Catford is a town in the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) south east of Charing Cross and covers most of SE6 postcode. The name derives from the place where wildcats crossed the River Ravensbourne in Saxon times. Catford's most prominent landmark is the Catford Cat, a giant fibreglass sculpture of a black cat above the entrance to the Catford Centre. This is a small shopping centre, housing Tesco and Iceland supermarkets as well as some independent shops in the punningly-named Catford Mews. There is a street market on Catford Broadway. Catford has several pubs and a variety of non-chain restaurants and cafes. Catford's oldest pub is the Black Horse and Harrow which existed at least as early as 1700, though the present building dates from 1897 (at which Karl Marx was a patron). Between 1932 and 2003, Catford Stadium was a successful greyhound racing track, but it is now closed. Other than the shows at the Broadway Theatre the main cultural events are Lewisham Peoples day held in Mountsfield Park and the yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which is held at the theatre. The Catford Beer Festival is one of the largest in southern England. In recent years it has been satirised in The Chap magazine series called 'A year in Catford' after Peter Mayle's bestseller 'A Year in Provence'. The magazine poked fun at Catford's mundanity. The Catford and Downham area is traditionally the South End of London however, the term is rarely used if at all in comparison to the West End or East End of London. Nonetheless, some older maps and A-Z's still list the area as Southend. Catford had one of the first British curry houses, when it opened in 1824. More on Caford 

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