Selsdon Park, the turreted country house hotel on the hill above Selsdon, has hosted conferences, golf days and weddings for nearly a century, and in 1970 it was where Edward Heath's shadow cabinet met to plan its election campaign. Below it, Selsdon is a quiet suburb of 1920s and 30s houses, with ancient woodland owned by the National Trust on its doorstep and the North Downs a few minutes south. Minibus hire Selsdon customers book is mostly weddings and family celebrations, school runs and trips, walks and runs to Gatwick.
Selsdon sits in the south-east of Croydon borough, between Sanderstead, Addington, Forestdale and South Croydon, with Addington Road running through it. From our base in SE1, it's about fifty minutes to an hour outside the rush hour, down the A23 and through South Croydon.
Minibus hire Selsdon for weddings
Selsdon Park Hotel hosts weddings and receptions in its Jacobean-style rooms and gardens, with its golf course and views across the Downs as a backdrop. Couples also marry at St John's and the other churches of Selsdon and Sanderstead, and at Addington Palace, a few minutes north, and receptions follow at hotels, golf clubs and country venues in Croydon, Surrey and Kent.
Guests are picked up from homes and hotels, taken to the ceremony, on to the reception and home again late in the evening. Selsdon Park's long drive and the hill up to the hotel mean we'll confirm the drop-off and waiting point with the venue. Minibus hire Selsdon couples book often includes a run for guests staying in central Croydon hotels, about fifteen minutes away.
Term-time runs for Selsdon pupils
Selsdon's primary schools, the secondary schools of Sanderstead and Addington, and the independent schools of South Croydon book us for regular runs as well as trips. Swimming at the leisure centre, Wednesday fixtures and clubs after the last bell are the usual reasons, along with getting pupils to specialist provision across the borough.
On a contract run, the same driver and the same pickup order are what we aim for, week in, week out. For trips, the South Kensington museums are about an hour away outside the rush hour, the Horniman about thirty minutes and Wisley about forty.
Selsdon Wood and Croham Hurst
Selsdon Wood, a National Trust nature reserve on the southern edge of Selsdon, has ancient woodland, meadows and bluebells in spring. Croham Hurst, to the west, is a wooded hill with a Bronze Age barrow and views over Croydon. Walking groups, schools and youth groups book us to drop at one point and collect at another, and the Vanguard Way and the London Loop both pass nearby.
A Loop section from Selsdon Wood to Hamsey Green or Coulsdon makes a good half-day walk, and the minibus waiting at the far end means nobody has to plan a bus back up the hill, which matters on a wet afternoon in November. Rambling clubs often add a pub lunch, and we'll fit the timings round the table booking.
Golf days and family celebrations
Selsdon Park's golf course and the other courses of Croydon and Surrey draw golf societies and corporate golf days, and we'll check the bags fit before the day. Families book us for birthdays, anniversaries and christenings, with guests collected from homes across Selsdon, Sanderstead and Forestdale and taken to restaurants and venues across south London.
Senior groups book outings to gardens and stately homes, such as Wakehurst and Chartwell, about forty minutes away, with lunch and an early return. Church groups from St John's and the Selsdon Baptist Church on Addington Road book us for summer outings and for runs to diocesan services at Southwark Cathedral, a short walk from our base in SE1, and the driver can help older members on and off at both ends, with a stop for tea on the way back if the group wants one.
Gatwick by the A22 or the A23
Gatwick is about thirty to forty minutes from Selsdon outside the rush hour, via the A23 and the M23 or the A22 and the M25. Heathrow is about an hour and a quarter, London City about fifty minutes and Stansted about an hour and a quarter or more. For a family holiday, a minibus from the door with room for the cases saves the trip to East Croydon.
Addington Road and the hills
Addington Road, running east from South Croydon through Selsdon to Addington, carries buses and traffic, and it's slow at school times. Selsdon sits on hills, and many residential roads are steep, winding and lined with parked cars, with some closes that are tight for a larger vehicle. The lanes around Selsdon Park and Sanderstead are narrow in places. Send the postcode when you book and we'll look at the street before choosing where the driver stops.
For minibus hire in Selsdon, call 020 7183 0567.