Croydon in which zone in london

That, in turn, stands to benefit businesses who employ those commuters or are trying to attract south Londoners to spend money in the town. Does it make sense, though? Is Croydon actually close enough to central London to justify being in zone 4?

To find out, I just spend an oddly therapeutic quarter hour measuring the distance between various important outer London centres and Charing Cross, the official centre of London. Here are the results, ranked by distance in miles, and with the fare zone included: Logically, given the concentric nature of the London fare zones, you would expect the zone numbers to increase steadily as the distance from the city centre does, and for the most part they do.

Not always, though: Kingston is marooned in zone 6 despite being a distance from Charing Cross more appropriate for zone 5. Meanwhile, Epsom and Dartford, contiguous suburbs outside the Greater London boundary, fall out of the main system into the freaky outer zones, despite being closer in than Uxbridge. But Epping, several miles beyond the boundary and even outside the M25, gets to be in zone 6 because of a special arrangement between TfL and the local authorities.

There are several reasons for such oddities. Measurements from Charing Cross, convenient though they are, might be misleading. Image: Wikimedia Commons, based on Ordnance Survey data. East Croydon is West Croydon is just 10 miles from the heart of London. South Croydon is 11 miles from the city. All are in Zone 5. Chigwell station is Both are in Zone 4. If the same logic was applied to the whole of south London 3 miles of travel as a minimum per zone most stations would move in a zone.

Moving Croydon's stations into a different zone makes economic sense for our community - incentivising companies to relocate and invest in our town, boosting a change in perceptions and helping cut the cost of living for so many. But I can't do it without your help.

So join my campaign to cut your cost of living, increase investment in our local community, and help make a Croydon a place we can all be proud of.

East Croydon is a stop on the London to Brighton line; West Croydon is served primarily by suburban services. Both are currently in zone 5.

Fare zone 1 covers the central area and fare zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 form concentric rings around it. It is on the Brighton Line at its junction with the Oxted Line, 11 miles 21 chains Oyster is a smartcard which can hold credit to pay as you go, as well as Travelcards.

Thousands of us use these stations every year, even millions at some stations. But the busiest station, East Croydon is not quite the most dangerous. Despite having by far the highest number of crimes in the last 12 months, a period from February to January , East Croydon is only third most dangerous.