12 Facts About South Norwood

South Norwood is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon and the historic county of Surrey.

South Norwood has a high street which forms part of Selhurst Road, and which includes a number of banks, cafes, shops and other amenities.

South Norwood and surrounding areas are covered by the London SE25 postcode.

South Norwood is unofficially divided into the less deprived area in the north west side of the railway, which was the location of a private estate, and the generally more deprived area in the north east.

South Norwood was within the County Borough of Croydon until 1965 when, following the enactment of the London Government Act 1963, it became part the local government of Greater London.

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South Norwood Ward is part of the ethnically diverse Croydon North parliamentary constituency, which had one of the largest electorates in England at the 2010 general election, whereas Woodside Ward falls within the boundaries of the Croydon Central constituency.

South Norwood is bordered by Anerley to the north, Selhurst to the south, Woodside due east and Thornton Heath to the west.

The northernmost point of South Norwood is at Beaulieu Heights which contains Beulah Heights Park, overlapping with Upper Norwood and New Town.

South Norwood Hill is the most southerly spur of this ridge and the London Clay extends at its foot to the southern edge of the South Norwood Country Park.

South Norwood contains a leisure centre which is owned and maintained by Better on behalf of Sport Croydon.

South Norwood is the home to South Norwood Country Park, a former sewage works which closed in 1966, and of a fireworks factory; it was the converted into a nature reserve.

The new Thameslink timetable for South Norwood Junction started 20 May 2018: "South Norwood Junction gain[ed] an all-day-long Thameslink service to Bedford via Blackfriars and St Pancras, with two trains per hour to Epsom via Sutton" and timetables will continue being expanded and adjusted into 2019.