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Croydon College
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Croydon College — educational institution in Croydon, London.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- East Croydon · 0.3 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Croydon College, the nearest railway station is East Croydon, located 0.3 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CR9 1DX. Entry details are not provided, so please check in advance for accessibility information.
About
Croydon College is a ironworks in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1895. Address: CR9 1DX. Wikidata describes it as: "educational institution in Croydon, London". Coordinates: 51.3736°, -0.0951°.
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Official information
Croydon College offers a variety of employment-focused courses for different age groups, including 16-18 courses and adult learning programs. The college also provides apprenticeships and online courses to help individuals enhance their skills and career prospects.
From the Wikipedia article
Croydon College is a large further and higher education college located in Croydon, within the London Borough of Croydon. Its origins can be traced to a School of Art that was established in 1868, which subsequently merged with Croydon Polytechnic to create the college shortly after the Second World War. The college provides study programmes, apprenticeships and higher education courses at Croydon University Centre to over 10,000 enrolled students as of 2014, of which 3,400 are full-time. The college is the only Further Education College to have been awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS).
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Background
History
The history of the college is directly linked to that of two institutions, the Croydon College of Art and the Croydon Polytechnic. Croydon Corporation (the governing body of the County Borough of Croydon) founded the Pitlake Technical Institute in 1888, which would later become Croydon Polytechnic, which had an initial intake of 162 students. Twenty years earlier in 1868, the School of Art had been founded above the Public Halls in George Street. In 1929, the Board of Education first highlighted the need for a new technical college to replace Croydon Polytechnic. In 1932, the School of Art was taken over by the council to become Croydon College of Art. In 1941, the Polytechnic school was…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3736, -0.0951
- District
- Croydon
- Parish
- Croydon, unparished area
- Postcode
- CR9 1DX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Croydon West
- Established
- 1895
- Nearest railway station
- East Croydon — 0.3 km
- Official site
- croydon.ac.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5189653 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Croydon College (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: CroydonCollege.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Croydon College?
- Croydon College is in London, United Kingdom (postcode CR9 1DX), in the parish of Croydon, unparished area.
- What is Croydon College?
- Croydon College — educational institution in Croydon, London.
- How do I get to Croydon College?
- The nearest railway station is East Croydon, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode CR9 1DX.
- When was Croydon College built?
- Built or established in 1895.
- How do I get to Croydon College?
- The nearest railway station is East Croydon, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CR9 1DX.