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Children's

Centre timetables

Click on the links below to get the latest activity timetables for your local centres:

Aerodrome Children's Centre, Violet Lane, Croydon CR0 4HN

Burnt Ash Children & Family Centre, Rangefield Rd, Bromley BR1 4QX

Community Vision Children & Family Centre, Woodbine Grove, Penge SE20 8UX

Crosfield Children's Centre, Elborough Rd, South Norwood SE25 5BD

Downderry Children's Centre, Shroffold Road, Bromley BR1 5PD

Eliot Bank Children's Centre, Forest Hill SE26 4BU

Fairchildes Children's Centre, New Addington CR0 0AH

Kelvin Grove Children's Centre, Kelvin Grove, Upper Sydenham SE26 6BB

Kilmorie Children's Centre, Kilmorie Primary School, Kilmorie Road, Forest Hill SE23 2SP

Selhurst Children's Centre, 23 Dagnall Park, Selhurst SE25 5PL

Shirley Children's Centre, 34 Lilac Gardens, Croydon CR0 8NR

Woodlands Childrens Centre, Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon CR2 8HD

Woodside Children's Centre, Morland Rd, Croydon CR0 6NF

Children's centres offer services, activities and support for families with children under 5. Open to everyone, most activities, apart from childcare, are either offered FREE or at a small cost. Each centre is unique and provides a range of services for parents/carers with babies or young children, for example:

Breastfeeding support and baby clinics

Postnatal groups including baby play and massage

Drop-in 'stay and plays'

(playgroups), weekend family/dads' playgroups, and after school play

Developmental sessions such as speech and language, music and movement etc.

Support for specific groups such as young parents

Parenting, nutrition, health and first aid information and courses

Careers information and training for parents/carers seeking work

Childcare and/or early education

Children's centres are fantastic resources but often under-advertised. As they tend to be funded based on usage levels, it's a case of use 'em or lose 'em!