Norbury

For other places with the same name, see Norbury (disambiguation).

Norbury
St Oswald's Parish Church
Norbury Location within Greater London
Population	16,476 (2011 Census. Ward)
OS grid reference	TQ315695
London borough	Croydon
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW16
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Croydon North
London Assembly	Croydon and Sutton

Norbury is a town in South West London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring districts Streatham and Croydon. Norbury is 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south of Charing Cross.

Demography

Like other districts of northern Croydon, Norbury has significant foreign communities. The 2011 census showed that White British was the largest ethnic group at 24% of the population, followed by 13% Black Caribbean, 12% Indian and 12% Other White.

Nearest places

• Brixton
• Streatham
• Streatham Common
• Crystal Palace / Upper Norwood
• Mitcham
• Pollards Hill
• Thornton Heath
• Croydon

Notable residents

• Musician Rox This singer studied in the secondary school named Norbury Manor. QN
• Actor Deryck Guyler
• Music group Libera - The boy vocalists of Libera, who are regular contributors to the BBC's Songs of Praise TV programme, and who have toured extensively throughout the world, and who have released several chart-topping albums, are based at St Phillip's Parish Church in Norbury
• Robert Prizeman - Classical crossover music composer and choirmaster of Libera and St Phillip's Parish Church, Norbury. He composed the BBC's Songs of Praise signature music
• Actor Will Hay
• Barloc of Norbury
• Writer Michael Moorcock
• Writer Kingsley Amis
• Novelist Edwy Searles Brooks

Nearest railway stations

• Norbury railway station
• Mitcham Eastfields railway station
• Streatham Common railway station
• Streatham railway station
• Mitcham Junction railway station
• Thornton Heath railway station

In fiction

Norbury is portrayed in a Sherlock Holmes short story, "The Adventure of the Yellow Face", as one of the few places in which the detective turned out to be wrong regarding his theories (as referenced in the episode "The Six Thatchers" of the BBC-Series "Sherlock").