☀️ Today (Saturday 17/10/2026): sunny after a cold, clear start, with a high of 13°C and a low of 7°C. A small chance of a shower from mid-afternoon, and gusts of up to 28mph. Wrap up for the morning, then enjoy the sun.

🌧️ Sunday 18/10/2026: bright early, then turning wet. Light rain arrives around lunchtime and the chance of rain climbs to 80% by late afternoon. High of 13°C. Brolly Alert for the afternoon.

Source: Met Office, Croydon forecast

Purley's Regans is back with its second Community Market today, Saturday 17/10/2026. After the first one, the team is inviting neighbours to come down, meet local makers and traders, and shop independent.

Markets like this keep money in the neighbourhood and give small local businesses a place to be seen, so if you are free this morning, pop along, say hello and pick up something made close to home.

📍 Units 9 to 11, Royal Oak Centre, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2PG |

🕙 10am to 4pm

🎟️ Free entry

Children and dogs are welcome. Expect artisan makers, bakes, plants and natural beauty products. Source: Community Market at Regans flyer

Know a stallholder or local maker who should be at the next one? Tell us and we will help spread the word.

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🎨 The Big Make exhibition, 10am to 4pm, Croydon Urban Room, Whitgift Centre, free. Artwork made by people with experience of homelessness alongside local schools, businesses and volunteers, including a display of 4,000 handmade porcelain discs. Open Tuesday to Saturday until Friday 30/10/2026. Source: Inside Croydon

👻 Spooky Quiz Night, 6:30pm, The Ludoquist, 63-67 High Street, £2 a head. Source: The Ludoquist

🎭 Lightstreams, 7pm, Stanley Arts, £17, ages 14 and over. Source: Stanley Arts

Times can change, so please check each organiser's listing before you travel.

📚 Goblin Market: Comics and Zines, Sunday 18/10/2026, noon to 5pm, Stanley Arts, free. Source: Stanley Arts

🎨 The Big Make: free arts workshops, Tuesday 20/10/2026 to Thursday 22/10/2026, Croydon Urban Room, Whitgift Centre, free, for adults and children aged 14 and over. Booking is required, so check the booking page for session times. Source: Croydon Urban Room

⚓ Croydon Sea Cadets: New Cadets Evening, AGM and Social, Wednesday 21/10/2026, 7:15pm to 9:30pm, Arnhem House Barracks, 1 Mitcham Road CR0 3RU, free. Open to prospective cadets and their families. Source: Croydon Sea Cadets

🏠 Croydon Almshouses has taken over St Saviour's Court in Purley. The transfer took effect on 01/10/2026, bringing the 53 flats at St Saviour's Court together with the 57 flats at Elis David Almshouses in Waddon under one charity. Source: Inside Croydon

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🚌 Bus and tram fares rise by 10p from Sunday 01/11/2026. The adult bus and tram fare, including the Hopper fare, goes from £1.75 to £1.85 once the fares freeze ends, according to Transport for London. Source: Inside Croydon

🚋 No trams between Sandilands and New Addington this weekend (17/10/2026 and 18/10/2026). Trams keep running between Wimbledon and Beckenham Junction or Elmers End, and services through East Croydon and the town centre are unaffected. There are no replacement buses, and normal service is due back at the start of service on Monday 19/10/2026. A longer closure follows from Saturday 24/10/2026 to Friday 06/11/2026, so check TfL's journey planner before you travel. Source: Inside Croydon

📋 Children's home contract review. Croydon Council cancelled an £8.6million contract for the management of a children's home within six months of it starting, and Mayor Jason Perry has now authorised a review of how the contract was procured, according to Inside Croydon. Source: Inside Croydon

The Hopper fare lets you make unlimited bus and tram journeys within one hour of first touching in for a single fare, which is why the 10p rise matters for anyone changing between the two. Source: Inside Croydon

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