142 High Street, Croydon — delivery and collection
Fireaway Croydon: Fast-Fired Pizza, Delivered Hot
Fireaway Croydon is a takeaway and delivery pizza shop at 142 High Street, Croydon CR0 1ND. We make dough by hand through the day, then bake each pizza in a fire oven at around 400 degrees for a short, hot bake with a puffed edge and a firm base that travels well.
Open Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00 · Call +44 20 8680 1234
What fast-fired actually changes
A standard delivery pizza is often baked at a lower heat for longer, which dries the base and softens the middle by the time it reaches you. We bake hotter and faster, so the crust sets quickly and holds its shape in the box. That is the practical difference, and it matters most on the trip from the shop to your door.
It also means a Margherita, the simplest thing on any pizza menu, is a fair test of the bake. Tomato, mozzarella, a firm base. If that is right, everything built on top of it is right too. Fireaway pizza in Croydon is cooked to order, timed against the driver leaving, and boxed to keep the edge puffed rather than steamed.
Fire oven at around 400 degrees
Base that holds up in the box
Dough made by hand through the day
We proof, press and stretch in the shop. The docker marks you see on the base help it bake evenly in the short, hot cycle without puffing in the middle.
How we make dough and fire itThe background
A British chain, run as a Croydon local.
Fireaway is a British pizza chain. Its own story page says the brand grew from London to over 157 branches across the UK, Scotland and Wales, and a 2026 trade report put it at around 160 restaurants, with a move into convenience-store formats.
Croydon is one of those branches, run as a local shop with its own kitchen team. You get chain-level consistency on dough and bake times, plus a shop that knows its own delivery streets around the High Street and town centre.
Where Croydon sits in a crowded pizza market
Walk down Croydon High Street and you can count the options. Here is where takeaway fast-fired pizza fits.
National delivery chains
Operators such as Papa Johns UK cover wide areas with familiar menus and longer bakes built for distance. Useful if you already know what you want from a chain menu.
Casual Italian restaurants
Places such as Zizzi, where pizza is one part of a wider sit-down menu. Right for an evening out, less geared to a timed delivery box and a driver at the door.
Fireaway Croydon
Takeaway lane, not dine-in. Round pizzas and folded calzone, sides and dips, timed so the bake meets the delivery or collection moment. That focus shapes the box we use and the way we run the oven.
Independents
Small shops doing their own dough and toppings their own way. Worth trying. We keep to one method — handmade dough, fire oven, short bake — and do it the same way each service.
What goes on the menu
The core is round pizza, built from a tomato base or a white base, with mozzarella and your choice of toppings. Calzone is the folded option: same dough, sealed around the filling, which makes it easier to carry and heavier on the inside.
Sides, dips and drinks fill out an order for two or more people. The full list, including what we can swap or leave out, is on the menu page.
See the full menu
Round pizza — tomato or white base
Mozzarella as standard, toppings to choose. Start with Margherita if it is your first visit — tomato, mozzarella, basil, nothing to hide behind.
Calzone — the folded carry
Same dough sealed around the filling. Holds heat on the walk home and travels neatly, which is why it earns its place for collection and late orders.
Sides, dips and drinks
For orders for two or more. Check the menu page for the current list and for swaps or omissions — staff can talk you through them on the phone as well.
Delivery
Ordering for delivery
Delivery covers the streets around the shop rather than the whole of South London. When you place an order, the site checks your postcode against our delivery area before you commit.
If you are inside it, you get a time estimate based on how busy the kitchen is at that moment. We would rather give you an honest window than a number we cannot hit on a Friday night.
Check delivery and collectionCollection
Click and collect from High Street
Collection skips the delivery leg entirely, which is the quickest way to eat a fast-fired pizza at its best. Order ahead, walk in, give your name, and take it away.
The shop is on Croydon High Street, close to the town centre, so it works if you are already out. Collect orders are usually ready sooner than delivery for the same basket.
142 High Street, Croydon CR0 1ND · Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00 · Find the shop
Late-night orders
Pizza and late evenings go together, and Croydon is no exception. A folded calzone holds heat better than an open pizza on the walk home, which is one reason it earns its place on a late menu.
Our closing times vary by day, so check the delivery and collection page for the current hours before you plan an order. If the kitchen is still open, we will take it.
A note on the benchmark pizza
Reviewers and pizza writers tend to judge a shop on its Margherita before anything else: tomato, mozzarella, basil, nothing to hide behind. It is also the simplest way to find out whether a kitchen's dough and sauce are worth your money.
If you are trying Fireaway Croydon for the first time, that is the order we would suggest starting with, then branching into toppings once you know the base.
Feeding more than one person, and answering what is in it
Family and group orders
Family and group orders change the maths. Two large pizzas and a couple of sides usually beat four individual ones on both cost and variety, and calzone adds a third shape so nobody is stuck with the same slice.
If you are ordering for an office or a party, call ahead on +44 20 8680 1234 so the kitchen can stagger the bakes and everything arrives warm together.
Halal, allergens and dietary questions
We get asked about Halal options and allergens often, which is fair, because both matter and neither should be guesswork. Allergen information is set out on the FAQ and allergen guide page, and staff can talk you through swaps when you call.
If you have a serious allergy, tell us when ordering rather than after, so the kitchen can plan for it.
Read the allergen guideWhat we do not claim
We are one shop in a chain, not the cheapest pizza in Croydon, and we cannot promise a delivery time we do not control. Traffic, weather and a full kitchen all affect how fast an order reaches you. What we can tell you is how the dough is made, how the oven runs, and what is on the menu, so you can decide whether that suits your evening.
Questions we hear at the counter
Short answers for delivery, collection and first orders. Longer allergen and ordering detail lives on the FAQ page.
Open the FAQ and allergen guideWhere is Fireaway Croydon?
142 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1ND. You can call the shop on +44 20 8680 1234. Email is [email protected] for non-urgent questions.
Do you deliver outside Croydon?
Delivery covers the streets around the shop, not the whole of South London. The site checks your postcode before you place an order, so you know before you commit.
What makes fast-fired pizza different?
It is baked at around 400 degrees for a short time, so the base sets quickly and holds up better on the way to you. The edge puffs, the middle stays firm.
Can I collect instead of waiting for delivery?
Yes. Click and collect orders are usually ready sooner than delivery for the same basket. Order ahead, give your name at the counter, and take it away.
Do you have Halal options?
We are asked this often. Call the shop before ordering so staff can confirm what is available on the day and talk through any swaps.
Hungry tonight? Start with the menu, then choose delivery or a walk-in collect.
Fireaway Croydon, 142 High Street, Croydon CR0 1ND. Open Mon–Sun 11:00–23:00. Check your postcode for delivery, or order ahead and collect from the High Street counter.