The Croydon power stations refers to a pair of demolished coal-fired power stations and to a gas-fired power station in the Purley Way area of Croydon, London.
Croydon B power station's cooling towers in 1973
Croydon B Power Station, 1973
Beddington Energy Recycling Facility
Croydon B's chimneys in 2008
Purley Way is a section of the A23 trunk road in the London Borough of Croydon, in the areas of Purley, Waddon and Broad Green, and has given its name to the out-of-town shopping area alongside it with a catchment area covering most of South London.
The Croydon Colonnades on Purley Way
The IKEA on Purley Way was built on the site of a power station, and retains its chimneys