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Croydon High Way WIP

26 Feb 2021
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* Work in progress * - Openstreetmap doesn't see permissive cycle routes on Ashburton Fields or Lloyd Park.

The high route in to Croydon. Albert Road, a bit of Waterlink Way, across Ashburton Fields and on to back streets.

Fryston Avenue (just before you get to the A232 Lower Addiscombe Road) is one-way - you'll have to walk that bit, but it's brief.

Then it's a very scenic little climb up Mapledale Road. From here you can get in to Lloyd Park and cycle along the top of the park, but for some reason this isn't working right now in the routing app.

After Lloyd Park it's a nice quiet back street route (Chichester Road) across to Park Hill Park and the Croydon Water Tower.

Then a nice downhill through Park Hill Park, when you exit the park there's a Toucan crossing & the pavement on the far side of the busy A232 is shared-use. So you don't have to cycle on the road there, and good thing too - it's not at all nice.

When you get to the bottom of the A232 by Fairfield Halls, you can either cross over and head in to the town centre, or turn right (north) along the front of Fairfield, take the next right by Croydon College and you'll come out opposite Dingwall Road.

From there there's a reasonably quiet/flat route back to South Norwood via Lansdowne, Gloucester and Holmesdale Roads.

For a shorter version of this route - after Lloyd Park, head straight down Park Hill Rise, along Canning Road and back through Addiscombe Railway Park, Ashburton Park, Woodside and Estcourt roads.