Purley

Purley is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a suburban development situated 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross. The name derives from “pirlea”, which means ‘Peartree lea’. Purley has a population of about 72,000.

he urban district council was based in a colonial-style building opened in 1930. The building, on the A23 Brighton Road near Reedham Station, became the property of the London Borough of Croydon and has recently been sold to developers and converted into housing.

Purley grew rapidly in the 1920s and 1930s, providing spacious homes in a green environment. Northeast Purley stretches into the chalk hill spurs of the North Downs. The Webb Estate made headlines in a 2002 survey, which found that it had over the years attracted the highest-earning residents in the UK.

Purley used to have many different kinds of retail shops such as greengrocers, butchers, fishmongers, card shops, sport shops, etc. The old Sainsbury’s was closed in the early 1980s (and the site remains derelict, though it was purchased in 2005 by the congregation of Purley Baptist Church for redevelopment). Since the opening of Sainsbury’s in the early 1980s (now closed late 90s) and, more significantly, a Tesco superstore in the early 1990s, there has been a shift in the town’s retail, predominantly charity shops, estate agents, restaurants and bars. In 2006, further change is on the cards as Tesco propose to replace the store with a 6-story building containing affordable flats above a new store.

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