CR Postcode Area: Damp, Mould & Leak Detection by District

The CR postcode area

The CR postcode area is named after Croydon and covers the London Borough of Croydon with parts of Merton, Sutton and Bromley. It runs south over the Downs into Surrey: CR3 (Caterham, Whyteleafe) and CR6 (Warlingham) are in Tandridge district, and CR5 (Coulsdon) reaches into Reigate and Banstead. Croydon was one of the first places in the country to be postcoded, in the 1966 trial that preceded the national scheme.

The stock runs from the tower blocks and converted houses of central Croydon and Thornton Heath, through long streets of Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Norbury, South Norwood and Addiscombe, to the inter-war and post-war semis of Purley, Coulsdon and Caterham on the chalk. Flats above shops and converted houses with shared roofs and services are a steady source of leak-tracing work for us.

Pick your district below for the local pages inside it. Districts whose places share a page are covered from the council page shown on the row.

Councils and post towns in the CR area. Croydon has places in CR0, CR2, CR4 to CR5 and CR7 to CR8; Tandridge in CR3 and CR6; Merton and Sutton in CR4; Reigate and Banstead in CR5, so the area straddles Greater London and Surrey. Royal Mail post towns across the area: Croydon, South Croydon, Caterham, Whyteleafe, Mitcham, Coulsdon, Warlingham, Thornton Heath, Purley, Kenley.

Housing in Croydon and Tandridge (Census 2021), the main council areas for CR postcodes in our directory: tenure across 188,568 households is 58% owner-occupied, 24% private rented and 17% social rented; by type, 27% purpose-built flats, 10% converted or other flats, 21% terraced, 25% semi-detached, 17% detached.Source: ONS Census 2021, tables TS054 (tenure) and TS044 (accommodation type), via Nomis.