Which district am I in?

Roughly: CR0 is the town centre plus Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon and New Addington; CR2 is South Croydon and Sanderstead; CR5 is Coulsdon; CR7 is Thornton Heath; CR8 is Purley and Kenley; and Norbury runs into SW16. If you are on a boundary it does not matter — tell us the street.

Is the town centre harder than the suburbs?

Differently hard. The suburbs are about parking and gradient; the centre is about lifts, bays and permissions. The centre is more predictable once the building has confirmed, and much less predictable when it has not.

Do you charge more for Purley because of the hills?

Not for the postcode. Where a stepped approach or a gradient genuinely makes a job longer or needs more crew, the survey establishes it and the written quote reflects it. There is no hill surcharge as such.

Do you cover Bromley, Beckenham or Sutton?

We cross and serve all three, but each has its own established firms and a move that begins and ends inside one of them usually belongs there. We will say so rather than take the job.

CR0 · CR2 · CR5 · CR7 · CR8

Every district in Croydon

The whole borough, set out district by district — because they are genuinely different jobs rather than the same job with a different postcode.

Bromley, Beckenham and Sutton are named here as neighbours. We cross them; we do not claim them.

What changes between districts

Croydon spans a wider range of building types and ground levels than most London boroughs. What follows is what actually differs, in the terms that change a removals quote rather than the terms an estate agent would use.

Croydon town centre CR0 Towers and new build The tall blocks around East and West Croydon and the newer developments between them. Every move here starts with a lift booking, a loading bay slot and a managing agent. The building sets the timetable, not the inventory.

Thornton Heath & Norbury CR7 / SW16 Dense terraces The lowest ground in the borough and the tightest parking. Long Victorian terraces, heavy on-street pressure, and a lot of shared housing — so part-loads and single-room moves outnumber whole households.

South Croydon & Sanderstead CR2 Edwardian and interwar Where the ground starts to climb. Solid bay-fronted houses with drives and side access, and gradients steep enough that we think about which way a loaded vehicle approaches.

Purley & Kenley CR8 Downs slopes Steep roads cut into the valley sides, houses set well above or below the carriageway, and long flights of steps up to front doors. Carrying distance here is vertical as much as horizontal.

Coulsdon & Old Coulsdon CR5 Downs edge The top of the borough, out onto the North Downs. Generous plots, garages and driveways, and the easiest loading in Croydon once the vehicle has made the climb.

Addiscombe & Shirley CR0 Suburban mixed Interwar semis, some newer infill, and generally straightforward access with a drive or a wide verge. The most predictable jobs in the borough.

New Addington & Selsdon CR0 / CR2 Estates and edge Postwar estate housing on high ground east of the town, and the greener Selsdon streets below it. Good access; the distance from the centre is the main planning factor.

Beckenham, Bromley & Sutton edges BR / SM Neighbours Crossed constantly and served, but each has its own established firms. A move beginning and ending inside one of them usually belongs there rather than with us.

The bottom of the borough

Thornton Heath and Norbury are the flattest and densest districts, and the ones where parking is genuinely contested through the day. Long Victorian terraces, heavy shared-housing use, and a distance from front door to legal standing that is frequently the largest cost in the job.

These districts also produce the most part-loads and single-room moves in the borough, which is why we crew them differently.

The town centre

Vertical rather than horizontal. Croydon has more tall buildings than most English towns, and a town-centre move is a negotiation with a building before it is a job for a van: goods lift, loading bay, named contact. See flat and tower moves for exactly what to ask your managing agent.

The climb south

South Croydon and Sanderstead are where drives reappear and the ground starts to lift. Purley and Kenley are properly steep, with houses set above or below the road and long stepped approaches. Coulsdon is the top and, once the vehicle is up there, the easiest access in the borough.

The eastern districts

Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon and New Addington are the most straightforward part of the borough to work: interwar and postwar housing with drives and room to manoeuvre. The planning factor is distance from the centre rather than anything about the properties.

Districts

Questions about where we work

01
Which district am I in?

Roughly: CR0 is the town centre plus Addiscombe, Shirley, Selsdon and New Addington; CR2 is South Croydon and Sanderstead; CR5 is Coulsdon; CR7 is Thornton Heath; CR8 is Purley and Kenley; and Norbury runs into SW16. If you are on a boundary it does not matter — tell us the street.
02
Is the town centre harder than the suburbs?

Differently hard. The suburbs are about parking and gradient; the centre is about lifts, bays and permissions. The centre is more predictable once the building has confirmed, and much less predictable when it has not.
03
Do you charge more for Purley because of the hills?

Not for the postcode. Where a stepped approach or a gradient genuinely makes a job longer or needs more crew, the survey establishes it and the written quote reflects it. There is no hill surcharge as such.
04
Do you cover Bromley, Beckenham or Sutton?

We cross and serve all three, but each has its own established firms and a move that begins and ends inside one of them usually belongs there. We will say so rather than take the job.

Tell us the district and the floor

The two addresses, what is moving, and what sits between your front door and the road. We read it, ask what the form could not, and come back with a written quote.

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