally granted as an estate from holdings at Sanderstead and until as a district of Surrey and then, with neighbouring Coulsdon, as an urban district that became an electoral ward of the London Borough of Croydon, becoming part of the ceremonial county of London, in 1965. In 2018 the Purley ward was divided into two: Purley and Woodcote, and Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown.

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OS grid reference: TQ313615
Historic county: Surrey
Different from: Purley on Thames

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51.3373, -0.1141OpenStreetMap ↗

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