London Car Rental Purley

Car Rental - Purley

The Car Hire Company provides professional car rental services to anyone living in purley or anywhere in the London home counties. We can deliver the car rental of your choice right to your doorstep and also collect it when you are finished. We offer quality car rental services at a value price.

Purley Local Information

Purley is located in the borough of Croydon, just under 12 miles by car rental from Charing Cross, and with a population of about 72,000. the name Purley is thought to derive from ‘pirlea’, which in turn comes from ‘peartree lea’. Poor old Purley has been shoved from pillar to post; in 1894 it became part of the Croydon Rural District of Surrey. In 1915 it came together with Coulsdon to form the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District. Then in 1963 this was abolished and it became part of Greater London and part of the borough of Crodon.

During World War II, nearby Kenley Aerodrome (together with Croydon Airport and Biggin hill) was an important fighter station; nowadays though it is home to a glider club. Over the years from 1917 to 1959, many squadrons served here, and a memorial is located in a former blast pen commemorating those who defended their country. Also, part of the former station is dedicated as a tribute to the Commonwealth and Allied fighter squadrons. Drive there in your car rental and pay your respects, and discover what it might have been like for those working during the war.

Purley’s north-eastern fringes extends into the North Downs, a chalk ridge stretching from Surrey to Kent over 120 miles. And part of Purley known as Webb Estate was found (in a 2002 survey) to have attracted the highest-earning residents in the United Kingdom. One road in the estate, designed by William Webb, has made a name for itself alone. Promenade de Verdun is 600 yards long, and is lined with Lombardy poplars. The trees are planted in soil taken from France and England (the French soil was shipped over especially).

There is a plaque at one end, and at the other is a obelisk carved from one single stone. The town was home to Von Ribbentrop (former Nazi, tried and hung for war crimes at Nuremberg) , before war broke and he was an ambassador – it is said that he ensured the town was never bombed. Drive along the Promenade in your car rental and admire its beauty, but also reflect on its significance.

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