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Croydon Cemetery, London

Mitcham Road Cemetery, which was previously called the Croydon Cemetery, is famous for the granite gravestone of Derek Bentley who was wrongly hanged in 1953 for killing a constable..

Mitcham Road Cemetery, which was previously called the Croydon Cemetery, is famous for the granite gravestone of Derek Bentley who was wrongly hanged in 1953 for killing a constable.


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About Croydon Cemetery

 London, United Kingdom

 +44 20 8684 38

 www.croydon.gov.uk

Croydon Cemetery and Nearby Sights on Map

Mitcham Common

The Mitcham Common is a sprawling green area good for quiet walks when the weather is good, and sledding when there's snow on the ground

Croydon Palace

The Croydon Palace was the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for over 500 years, where he occasionally entertained royalty

The Whitgift Almshouses

The Whitgift Almshouses were formerly the Hospital of the Holy Trinity, with a fine Tudor courtyard in the complex

Croydon Airport

Croydon airport was formerly London's main airport, but is now disused and a tourist attraction

Museum of Croydon

The Museum of Croydon in the Croydon Clocktower traces the history of Croydon and includes the Riesco Gallery

Clock Tower Museum

Exhibitions on the gifted black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) who lived most of his life in Croydon, are on display

Croydon Clocktower

The Croydon Clocktower is a listed Grade II building that is an arts, museum and library complex

Nestle Tower

The Nestle Tower is the famous UK headquarters of Nestle and one of the tallest towers in England

Fairfield Halls

Fairfield Halls is an arts centre with a concert hall and the Ashcroft Theatre

Crystal Palace Park

The Crystal Palace Park is a 200 acre pleasure park that surrounded that Crystal Palace before it burned down