Every summer, East Croydon Community Organisation audits the street trees in our area. In 2025, we counted 358 street trees, of which 57 trees were on private land. The latter were mostly adjacent to developments such as the Menta apartment blocks on Cherry Orchard Road and Mosaic East on Addiscombe Road & Cherry Orchard Road. The 301 public trees have been planted and are tended by Croydon Council. 

There are about 34 species of trees on our streets, the most common being 

• Cherry 131
• Pear 51
• Maple 20
• London Plane 12
• Lime 10
• Whitebeam 10 
• Birch 10
• Plum 10
• Rowan 10
• Elm 8
• Oak 8 
• Cherry Plum 7
• Sycamore 5
• Crab apple 6
• Beech 5
• Horse chestnut 5

However, we also have about 65 empty tree pits (seven more than 2024.  Croydon Council no longer replaces those that have died, though residents can also arrange for trees to be planted through https://www.treesforstreets.org.

Our survey of street trees was begun in 2020 by Esther Potman, a local Forest School practitioner. It was published by TiCL as a tree trail.