Any recommendations? I will soon have to start visiting offices near East Croydon Station on a regular basis and I don’t know the area at all. I have a list of streets with bays, but I have no idea which ones might have spaces etc.
Car Parks
Motorcycle parking is free within the car parks run by or affiliated to the Council. Click on the Car Parks link to the right for details.
The following car parks have no designated motorcycle bays. However, you may park your motorcycle in other bays, with the exception of disabled bays.
Ann’s Place Factory Lane Jubilee Bridge Purley West Croydon Free on-street parking bays
There are free parking bays for solo motorcycles in:
Croydon
Addington Road, Croydon (near Sainsbury’s) Bedford Park, Croydon (near no 4 Bedford Park) Church Street, Croydon (near Ramsey Court) Edridge Road, Croydon (near no 3 Edridge Road) Friends Road, Croydon (near junction with Chatsworth Road) Grant Road, Croydon (near Regent Place) Heathfield Road, Croydon (near junction with Coombe Road or near junction with Ledbury Road) London Road, Croydon (near junction with Oakfield Road) Mead Place, Croydon (near junction with Parson’s Mead) Mint Walk, Croydon (near junction with Fell Road) Nova Road, Croydon (near no 27 Nova Road) Oakfield Road, Croydon (near no 16 Oakfield Road) Oval Road, Croydon (near no 50 Oval Road) Ruskin Road, Croydon (near junction with Tamworth Road) Scarbrook Road, Croydon (approximately 75 metres west of junction with Surrey Street) Sydenham Road, Croydon (approximately 40 metres, south-west of junction with Bedford Park) West Street, Croydon (near junction with West Street Place)South Croydon
Biddulph Road, South Croydon (close to junction with Brighton Road, CR2 6QA) Moreton Road, South Croydon (near junction with Croham Road)Purley
High street, Purley (near no 10 High Street)Motorcycles with Sidecars
The following streets have parking areas for motorcycles with side cars. These can also be used by solo motorcycles:
Croydon
Beech House Road, Croydon (near Keys Court) College Road, Croydon (near Croydon College) Hathaway Road, Croydon (near junction with London Road) Masons Avenue, Croydon (approximately 25m south-west of junction with Edridge Road Parker Road, Croydon (near junction with South End) St Georges Walk, Croydon (near junction with Katharine Street) Walpole Road, Croydon (near Southern House) Warren Road, Croydon (near junction with Lower Addiscombe Road)South Norwood
Oakley Road, South Norwood (near junction with Portland Road) Station Road, South Norwood (near no 8 Station Road)Pay & display parking bays
Motorcyclists may also use pay & display parking bays. However, we do not recommend this as it is not possible to secure the ticket to your motorcycle so that it remains safe and visible to our Parking Attendants at all times.
From http://www.croydon.gov.uk/transportstreets/motorvehroadspkg/parking/mcycle
Does no one have any experieicne of parking in Croydon then? I don’t want to be riding round and round an unfamiliar town looking for a free bay when I go there tomorrow, so my original question stands.
Aren’t any of the car parks listed by VFR patch close to where you’re going?
Personally I don’t have any reason to go to Croydon so I can’t help. 
I’ve seen bikes parked in the Whitgift centre - undercover and CCTV.
Used the bike bay along side the college with no problems however far to many ‘hoodrats’ for my liking…
I have the list of bays and car parks, but few seem to be near East Croydon Station which is where I am aiming for. Although I know where there are bays, I was hoping someone would have some idea which bays are most likely to have free spaces as I neither want to be riding round Croydon’s hellish one way system looking for spaces, no do I want to use public transport when TFL claim it will take just under 90 minutes to go from one bit of South London, to another.
As I didn’t want to be riding round an unfamilar town looking for bike parking, and I didn’t want to be ripped off by my employer’s rip off “excess fares” expenses system I decided to ride into work as normal and then go to Croydon with my colleagues on the train. People say riding in London is dangerous! You should try the tube! I didn’t get to Croydon, I didn’t even get to the platform at Victoria Station. Instead I am back at my office in agony with my leg strapped up after being knocked over on the steps up from the District Line! 
Bloody hell - glad you’re ok 
Thanks.
I am off to try and ride home in a minute - thank God for automatics with no foot controls! Jackie wil lbe riding escort in case of any problems, but the only one I anticipate is getting it on and off the centre stand.
Looks like I will be working from home for a couple of days!