Looking out of the tower from the top floor, onto the 'airfield'.
The rusty clock on the balcony railings has not worked for years, but the Croydon Airport Society have plans to get all of them working again. The car park below would have been where the aircraft used to stand to receive and alight with passengers and cargo. Unfortunately none of the industrial buildings in this picture are original.
Looking left from the tower.
A clear view of the added third floor. Again many buildings have been added around the terminal building in recent years, although the zig-zag roof in the background looks rather like one of the original hangars.
Looking right.
Ground floor extensions can be clearly seen below. At the top right of the picture behind the roof of the terminal building you can just make out the beige coloured top of the airport hotel. This is still used as a hotel, and another brick hotel has been added next to it.
Looking back towards the front of the building.
The glass dome over the booking hall can be seen in the centre of the picture, with the back of the entrance fascia beyond that.
INSIDE THE TOWER
One quarter of the top floor is an enclosed area with original radio and navigational equipment in.
The rest of the floor has exhibits relating to
airport operations and aircraft, as well as some amusements for children including how to work out the exact position of aircraft in flight.
A new staircase has replaced the small spiral one which leads inside the enclosed area from the floor below to enable the public to get to the top floor.
A slightly different view of the same area.
Where the dummy is sitting is where an operator would have controlled the direction of the aerial above the tower to locate the bearing of the aircraft which they were in contact with.
The enclosed display area, with the top of the spiral staircase at the back, and radio
equipment under the windows, and maps to the left.
