Apparently the name croydon is derived from the valley of the crocuses

There's lot's to choose from in Croydon for vegetarians and vegans. One can eat Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Rawfood and salads, caribbean, Thai, Malaysian, we even have vegan soya milk shakes but unfortunately there is no dedicated specialist vegetarian restaurant in Croydon anymore.

Apart from the ubiquitous Holland & Barrett in the Whitgift centre we have an award winning Health food store called Oasis in Croydon High Street just along from the post office, Chapmans organics in St Georges Walk, and a fantastic 300 year old fruit and veg market with specialist caribbean and asian stalls.

Croydon was one of the original London suburbian new towns and is one of the reasons it's so huge, high and wide. It's en route to Gatwick so trains from Luton, Victoria, Clapham Junction, London Bridge, City Thameslink, Waterloo, Charing Cross, Brighton, Earls Court and Olympia regularly pass through. The Trams link Croydon to Wimbledon and the district line. The A23 passes straight through and the M25 is 20 minutes away.