Editing Thornton Heath (section)

==Community==
Thornton Heath Community Action Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thorntonheath.net/|title=Thornton Heath Community Action Team|website=Thorntonheath.net|access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref> was formed in 2014 by a group of residents and businesses. Its aim is to deliver projects and to improve the area, such as organising litter picks, planting new plants, and a community Christmas tree. Members of the community have a garden in part of a local park and are maintain the planting area in the Ambassadors House forecourt. They also lobby and campaign on relevant local issues.

Sustainable Thornton Heath is a group of local people concerned about the environment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sustaintheath.wordpress.com/|title=Sustainable Thornton Heath|website=Sustainheath.wordpress.com}}</ref>

Friends of Grangewood Park organise events and projects to improve the park, and encourage people to use it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grangewoodpark.co.uk/|title=Grangewood Park|website=Grangewoodpark.co.uk}}</ref>

Facebook groups include Thornton Heath Community Action Team and Thornton Heath Local, a more general group. Both are private but easy for local people to join. In 2021, a Thornton Heath app, We are Thornton Heath, was created.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wearethorntonheath.app/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124031811/https://wearethorntonheath.app/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 January 2022|title=We Are Thornton Heath|website=Wearethorntonheath.app}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thechronicle.website/thornton-heath-app-launched-to-drive-economic-growth/|title=Thornton Heath app launched to drive economic growth|website=Thechronicle.website|date=7 October 2021}}</ref>

There is local news in the 'Thornton Heath Chronicle'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thechronicle.website/|title=Thornton Heath Chronicle|website=Thechronicle.website}}</ref>

There were Thornton Heath festivals for several years up to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thorntonheathfestival.com/|title=Thornton Heath Festival|website=Thorntonheathfestival.com}}</ref>

The council had a regeneration plan for Thornton Heath. "Since 2016 we have been involving local people in an improvement programme, making the High Street and Brigstock Road more attractive, with funding from the GLA. This included new pavements and road improvements, upgrades to shop fronts, wall art by local artists along the high street, and improvements to the forecourt of Ambassador House".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/planning-and-regeneration/regeneration/places-croydon/thornton-heath-0|title=Thornton Heath &#124; Croydon Council|website=Croydon.gov.uk}}</ref>

In addition to the murals in the improvement programme, there are other artworks, such as a mosaic and mural at the station. An 'Art Trail' map was compiled as a guide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thorntonheath.net/arttrail/|title=Thornton Heath Art Trail – Thornton Heath Community Action Team|website=Thorntonheath.net|date=10 July 2020 }}</ref>