Croydon news

Multi-award-winning musician, Stormzy, has joined forces with Crystal Palace FC forward Wilfried Zaha to take over non-league football club, AFC Croydon Athletic. Both Zaha and ... More

A fitness club with a boxing studio, dance and performing arts studio and a four-court sports hall are just a few of the facilities included ... More

Avanton, a London-based property developer, has announced plans to create an alligator farm and enclosure to be built on the UK capital's Old Kent Road. ... More

Sportswear giant Nike has teamed up with equipment supplier Technogym to create a bespoke Nike Training Camp in Croydon. Fifty young people from south London ... More

Budget yoga chain MoreYoga has opened a studio in Woolwich, London. The launch is the first of 25 planned openings for 2019 and will be ... More

Chris Symons, who has spent the past 18 years at leisure trust GLL, has been named chief executive of BH Live, a social enterprise which ... More

Tributes from around the world have poured in for the British architect and artist Will Alsop, who died on Saturday (12 May) aged 70 following ... More

English Premier League football club Crystal Palace has been given the green light to build an “iconic” new Main Stand at its Selhurst Park home, ... More

English Premier League football club Crystal Palace has announced ambitious plans to redevelop its Selhurst Park stadium. Club chairman Steve Parish unveiled the project at ... More

Explorer Bear Grylls will be launching his indoor fitness programme in London at trampoline park provider Oxygen Freejumping this Friday (7 April 2017). Bear Grylls ... More

Pulse Fitness - the dedicated equipment arm of the Pulse Group - has supplied and installed fitness gear at a new £6million (US$7.5m, €6.9m) youth ... More

A British heritage charity has warned that council planning committees are too easily seduced by glitzy computer-generated images of buildings they’re tasked with approving or ... More

Mental health charity Mind has launched a Sport England-backed physical activity project aimed to support 75,000 people with mental health problems. Get Set to Go ... More

Residents in Leicester have been named as the most active gym users in the UK, while people in Fulham are the least, according to new ... More

Groundscare teams at Leicester City FC and Leeds Rhinos rugby club are among the winners of the 2015 Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) awards for groundskeeping. ... More

The Gym Group has confirmed that it has acquired two sites from independent gym chain Gym4all for an undisclosed amount. The sites in Derby and ... More

Mental health charity, Mind, has launched the country’s first large scale programme to encourage those who are experiencing mental health problems, such as depression and ... More

Manchester United Football Club’s (MUFC) groundskeeping team has been named among the winners of the annual Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) annual awards. The awards ceremony, ... More

Retail and mixed-use property developer Hammerson has recorded a strong set of results for the first half of 2014 (up to 30 June), with pre-tax ... More

Australian developer Westfield has secured permission to build a £1bn (US$1.8bn, €1.21bn) mega retail and leisure facility in Croydon, London after the firm was granted ... More

A new £15m leisure centre featuring two swimming pools is set to open in Croydon by the end of January. Located on the Fiveways junction ... More

Sports surface specialist total-play has completed a number of high profile projects in and around London. Cricket facilities have been installed at three clubs, including ... More

A Nuffield Health fitness and wellbeing centre in Norbury, South London, has reopened its doors after an arson attack during the 2011 riots caused £1m ... More