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Addiscombe, Croydon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Addiscombe, an area of south London in the London Borough of Croydon, holds two churches and Havelock Hall on its register.
About Addiscombe
Where to stay in Addiscombe
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
The choice here runs between the Shirley side and the walk down to Croydon town centre. Addiscombe itself is residential frontage, so a visitor who wants a hotel desk rather than a room in a house books west into Croydon and comes back out past St Mildred's Church. Rooms are scarce east of there.
Coombe, Selsdon and Woodside share the same pattern, which makes the town centre the practical base for anyone working across this side of the London Borough of Croydon.
About Addiscombe
What are the main landmarks in Addiscombe?
St Mildred's Church and the Church of St Mary Magdalene head the list. Havelock Hall follows. Nothing on the register runs to a museum or a monument of the sort a visitor finds west in Croydon town centre, which leaves Addiscombe's interest in its churches and its street architecture.
Shirley begins east of the area.
What is the history of Addiscombe?
Little about Addiscombe was written down. What survives for Addiscombe is a set of buildings and a position: the Church of St Mary Magdalene, St Mildred's Church, Havelock Hall, and a seat in the London Borough of Croydon 9.1 miles south of Charing Cross. Boundaries tell the rest.
Coombe and Selsdon lie south, Woodside north, Croydon town centre west and Shirley east, so Addiscombe reads on the map as the ground held between them.
Where is Addiscombe?
Addiscombe covers the ground between Woodside to the north and Coombe and Selsdon to the south, with Croydon town centre west and Shirley east.
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Updated September 2026