Old Coulsdon

Old Coulsdon is a village near Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England, 14.4 miles (23 km) south of Charing Cross. It is the southernmost settlement in Greater London.

Old Coulsdon
Bradmore Green Pond - Old Coulsdon
Old Coulsdon Location within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ315575
London borough	Croydon
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COULSDON
Postcode district	CR5
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Croydon South
London Assembly	Croydon and Sutton

Schools

• Coulsdon Sixth Form College
• Oasis Academy Coulsdon (Formerly Coulsdon High School)
• Keston Junior, Primary and Infants
• Byron Primary School
• Coulsdon C of E Primary School

Oasis Academy Coulsdon was formerly Coulsdon High School. Before this it was Taunton Manor School. Coulsdon College was formerly Purley College and that was formed from Purley High School for Boys and Purley High School for Girls.

Transport

There are four regular London bus services in the area: 60, 466, 404, and route N68 which provides a link into Central London every 30 minutes during the night.

The closest train station is Coulsdon South, 0.9 miles away.

Churches

Old Coulsdon has one Church of England church, St John's the Evangelist. It is also home to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.

Politics

See also: 2018 Croydon London Borough Council election

Old Coulsdon is in the Parliamentary constituency of Croydon South where the current MP as of May 2015 has been Chris Philp of the Conservative Party. He was re-elected with 33,334 votes at the 2017 General Election.

At a local level, Old Coulsdon has three Conservative councilors on Croydon Borough Council.

External links

• Coulsdon & Old Coulsdon website