Editing Croydon Clocktower

{{Short description|Arts and museum complex in Croydon, London, England}}
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{{Infobox Historic building
|image             = Croydon clocktower.jpg
|caption           = Croydon Clocktower (the building to the right is the Braithwaite Hall)
|name              = Croydon Clocktower
|location_town     = [[Croydon]], [[London]]
|location_country  = England
| map_type = Greater London
| pushpin_label =Croydon Clocktower
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|client            = [[London Borough of Croydon]]
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'''Croydon Clocktower''' is an arts and museum complex located on Katharine Street in [[Croydon]], [[London]].<ref name=Black2017>{{cite book |last1=Black |first1=Alistair |last2=Pepper |first2=Simon |last3=Bagshaw |first3=Kaye |title=Books, Buildings and Social Engineering: Early Public Libraries in Britain from Past to Present |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-17328-1 |pages=314–315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgkkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT314 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The venue, which forms part of the 19th-century [[Croydon Town Hall|Town Hall]],<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bridget |last1=Cherry |first2= Nikolaus |last2=Pevsner|title=''London 2: South''. Buildings of England series|publisher=Penguin Books|year= 1983|isbn=0-14-071047-7|page=214}}</ref> was opened as an arts and museum complex by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1994. A notable early success was the Picasso exhibition in March to May 1995 named ''Picasso's Croydon Period''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dont-mention-the-c-word-1609739.html|title=Don't mention the 'C' word|work=The Independent|date=3 March 1995}}</ref>

The venue contains the [[Museum of Croydon]], Clocktower Café and the [[Croydon Central Library]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/arts/croyclocktower/opening|title=Croydon Clocktower: Opening Times|publisher=Croydon Council|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> Other facilities which can be accessed from Croydon Clocktower include the [[David Lean Cinema]], which offers a regular programme of art house and independent films, and the Braithwaite Hall, which is used for concerts, theatre and children's shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6299424.concert-idas-march/|title=Concert: Ida's march|work=News Shopper|date=11 September 2002}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/arts/croyclocktower/  Croydon Clocktower at Croydon Council]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071101095715/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/croydonlibs/centrallib/ Central Library]

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[[Category:Culture in the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:Leisure in the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:Clock towers in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Towers in London]]
[[Category:Arts centres in London]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:Turret clocks]]
[[Category:Individual clocks in England]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1895]]