![]() ![]() South Norwood has a high street which forms part of Selhurst Road. There are two secondary schools in the area along with a public leisure centre. It is used by the Croydon Sailing Club and local anglers who fish for carp, bream and perch. At the northern end of the town is South Norwood Lake, which was created after the reservoir for the unsuccessful Croydon Canal went out of use. The south-eastern side of the district is dominated by the 125-acre (0.51 km 2) country park which opened in 1989. The ward as a whole had a resident population in 2001 of just over 14,000. ![]() Together with Norwood New Town, it forms the electoral ward of South Norwood in the local authority of Croydon. It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Woodside and Addiscombe, east of Selhurst and Thornton Heath, south of Crystal Palace/ Upper Norwood and Anerley, and west of Elmers End and Penge. South Norwood is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey.
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