Diving stage at former Purley Way Lido is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 2013. Sports facility. 1 related planning application.
Diving stage at former Purley Way Lido
- WRENN ID
- solemn-span-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon West MP: Sarah Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 2013
- Type
- Sports facility
- Address
- Diving stage at former Purley Way Lido, Wyevale Garden Centre, Waddon Way, CR0 4HY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 314 637
- Coordinates
- 51.35757, -0.11392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The diving stage, located to the south of the former service building within the garden centre display area, dates to the period when the Purley Way Lido was operational. Constructed from reinforced concrete, the stage features twin curved supports connected by three diving platforms and a lower access platform. The two lower diving platforms are angled outwards on either side of the central ten-metre platform, with a three-metre platform to the east and a five-metre platform to the west. Original ironwork, including access ladders and tubular safety rails to the platforms, remains largely intact, with the exception of the lowest ladder, which has been removed to prevent access. This is a rare surviving example of a lido diving stage, recognised for its group value as an uncommon structure reflecting recreational leisure pursuits.
Local climate
Diving stage at former Purley Way Lido sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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