Croydon film push targets local screen jobs

By Munisha Newsroom

Published by munisha.co.uk, 9 June 2026

Croydon is setting up a new CRO-llywood Working Group to turn the borough’s growing screen profile into local jobs, training routes and business investment. Croydon Council said Executive Mayor Jason Perry announced the plan at a film and video industry conference at CEZ Creative Space on Tuesday, 2 June 2026.

The group is due to bring together production professionals, creative businesses, education providers and industry partners. Its brief is to move Croydon beyond being a useful backdrop for major productions and towards a place where screen work is made, staffed and supported locally.

A jobs pipeline for Croydon residents

The local focus is on careers that often sit behind the camera as well as in front of it. The council says the working group will look at routes into roles such as production, writing, editing, camera operation, sound, visual effects and other crew work.

For residents, the potential benefit will depend on whether the group can connect filming demand with training, placements, workspace and local procurement. For small creative firms, the pitch is a stronger local screen economy rather than occasional location fees or short visits from outside productions.

Screen locations already drawing productions

Croydon has been used in productions and music videos with national and international reach. The source list includes The Crown at Fairfield Halls, All of Us Strangers in Sanderstead and Amazon’s Heads of State at St George’s Square.

The Whitgift Centre also appeared in Taylor Swift’s Opalite video, adding to Croydon’s recent film-location visibility. The borough’s mix of shopping centres, streets, markets, modernist buildings and fast transport links is part of why it has been promoted under the CRO-llywood nickname.

Working group to be formed in the coming months

The CRO-llywood Working Group is expected to be formally set up in the coming months. Its longer-term task will be to shape a screen-sector plan for infrastructure, local talent and business growth.

Perry said Croydon has “the locations, the talent, the transport connections and the creative energy” to play a larger role in film, television and digital media production.

Source: Croydon Council

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