If you searched for fish and chips near you and you are in Coulsdon, this is the practical answer for one shop: Coulsdon Salt & Vinegar, 85 Stoats Nest Rd, Coulsdon CR5 2JJ. The phone is 020 8660 6990. Monday to Saturday, 12:00 to 21:45. Sunday closed.
The photograph is Coulsdon South station, not the shop. The station is on Stoats Nest Road. The shop is at number 85 on that road. How long the walk takes depends on which platform you leave from and which way you turn, so this page does not print a minute count. The map on the homepage is centred on the shop’s coordinates. Follow that pin.
“Near me” depends on where you are
From Coulsdon South, you are already on the right road. From Purley, or from the Brighton Road shops, you join Stoats Nest Road at the junction photographed on the hours and collection page. From Old Coulsdon, Chipstead Valley or further into the CR5 area, the drive is longer and the map is the right tool. This shop is not the nearest chip shop to every street that can see Coulsdon in a search result.
A search for the best fish and chip shop near you is a different question. This page does not award that title and does not quote reviews. The way to judge this counter is the menu, the hours and a portion you have actually collected. Small cod is £9.50, large cod and haddock are £11.50, chips start at £3.00.
What you can collect once you are here
Fish and chips, sausage, pie, chicken, burgers, a vegetarian list and kids’ meals. Mushy peas £2.00, curry sauce £2.40. Cans £1.20. The full grid is on the homepage. Phone the order if you would rather not stand in the queue after the train, and collect it from the counter. Delivery is not listed.
The homepage says you can stay and eat as well as take the bag away. Last orders are bounded by the 21:45 close. If you are on a train that arrives after that, the door will be shut, including on a Saturday. Sunday the shop does not open.
How not to walk to the wrong place
There is more than one Coulsdon station name in local conversation. This page is about Coulsdon South, because that station is on Stoats Nest Road with the shop. Do not follow a pin for a different parade and assume it is number 85. The postcode CR5 2JJ and the phone number above are the check if a map app offers several fish bars.
The station photograph shows a platform, a canopy and a train. None of that is the counter. It is here so someone leaving the train can recognise the station they meant.
If you are already in the shop’s hours and you would rather not guess the walk, phone 020 8660 6990, order, and collect when you reach number 85. The fish is cooked to order, so the walk and the fry can overlap if you have said you are at the station. That is a practical use of “near me”. It is not a promise that the meal will be at the platform, and it is not a claim about any other chip shop the map might also show.