r/croydon • u/Jamity647 • 1d ago

Whitgift Closing Down?

Is it true that the Whitgift will be closing down? Is so sad if this is the truth 😞. I have been visiting it for the past month or so as I heard these rumours but got told they might not be true??? Is it not going to close down after all?

Many thanks

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u/BluejaySignificant82 1d ago

definitely out of curiousity tho what caused the decline of that part of croydon? i lvie in thonrnton heath and see a significant diff to the city when walking into town
1. the west croydon area has massive potential with trams
2. the east croydon area outguns the area just by the massive buildings and classy feel
3. scratch everything i said because those tunnels that are in the underpass of the intersection off the high street/park lane are full of piss and i've unfortunately seen excretement sitting firmly there one tiem too

Big exhausted SIGH
For what its worth Croydon is malleable- offers a fair bit

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u/turbothingy 1d ago

Yeah Croydon has great people, great infrastructure, a lot to offer tbh, it's just been massively let down.

Personally I think it's a toxic mix of the London property bubble making rents unaffordable and Croydon being just far away enough from London that it's not getting the public investment it deserves. And just a catastrophic series of unforced errors from council after council.

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u/RelevantReporter6748 18h ago

Definitely shit management by the council but ultimately high streets are dying just about everywhere, can't do anything about online killing retail paired with a shitty economy which means people have less disposable income than ever.

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u/turbothingy 17h ago

Very true. Skyrocketing rents also aren't just a Croydon problem.