West Thornton Ward is represented by three Labour Councillors, Janet Campbell, Stuart King and Bernadette Khan.
Key landmarks in West Thornton include West Thornton Primary Academy, Croydon University Hospital, Croydon Cemetery, Thornton Heath Clocktower and green space can be found at Thornton Heath pond, Mayfield Road Playground and Beulah Spa.
Did you know?
- Thornton Heath Pond is possibly the area’s oldest landmark.
- Beulah Spa is now just an ordinary park but once was London’s most fashionable spa.
- The Clocktower, completed in 1900, still stands at the junction of Thornton Heath High Street and Parchmore Road, on a site previously called Walker’s Green.
- In 1961 a plane carrying a school trip from Lanfranc School on Mitcham Road crashed into a mountain near Stavanger in Norway. The Lanfranc Memorial remembers those who lost their lives in the crash.
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