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There are three firework displays taking place in Sanderstead - all are ticketed. Atwood Primary School on Thursday 5th November, gates open at 4.30pm and display at 6.15pm. Tickets are on sale now and early bird prices are until October 11th. https://buytickets.at/foap/2432325 19th Purley Scout Group on Monday 2nd November, doors open at 5.30pm and … Continue reading Firework displays in Sanderstead

IT’S AGATHA…BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW HER The Parlour Players are going for all-out comedy with their Autumn production of Peter Gordon’s Murdered to Death. This hilarious spoof of the best of Agatha Christie traditions is set in a country manor house in the 1930s, with an assembled cast of familiar characters – Bunting the … Continue reading Parlour Players – Murdered to Death

Sanderstead Community Day is this Saturday, 26th September, from 11am to 4.30pm in the recreation ground, Limpsfield Road. SRA will be there with a stall and we have a raffle with some fantastic prizes donated by local businesses: The Med Kitchen The Maple Restaurant Taste of Bengal Station Fish and Chips The Scoop Company Masterchef … Continue reading Sanderstead Community Day – this Saturday!

SES Water are doing an emergency repair to a leak and Sanderstead Road is closed between Mayfield Road and Farm Fields. The SES website map says the work should be completed by Friday 18th at 8am. Walking past today, Thursday 17th, the above sign was up by the 'hole' saying work should be completed by … Continue reading Sanderstead Road closed between Mayfield Road and Farm Fields

Sanderstead Community Day has become a regular fixture on the Sanderstead Calendar. There are lots of stalls and entertainment which is all arranged by Sanderstead and Selsdon Rotary. SRA will have a stall at the event, do come and say hello.

The Prime Minister has asked Baroness Casey of Blackstock to chair an Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, which will recommend how to reform the adult social care system. As part of this ‘The Big Conversation on Care’ launched on July 29 2026.  The aim is to encourage people to share their views on adult … Continue reading Big Conversation on Care

Purley Downs Road will be closed for gas mains replacement work from Monday 7th September for 8 weeks, ie up to 16th October, from the mini roundabout at the bottom with the junction of Riddlesdown Road up to the railway bridge by Beech Avenue. Bus 359 will be on diversion PURLEY DOWNS ROAD, CR2  Thursday … Continue reading Purley Downs Road Closure from 7th September – already closed!

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has just published his Draft London Plan – which proposes building 5,600 housing units on Croydon’s Green Belt. The green character of the suburban and semi-rural parts of Croydon is worth protecting at all costs. We are fortunate to have family homes, established neighbourhoods and large areas of green … Continue reading Green Belt Threat