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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.
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Where to stay in Addiscombe
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
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.
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Streets around St Mildred's Church
St Mildred's Church anchors the housing that fills this stretch, dense in frontage and short on hotel desks. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Streets around St Mildred's Churchanyone who needs a booked desk rather than a spare roomCroydon town centre, west of Addiscombe
The borough's bed supply sits in Croydon town centre, a short run west of the Church of St Mary Magdalene.Find hotels in Croydon town centre, west of AddiscombeHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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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What is the best area to stay in Addiscombe?
Streets around St Mildred's Church: a residential base between Croydon town centre and Shirley. Croydon town centre, west of Addiscombe: anyone who needs a booked desk rather than a spare room.
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Updated October 2026