Forestdale,_London Knowpia

Forestdale
Forestdale
	Forestdale welcome sign
	Forestdale Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ3762
London borough	Croydon;
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CROYDON
Postcode district	CR0
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Croydon Central;
London Assembly	Croydon and Sutton;
	List of places UK England London 51°20′42″N 0°02′17″W / 51.345°N 0.038°W

Forestdale is a residential neighbourhood of southeast London in the London Borough of Croydon. It is sometimes considered to be part of Addington, its ancient and ecclesiastical parish.^[1] It is located south of Upper Shirley, east of Selsdon, south-west of Addington's historic centre, north-west of New Addington and north of Farleigh and is east of West Wickham.

Geography edit

Forestdale has public green verges and a nature reserve with diverse walks. Adjoining are Addington and Croydon's closest golf courses. Forestdale is linked to Croydon via Addington by Featherbed Lane and is also linked towards Croydon or Orpington via West Wickham which skirts the suburb on one side.

The suburb consists of cul-de-sacs running off four main roads, the cul-de-sacs being subdivided into several 'neighbourhoods'. All houses within a cul-de-sac are of the same style, but differ from other cul-de-sacs in style and materials, such as weatherboarding, brick colour and arrangement, and so uniformity of style is achieved within one cul-de-sac but differs from the others.

Forestdale contains a community centre (The Forum) on Pixton Way.^[1] There is a small row of shops at the junction of Featherbed Lane and Selsdon Park Road, which contains a pub (The Forestdale Arms).^[1] The fish & chip shop here (McDermott's) was voted the best in London and the South-East in 2005.^[1]

History edit

Most homes were built here between the late 1960s and mid 1970s on previously open ground containing a number of smallholdings.^[1] Wates Group, a construction firm heavily involved in many of the homes' construction, won an award in 1972 due to the solar heating panels they installed in three of the houses.^[2]^[1]

Transport edit

Two London Buses serve the village; routes 353 and 433

All parts of Forestdale are within a mile of Tramlink tram stops:

Fieldway
Addington
Gravel Hill, which is also connected via the buses.

Nearest Stations

All parts of Forestdale are within a mile of these following National Railway Stations:

West Wickham railway station located two miles east of Forestdale which is connected by bus routes that serve the Forestdale area.
South Croydon located three miles north of Forestdale.
Sanderstead railway station located three miles south west of Forestdale.

Education edit

Primary Education

Courtwood Primary School
Forestdale Primary School

Gallery edit

Shops on Selsdon Park Road
The Forum
The Forestdale Arms pub
Forestdale Shopping Centre
Forestdale Primary School
Typical housing in Forestdale

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Willey, Russ (2006). The London Gazzetteer. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. p. 180-81.
^ "Wates Built House". Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009. Copper Development Association First Prize for solar heating

[Willey-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Willey, Russ (2006). The London Gazzetteer. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. p. 180-81.

[2] "Wates Built House". Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009. Copper Development Association First Prize for solar heating

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