There is a fair bit in and around South Norwood. It’s a well-preserved Victorian suburb, not much bombing, not much postwar redevelopment. An area that could become increasingly appreciated over the coming decades. Among the highlights, in a rather random order:
1) Davidson Road Schools: D H Lawrence taught here from 1908 to 1912,
2) Grangewood Park
3) South Norwood Lake
4) South Norwood Country Park
5) Sunny Bank – ghosts of the Croydon Canal
6) 12 Tennison Road, where Arthur Conan Doyle lived from 1891 to 1894
7) Crystal Palace FC
8) Beaulieu Heights
9) Spurgeon’s College, South Norwood Hill
10) Stanley Halls and Technical School, South Norwood Hill
South Norwood Tourist Board 
Duke McKenzie, the boxer and sports commentator, went to South Norwood Junior School. Taught his younger brother Clinton a few moves which Clinton used to take down the school bully – twice his size. My mum was a teacher there.