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Looking east from top end of Norbury Hill.
©Philip Talmage
Looking west onto the A214 Crown Lane. To the left is the A215 Beulah Hill, and to the right, the A215 Knights Hill. The A214 Crown Dale is behind the camera to the right.
©Philip Talmage
An ornamental pond and seats, in Upper Norwood, beside Beulah Hill opposite Norbury Hill junction, Beulah Hill Pond is a small secluded area beside the busy Beulah Hill road which runs from Upper Norwood to Woodside. The pond was formerly a watering place for horses and cattle, with a railing across the middle to prevent the animals straying into the deeper water. It was locally called the Big Pond and during the winter when the pond froze it was a favourite place for skating.
©Philip Talmage
Nettlefold Field, is being managed for nature conservation. It consists of meadows, mature trees, woodland, a hedge and a small pond. The list of birds seen on the site is impressive for a small suburban park, including great spotted and green woodpeckers, nuthatch, greenfinch, chaffinch and goldcrest as regular visitors.
©Billy Shearer
Dist:0.2km<br/>An area just outside the formal gardens surrounding the house. The house and its park were bought by Croydon Corporation in 1926. The park covers some 32 acres and is on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. The modern houses on the left are in Gibson's Hill.
©Stephen Richards
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©Nigel Chadwick
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>A deciduous conifer. A larch perhaps? It's too near for me to identify - I can only recognise a larch from quite a long way away. The house and its park were bought by Croydon Corporation in 1926. The park covers some 32 acres and is on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
©Stephen Richards
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>A pair of well-preserved houses from the 1930s. Both doors look original (or are sympathetic modern replicas), and the original metal windows with their thin glazing bars curving all the way round the bay are intact. The installation of modern windows does most to spoil these facades.
©Stephen Richards
Dist:0.2km<br/>Until 1635, Norwood Grove formed part of the Great Streatham Common, which was referred to in the Domesday Book as Lime Common and stretched from Norbury to Tulse Hill. In that year what is now Norwood Grove became a shooting estate with a lodge for the 5th Duke of Portland. The present mansion was built in the mid 19th century, and soon after it became the residence of Mr. Arthur Anderson, MP, one of the founders of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship line - the P. & O. After the death of Anderson in 1862, the mansion became the property of the Nettlefold family, the screw manufacturers which became part of Guest, Keen and Nettlefold. The Nettlefolds left in 1913. After the 1914-18 war, the local residents launched a fighting fund to save Norwood Grove from building development and the open space was dedicated for ever to the use of the public by the Prince of Wales at a gala opening in November 1926. The top of Norwood Grove near the house is 300 feet above sea level and gives very wide views to the south and west towards Reigate and Windsor Castle.
©Ian Yarham
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the left the towers of Croydon can just be seen breaking through the skyline; right of centre are the former chimneys of Croydon Power Station, now calling the shoppers to IKEA. The house and its park were bought by Croydon Corporation in 1926. The park covers some 32 acres and is on English Heritage's Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. This is roughly the opposite of this view: [[[2225045]]]
©Stephen Richards
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.2km<br/>The house at Norwood Grove, seen from the southeast.
©I M Chengappa
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©Nigel Chadwick

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