The Cherry Orchard the three or four outstanding plays by Chekhov, along with "The Seagull", "Three Sisters", and "Uncle Vanya". The play concerns an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. Unresponsive to offers to save the estate, she allows its sale to the son of a former serf; the family leaves to the sound of the cherry orchard being cut down. The story presents themes of cultural futility – both the futile attempts of the aristocracy to maintain its status and of the
Cherry Orchard Road a bus station at West Croydon with buses on the northbound corridor and the rest of the borough. Cherry Orchard Road is also the name of a proposed development planned for the land next to the southern part of the road that is currently occupied by Cherry Orchard Gardens, Amy Johnson House, the Porter and Sorter public house and some disused land. The planned development would comprise a residential tall building, a hotel, a restaurant/bar, retail outlets and other residential buildings. Part of the development will include pedestrian access to the proposed 'East-West Link' bridge that will enable easier pedestrian