Farthing Downs, London

Name: Farthing Downs
Address: London, United Kingdom

#2207 among attractions in London

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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Farthing Downs is an open space in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. Together with Eight Acres Common and New Hill to the south-east, it is owned and managed by the Corporation of London. Farthing Downs and Eight Acres Common are part of the Farthing Downs and Happy Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest. Happy Valley Park is a green space to the south owned by Croydon Council. Farthing Downs is also a scheduled monument. ()

Elevation: 453 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°18'29"N, 0°8'17"W

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Croydon (Coulsdon East)London United Kingdom

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Farthing Downs – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Surrey National Golf Club, Roundshaw Downs, Chaldon Church, Sacred Heart Church.

2 miSE
51°17'10"N • 0°6'32"W
Surrey National Golf Club, Old Coulsdon
51 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.1 miN
Park
Roundshaw Downs, Warlingham
79 min walk • Roundshaw Downs is a 52.7 hectare Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation Roundshaw in the London Boroughs of Sutton and Croydon. An area of 19.6 hectares in Sutton is also a local nature reserve. In the nineteenth century the area was farmland, and in the first half of the twentieth it was Croydon Airport.
1.7 miS
Church
Chaldon Church, Old Coulsdon
43 min walk • The church of Saints Peter and Paul at Chaldon, Surrey, is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Southwark. The building was begun before 1086 and is Grade I listed.
2.6 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Sacred Heart Church, Old Coulsdon
68 min walk • Sacred Heart Church or formally the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Caterham, Surrey. It was built in 1881 and designed by Ingress Bell. It is situated between Essendene Road and Whyteleafe Road off the High Street. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.2 miNE
Park
Riddlesdown Common, Warlingham
57 min walk • Riddlesdown Common or Riddlesdown is a 43 hectare area of green space in Kenley, towards the northern end of the North Downs in the London Borough of Croydon.
1.3 miSE
Park
Happy Valley Park, London
34 min walk • Happy Valley Park is a public park in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council. Located in the Green Belt, most of it forms part of the Farthing Downs and Happy Valley Site of Special Scientific Interest.
2.4 miNW
Park
Oaks Park, London
63 min walk • Oaks Park is a public park in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton. It is bounded on the south by Croydon Lane, and on the east by Woodmansterne Road; smaller roads lie to west and north.
2.3 miNE
Town, Area
Purley, London
59 min walk • Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England. It was part of the county of Surrey until 1965. It is located south of the town of Croydon, and 11.7 miles south of Charing Cross. It had a population of about 14,000 in 2011.
1 miSW
51°17'45"N • 0°9'7"W
Netherne dog walking and pet service, Old Coulsdon
27 min walk • Bridge
2.7 miSE
Locality
Caterham
70 min walk • Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valley but rises to equal heights to the south.
3.1 miNW
Park
Queen Mary's Park, Banstead
81 min walk • Queen Mary's Park is a small public park in Carshalton Beeches, in the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated on the old site of Queen Mary's hospital.