The Croydon Urban Room is happy to host 'The Big Make Exhibition: activating social change through art'

Join us on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in the Museum of Croydon's Architecture Exhibition.

Join us this September for a series of workshops and exhibitions in the Croydon Urban Room as part of Open House Festival 2026!

Join us for a soft opening of Gabriel Eka's exhibition in the Urban Room titled, 11.

This summer, we’re exploring North End High Street and Wellesley Road. Look out for our listening events and come along to create, make and chat

Join us on 15th August at Ashburton Park to explore North End Quarter.

Calling all young people, local residents, community organisers and entrepreneurs! Civic Classrooms: Planning 101 is a series of drop in classrooms designed to support local knowledge of planning in Croydon. Together we will build collective resilience by demystifying planning and redevelopment processes. Stay tuned for more on the programme!

Join us on Thursday 23rd July and Wednesday 5th August at 1pm-2pm, for our lunchtime walking tours!

Croydon Urban Room (CUR) is seeking proposals from a Croydon-based artist, architect, designer or collective to create a temporary window installation that transforms the ground and/or first-floor windows of the Urban Room into a visible public exhibition.

The CUR team are in the CEZ every week, Thursday and Friday – come along and talk about the future of the North End Quarter and wider town centre!

We’re launching a bold new vision for Surrey Street. Come along to find out more about this and upcoming projects in the area. Join us on Saturday 7th March 2026, for free creative activities and to celebrate the future of Surrey Street

Come and see the College Green Public Exhibition at Croydon College which is free to visit and open to all.

Come in for a fun workshop led by Joseph of alldaygreens. You will have the opportunity to paint your own plant pot and take home either a pothos, tradescantia or spiderplant. Come along ! 2pm - 4pm

Come and explore a wonderful exhibition of drawings across local authorities in the 60s and 70s. On display on the ground floor of the Urban Room.

This exhibition, put together by creatives from BRIT School, is all about celebrating young artists and the raw, unfiltered power of creativity. It’s art that feels alive. Curated by Sariah Umweni

Zine workshop led by independent publishing group, Toe Press,

The Urban Room is pleased to be hosting Liberating Love; an exhibition and public programme curated by Norman Mine honouring queer identities and stories in Croydon for Queer History Month. No booking required please drop in!

Join us in the Urban Room for the live installation of a floor art piece by renowned Indian Artist Janak Chauhan and a dynamic crafts workshop exploring alternative use for retail space through acts of meditation and creation.

Come and explore Croydon through the work of talented, young photographers living and working locally!

Come and identify the specific projects that are needed to make the vision for the future town centre happen!

Interested in having a say in making Croydon even better? Join Planning Aid's free drop-in session to find out how.

Help plan our sustainable future! Croydon Council has set out how it will respond to the challenges of the national housing crisis and the global climate emergency up until 2040, as part of updates to Croydon's Local Plan.

Over the last few months we have explored how the town centre works for local communities, and heard what sort of changes people would like to see in the future. Come pop-by The Food Shop Stop at Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church to find out more and input your thoughts, which will help guide the next stage of the strategy.

Over the last few months we have explored how the town centre works for local communities, and heard what sort of changes people would like to see in the future. This online workshop offers you an opportunity to learn about the initial findings, and feedback your thoughts and ideas for the vision for the future of the town centre.

Over the last few months we have explored how the town centre works for local communities, and heard what sort of changes people would like to see in the future. This online workshop offers you an opportunity to learn about the initial findings, and feedback your thoughts and ideas for the vision for the future of the town centre.

Over the last few months we have explored how the town centre works for local communities, and heard what sort of changes people would like to see in the future. Come pop-by Thornton Heath Library to find out more and input your thoughts, which will help guide the next stage of the strategy.

Join us at Waddon Youth Centre's Special Blend: Youth club, where we will combine AI and ceramics to test out ideas to improve vacant spaces and busy routes in Croydon’s town centre.

Join us on the Talkbus at South Norwood Community Festival, where we will combine AI and ceramics to test out ideas to improve vacant spaces and busy routes in Croydon’s town centre.

Are you a Croydon local aged 14-21? Ever wondered how decisions about our town centre are made? Or imagined changing Croydon town centre for the better? Join us in shaping Croydon Town Centre for tomorrow; turning dreams about change into plans that could actually transform Croydon town centre. This is your future, your spaces, your voice.

Attention Young Visionaries of Croydon! Are you passionate about the spaces you live, learn, and play in? Do you find yourself thinking about how public spaces can be more inclusive, greener, and truly serve the community? Join us for a workshop all about giving you—the young people of Croydon—the tools and platform to shape the future of our town centre.

Join us for a creative workshop combining photography, AI and ceramics to test out ideas to improve Croydon’s build environment. Led by the local artist and photographer Lina Ivanova, this series builds on work Lina has been doing over the past 6 months working with local businesses and incoming / migrant communities.

An interactive display at the Croydon Urban Room which offers visitors the opportunity to test and shape the vision for their Town Centre. Over the last few months we have explored how the town centre works for local communities, and heard what sort of changes people would like to see in the future. Your input will help guide the next stage of the strategy.

Join the Croydon Urban Room team on this series of mindful walking tours exploring the North End Quarter every Thursday lunchtime.

An emotional mapping workshop for understanding local relationships, connections and experiences of Croydon town centre.

We need your help to make our town centre better; come and join in! In this family art workshop, use our magic magnifying glasses and viewfinders to find spaces around Croydon town centre. Then think about your ideas for how you think the town centre should look and add your drawings to our BIG map!

With local artist Lina Ivanova, explore how can Croydon’s local businesses and communities could work together to build a better place for us and the next generation.

Join us for a workshop using storytelling, poetry & music to connect Croydon’s young people and elders about how they’d reimagine Croydon town centre.

How do people with disabilities and disability organisations experience Croydon Town Centre? How could the future of Croydon town centre’s spaces represent them better?

What would a survey about Croydon Town Centre look like which has been led & codesigned by locals if we got to ask the questions?

An emotional mapping exercise to understanding local relationships, connections and experiences of Croydon Town Centre.

Croydon is the people’s canvas - what does your canvas look like? Join us for a workshop using storytelling, poetry, graffiti & music to connect Croydon’s young people and elders about how they experience Croydon town centre.

We need your help to make our town centre better; come and join in! In this family workshop, use our magic magnifying glasses and viewfinders to find spaces around Croydon town centre and add your drawings to our BIG map!

Are you an individual or business who has set up home in Croydon? Share your experiences and stories in this creative workshop.