Surrey Street Market

 

Jumping in the car and "popping" into Croydon is the traditional approach to shopping in the borough. Modern developments include a "quick" whirl round the supermarket.

The truth is the weekly chore of traffic jams, struggling to get parked legally, picking your way through the crowds, and carrying your purchases back to the car, just to get back into that traffic. Your reward...... to pay over the odds for just about everything you're having to buy in rip-off Britain.

There are alternatives, however, and on this page we're going to start exploring some of the bargains on offer in our town. We'll be using our own experience and hopefully any pointers you can give us on value for money deals currently available (to mail us, click the link webmaster@croyweb.com).

Surrey Street Market - Our favourite bargain hunting ground

Yes, if you can stand the bustle of the crowds down Surrey Street Market, then this is the place to be. Covenient parking can be found in the Surrey Street multi-storey car park, and the market is just a short walk across the bridge from level four of the car-park itself.

The quality of the produce is very high on most of the stalls, although beware some of the "pound the lot" bargains on offer which don't seem quite as good value for money when you get them home. Even sticking to the most expensive stalls, especially for vegetables in season, you will be paying significantly less than the any of the supermarkets.

A quick trip back to the car and it's time to stock up on meat at Murrays Meat Market, at the top of Surrey Street.

The full range of meat types and cuts are available, the quality is fine, and again the prices are coming well under the typical supermarket prices for fresh, and even frozen equivalents. Stick around for 5-30 pm on a Saturday and get stuck in at the auction. We estimate that as the head man starts selling off the contents of the display cabinets you're getting another 50% for your money. A great way of filling up the freezer!