Is Catford a good place to take my summer hols, is there much to do, can you suggest stuff please

Question

Is Catford a good place to take my summer hols, is there much to do, can you suggest stuff please

Answer 1

Try jamaica, it's home from home  

Answer 2

I think it could be a good place to take summer holidays.

Presumably you are living in, er, Mogadishu at present?  

Answer 3

I do not believe you are serious.

Answer 4

Here a guide dedicated to "Tourist" visiting Catford:

http://www.catford.towntalk.co.uk/

mmmm...yes, why not:

Catford is an area of London located in the centre of the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) south east of Charing Cross and covers most of SE6 postcode.

The name derives from the place where wildcats crossed the River Ravensbourne in Saxon times. Catford's most prominent landmark is the Catford Cat, a giant fibreglass sculpture of a black cat above the entrance to the Catford Centre. This is a small shopping centre, housing Tesco and Iceland supermarkets as well as some independent shops in the punningly-named Catford Mews. There is a street market on Catford Broadway. Catford has several pubs and a variety of non-chain restaurants and cafes. Catford's oldest pub is the Black Horse and Harrow (now called the Goose on the Green) which existed at least as early as 1700, though the present building dates from 1897 (at which Karl Marx was a patron). Between 1932 and 2003, Catford Stadium was a successful greyhound racing track, but it is now closed.

Other than the shows at the Broadway Theatre the main cultural events are Lewisham Peoples day held in Mountsfield Park and the yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which is held at the theatre. The Catford Beer Festival is one of the largest in southern England.

In recent years it has been satirised in The Chap magazine series called 'A year in Catford' after Peter Mayle's bestseller 'A Year in Provence'. The magazine poked fun at Catford's mundanity.

The Catford and Downham area is traditionally the South End of London however, the term is rarely used if at all in comparison to the West End or East End of London. Nonetheless, some older maps and A-Z's still list the area as Southend.

Catford had one of the first British curry houses, when it opened in 1824

Answer 5

Catford SE London.

Catford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCatford is an area of London located in the centre of the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) south east of Charing Cross ...

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catford

Catford TownTalk, Catford News, Catford Events,Catford Shopping ...catford towntalk - the Official web guide to catford Town Centre, includes information on this busy, friendly Town, its shops and businesses, ...

http://www.catford.towntalk.co.uk/

The Broadway TheatreThe Broadway Theatre, Catford, London. Previously called Lewisham Theatre.

http://www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/  

The world's oldest bicycle hill climb

http://www.catfordcc.co.uk/

Answer 6

OMG, it's a real place!

I thought it was a made up place like East Angular init.

Answer 7

The best thing about catford is the road out of it.

It's a hideous horrible place.  However - there are some good things near it.  The Horniman Museum (Forest Hill, East Dulwich) is pretty and has beautiful landscaped gardens.  It's not far from Greenwich (lovely markets, grassy areas, restaurants and museums).  Catford has a large roundabout in the middle which consists of a huge discount Lidl's supermarket and sports wear shops (where most of catford's residents do their clothes shopping).  There is a giant black cat next to the shopping centre but that's about it as far as landmarks go.