2026 ECRA AGM – Tuesday June 16 7.30pm
The AGM is on Tuesday 16 June 2026, 7.30pm at The Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
2025 ECRA AGM – Tuesday June 10 7.30pm
The AGM is on Tuesday 10 June 2025, 7.30pm at The Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
Chris Philp MP will be attending as our guest speaker.
Click here to download the AGM Agenda June 2025 and ECRA Accounts April 2024 – March 2025.
Farthing Downs & Happy Valley celebrating 50 years of Special Protection as Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Friends of Farthing Downs & Happy Valley have arranged for some events to celebrate this momentous occasion. There will be a picnic, as well as archaeology, wildflower and wildlife walks as part of the celebration.
Location: the circle of seats in the overflow car park. If arriving by car, park in the Farthing Downs car park and walk north, the Gazebos will be very visible in the distance. If walking, head for the Farthing Downs car park, the Gazebos will be easily seen as the car park is approached.
More information is available to view on this leaflet shared by Friends of Farthing Downs & Happy Valley.
Coulsdon Banking Hub now open for (banking) business
The hub has opened its doors to the public this morning, which is fantastic news. The Community Banker Schedule for Coulsdon is as follows and offers Personal Banking, Business Banking and Bill Payment services.
Mon: HSBC UK
Tue: Santander
Wed: Barclays
Thu: NatWest
Fri: Lloyds Bank
Opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
The Banking Hub is located at 152 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2NE and the entrance is via Chipstead Valley Road.
For further information visit Coulsdon Banking Hub Post Office.
New booking system at Old Coulsdon Medical Practice
The way you interact with OCMP is changing, and is moving to an online system which will allow triaging to help prioritise and correctly allocate appointments.
Please review the following Newsletter shared by OCMP for more details.
Appointments can now be booked by visiting Appointments.
New parking restrictions in Cane Hill Park
There are new parking restrictions in Cane Hill Park, which cover Monday to Friday.
All roads have no parking between 8.00am and 12pm (noon), with Cane Hill Drive and Lime Tree Avenue allowing no parking between 8.00am and 6.00pm. All visitors must obtain a visitors permit during these times, to use the visitor bays.
The parking fine is £100.00 by UKPC.
Parking Changes from July 2024
Parking: During July Croydon council announced that all the existing parking meters would be switched off after the 13th July 2024. From then on to park in a district centre or in a small shopping parade you would have to obtain authority to park by using the RingGo App or for those that do not have a smartphone by phoning RingGo on 020 3046 0010. To use the App you have to identify where you are and for how long you want to park and pay by bank card. There was a small warning message about RingGo App contained in the notice. “Whilst the council does not charge for using RingGo, some default settings may mean that you pay a small charge to RingGo for reminders.” To avoid the reminder charge you have to change the settings in the RingGo App to turn off SMS notifications (which can result in 20p of charges). See below for more detail on how to do this.
RingGo Set Up
- Make sure you are in the correct RingGo app (with two Gs i.e., RingGo) and set up your account with the correct registration number for your vehicle
- Go to the my account option at the bottom of the app
- Choose my notifications
- Check that ALL notifications are off (the standard notifications settings will charge you 20p for the first free hours parking)
Please beware of Scam Apps and sites! If you’re not sure, ask.
To Park
- Choose the correct location – if you are parked with your vehicle it should pick this automatically
- Choose the one-hour free parking or the length of parking time
- Confirm your booking
For others who are unable to use the App or the phone you can obtain the authority to park at one of the PayPoint stores.
In Coulsdon they are:
- Best Save Food & Wine 214 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2NF
- Thirsty Work Food and Wine 175 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2NH
- Esso Coulsdon 189-191 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon, CR5 3HR
In Old Coulsdon they are:
- Old Coulsdon Village Store and Morrisons Tudor Parade Old Coulsdon, CR5 1EB
- Mary Convenience Store Taunton Lane Old Coulsdon, CR5 1SG
- Hooks Food and Wine and Londis Lacy Green Parade Old Coulsdon, CR5 1EN
Charges: All parking in District centres and shopping parades will be the first hour free and the second period of time up to 2 hours paid for, with no return for 2 hours. However, the hours of charging have been extended by 2 hours and are now from 8.30am to 6.30pm.
Car Park Charges: Again, you will have to use the RingGo App or phone RingoGo to park in district centre car parks. The Council also intend to introduce an evening and overnight charge. ECRA have continued to object to this as it is not in the interest of the night time economy of Coulsdon or residents who need overnight off-street parking .We have also asked for a 15minute grace period before a parking ticket is issued.
ECRA have managed to get the council to increase the number of Residents Parking Bays in the CR CPZ in Downs, Fairdene and Reddown Roads. If you live in one of these roads and would like to be considered for a residents parking bay then email ECRA on .
404 and 466 bus route temporary timetable (16/8-2/9)
From the 16th August until the 2nd September Coulsdon Road across Coulsdon Common will be closed.
As a result the 404 will terminate and start from Lacy Drive Old Coulsdon and will not serve Caterham.
The 466 will run 4 busses per hour terminating at Old Coulsdon Tudor Rose until 9.00pm and this will reduce to 3 busses per hour from 9.00pm until the last bus. To Caterham there will be 2 buses per hour until 9.00pm and 1 bus per hour after 9.00pm, these will run via the A23 Brighton Road Hooley, Shepherds Hill and Rook Lane, Chaldon terminating at West Way. On Return it will leave West Way, Chaldon Road, Rook Lane Chaldon, Shepherds Hill and the A23 Brighton Road Hooley.
The first common stop will be Smitham Downs Road.
The current timetable can be viewed on the TfL website.
2024 ECRA AGM – Wednesday June 12 7.30pm
The AGM is on Wednesday 12 June 2024, 7.30pm at The Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
Due to the election Chris Philp will not be speaking as originally planned and Eleanor Richardson will be giving an update on Coulsdon Community Partnership instead.
Click here to download the AGM Agenda June 2024 and ECRA Accounts April 2023 – March 2024.
Click here to view the nominations for the committee to be elected as part of the AGM.
ECRA response to Parking Consultation
We welcome the adoption of our suggestion for district centres of 1-hour free parking and a second hour paid for at a sensible price. We also welcome that this will be standardised across the Borough. This should enable the district centres to remain viable against district centres in adjacent Boroughs.
For further detail on ECRA’s response to Croydon Council, click here to read.