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T O P I C A L   I S S U E S

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New 8/4/23 Know where to go if you need medical advice

but it’s not an emergency

Updated 29/3/25 Weekly planning applications and decisions in Riddlesdown

Purley Leisure scheme, granted by the Planning Committee;

Mitchley Ave Surgery granted to revert back to a house

New 29/3/25 Road Works on Mitchley Ave - 7 to 27 April

Updated 30/3/25 SNT Police information & newsletters

(PO&R and Sanderstead Crime updates); The Littlebooklet of Phone Scams  Bogus callers and vehicle & home tips ;
DIY home security Survey

Updated 30/3/25 Latest Events

RRA Litter pick - 5/4/25 and AGM - 15/4/25;

Concert and Pilates Classes

Updated 14/3/25 City of London Commons Newsletters; Mar 2025

Update 27/1/25 The Review of Croydon Council’s Local Plan 2018

New 27/1/25 Photos; Children’s Christmas Party 2024

Updated 18/1/25 Purley Leisure Centre complex; update from 7 local Residents Associations

Updated 18/1/25 Rail engineering works affecting Riddlesdown’s trains

Updated 13/12/24 Parking in Riddlesdown generally

Updated 8/12/24 Rail timetables from 15 December 2024

Scroll down to Timetable ‘N’ for Riddlesdown

Updated 3/12/24 Recycling and Waste Dates 2024/25; Copy of dates from Croydon Council to download and print off

Updated 26/11/24 RRA Litter picks; are you interested in becoming a Street Champion?; other environmental matters;

Riddlesdown Collegiate litter pick

Updated 25/10/24 Green Belt Farm and Woodland/land in Riddlesdown

Land r/o 36 to 60 Honister Hts/Dunmail Drive

New 5/9/24 Riddlesdown Recorder; Summer 2024

New 27/5/24 RRA AGM Minutes 2024

Updated 4/6/23 More Road Stewards and Committee members required

Updated 23/7/21 Flooding and street cleaning

New 30/4/18 -Points to consider if a developer approaches the owner

of a house for re-development

L E S S   T O P I C A L   I S S U E S

Riddlesdown Open Space (end of Riddlesdown Rd)

Car Parking Charges commenced from 25 January 2021

Skylarks on Sanderstead to Whyteleafe

Countryside Area

Fireworks and the Law

Advice on bonfires and wood burning appliances

in Riddlesdown

A flyer (published March 2018), from the Croydon CCG gives good advice on Urgent Care/GP hubs/Pharmacist help

1937 - The first year of the RRA;

 Read what was happening 80 years ago!

View some fascinating photos of streets in

Riddlesdown in 1955 and also surrounding towns

Advice on disposal of surplus paint

Some Riddlesdown history from The Recorder

What does the RRA do, you may ask?

Laing’s sales brochure circa 1930 (scroll down page)

An advert for the sale of houses in 1935 - Riddlesdown

(Purley Oaks - Sunny Surrey)!

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National Rail Enquiries

Rail timetables

Scroll down to Timetable ‘N’ for Riddlesdown

Riddlesdown Collegiate

Croydon On Line - Links and Information

Other adjoining and nearby Residents Associations