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Whitgift

British  
/ ˈwɪtˌɡɪft /

noun

  1. John. ?1530–1604, English churchman; as archbishop of Canterbury (1583–1604) he tried to curb the influence of Puritanism

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The pop star filmed part of the music video for her latest single, “Opalite,” in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre—an unremarkable mall in a less remarkable London suburb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Other parts of the music video were filmed at Croydon's The Whitgift Centre.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Earlier, another Met Police officer, PC Alex Smith, described to the Old Bailey the "scene of chaos" when he arrived outside the Whitgift Centre, on the morning of 27 September 2023.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

The reports say that whenever Whitgift score, John Fisher fans shout: “5 points, 5 points, 20 grand for 5 points.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2017

Pulling up to the Whitgift School on the first of the two days of competition, I decided the school looked more like a prestigious college campus than any primary school I’d ever seen before.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad