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Preview: Croydon turns golden this weekend as Harvest brings music, markets and family fun, while new Whitgift plans and today's community listings keep the borough buzzing.

Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair fills the town centre on Saturday 03/10/2026 and Sunday 04/10/2026, from 12:00 to 17:00 each day, with free entry and a family friendly programme.

Expect live folk music and dance, Farm Yard Circus, Vauxhall City Farm animal encounters, fruit and vegetable carving, craft workshops, historic pub tours and family film screenings across The Queen’s Gardens, Katharine Street, the High Street, Croydon Clocktower, David Lean Cinema and Surrey Street.

The festival takes inspiration from the historic Walnut Fair, which dates back to 1314.

Source: Culture Croydon and Croydon Council

Save the weekend and pick your route into town.

Fresh pre application plans for the Croydon Westfield regeneration have been presented to the council, setting out up to 4,000 homes, a proposed public square called The Forum and green space provisionally named Whitgift Park on the site of the Whitgift Centre.

The proposals remain at planning stage, so nothing is decided yet.

Source: My London

Croydon's new housing licensing schemes came into force on 25/09/2026.

The Selective Licensing Scheme covers privately rented homes in 14 wards, including Addiscombe, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Fairfield, Norbury, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton and Woodside.

The Additional HMO Licensing Scheme applies across the whole borough to houses in multiple occupation occupied by three or more people from two or more households.

Landlords and tenants wanting to understand what it means can check the council's pages for the scheme details and how to apply. Source: Croydon Council

This week we are celebrating the volunteers behind the community garden at Norwood Junction station, who have turned a previously unloved corner into a space of sunflowers, herbs and quiet.

Source: Inside Croydon

The Surviving Evin Prison exhibition also closes today at the Croydon Clocktower Cafe on Katharine Street, having run since 01/09/2026. Source: East Croydon Community Organisation

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

🌰 Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair, town centre, 12:00 to 17:00, free entry. Source: Culture Croydon

🍯 2026 Croydon Honey Show, Selsdon Community Centre, 132 Addington Road, Selsdon CR2 8LA, 10:00 to 16:30, with the Croydon Beekeepers Association in the lower floor hall next to the coffee shop. Source: Croydon Beekeepers Association

🤼 Rumble Wrestling, Selsdon Hall, 132 Addington Road, South Croydon CR2 8LA, from 19:30 to about 21:45, with tickets from £12. Source: Ticket Tailor

🧸 Pollock’s Toy Museum Croydon pop up, Unit 49, Whitgift Centre, 11:00 to 16:00, free entry, with toy theatre performances at 12:00 and 14:00. Source: Pollock’s Toy Museum

🌰 Croydon Harvest featuring the Walnut Fair, town centre, 12:00 to 17:00, free entry. Source: Culture Croydon

✈️ Historic Croydon Airport Open Day, Airport House, Croydon CR0 0XZ, with guided tours from 13:00. Pre booking is required. Source: Historic Croydon Airport Trust

🎤 K POP versus Pop Queens, a family show at BOXPARK Croydon, 99 George Street, Croydon CR0 1LD. Check the organiser’s listing for the confirmed start time. Source: BOXPARK Croydon

🎷 Sunday Jazz with vocalist Karen Lane, Manuel’s Restaurant and Bar, from 18:30. Table booking is advised. Source: AllEvents

🌳 Friends of Ashburton Park AGM, from 19:00 in the main hall at Ashburton Hall, Ashburton Park, with the group’s new Chair and an update from the Heritage Lottery Restoration Project team. Source: Friends of Ashburton Park, via Croydon Council.

🎂 Bake Well Being Fundraising Afternoon, The Cricketers, 107 Addiscombe Road, Croydon CR0 6SG, 13:00 to 15:30.

Enjoy cake decorating, connection and a slower paced wellbeing moment from Bake Well Being C.I.C., a Croydon community interest company founded in 2020 and incorporated as a CIC in 2025. Booking is through the link in the organiser’s Instagram bio. The ticket price is not stated, so check before booking. Source: Bake Well Being on Instagram

🚴 Pure in Motion 10k Fun-draising Cycle, starting and finishing at Wandle Park Café, Cornwall Road, Croydon CR0 3RD, from about 09:30 to 13:30.

This beginner friendly, female forward charity ride follows the paved River Wandle corridor to Colliers Wood and back, at the pace of the slowest rider. Children aged 10 and over are welcome, and under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. Funds go to Donate a Wig, CESO and the Music Relief Foundation. Check the booking page for the latest ticket information. Source: Cycling UK

Croydon's name comes from Old English, and the most widely accepted reading is croh for crocus plus denu for valley, giving the borough a name that means valley of the crocuses.

That points to historic saffron growing in the area. The earliest recorded spellings include Crogeden from 809 and Crogdaene from around 962, and a rival theory reads the name as crooked valley, after the winding vale between Godstone and Croydon.

Source: Wikipedia

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