These listing were last updated in April 2025.  If you notice any errors or omission, please let us know on mail@eastcroydon.org.uk

Please click on Environment & Recycling on the drop-down menu under “Categories” for the most recent news posts on these topics.

Open spaces

• Addiscombe Railway Park, East India Way
• Addiscombe Recreation Ground, Bingham Road
• Addiscombe, Woodside & Shirley Park Allotments, 56-58 Glenthorne Avenue
• Ashburton Park, Lower Addiscombe Road
• Dartnell Park, Dartnell Road
• Little Road Playground, Freemason’s Road
• Lloyd Park, Park Hill Rise
• Park Hill Allotments, Park Hill Rise
• Park Hill Park and Recreation Ground, Barclay Road
• Queens Gardens, Katharine Street
• St James Church Rest Gardens, St James Road Road

Recycling & Repair

• British Heart Foundation Shop 7-10 Suffolk House, George Street for reusable furniture & electrical goods
• Croydon Animal Samaritans, 136 Cherry Orchard Road
• Croydon Freecycle Group to give away almost anything to someone who lives nearby
• The Co-op 61 Lower Addiscombe Road for soft plastics recycling
• Croydon Council recycling centres
• Book a collection for large unwanted items by Croydon Council 
• Addiscombe & Shirely Park Repair Cafe, St Mary Magdalene Church
• Croydon Re-use Organisation, Church Road
• Textile Repair Cafe, Whitgift Centre
• South London Repair Centre, 300 Lower Addiscombe Road

Croydon Council

• To report flytipping use the Love Clean Streets app, website or telephone
• Croydon Urban Room, ground floor Whitgift centre (next to WH Smiths), getting involved in  planning the town centre

Environmental groups & advice

• Croydon Ecology Centre, Coombe Lane
• Croydon Climate Action
• Croydon Community Energy
• Croydon Green Peace
• Croydon Healthy homes Energy Advice
• XR Croydon
• Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park 
• Friends of Lloyd Park 
• Friends of Ashburton Park
• Friends of Park Hill Park
• The Conservation Volunteers Croydon will transport volunteers from Altyre Road for work on project all over the borough.
• Trees for Streets
• Refill your water bottle, including a refill station on Caithness walk off Dingwall Road
• What can be recycled where
• Zero Waste Map a map showing places to recycle, buy unpackaged goods etc