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Waddon, Croydon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Waddon is a district of Croydon whose register runs from the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre to a set of named houses and churches.
About Waddon
Where to stay in Waddon
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Waddon lists houses, not hotels. The register runs through Ruskin House, Wrencote House, Boswell House, the Church of St Peter and the Church of St George, none of which comes with a bed, so the practical booking for a stay is made in Croydon instead. Croydon carries the supply.
Anyone here for the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre or for St Andrew's, Croydon gains more from a room in the town than from hunting one down among Waddon's streets.
About Waddon
What are the main landmarks in Waddon?
Seven names hold the register. Ruskin House, Wrencote House and Boswell House account for the domestic end of it, while St Andrew's, Croydon, the Church of St Peter and the Church of St George cover the ecclesiastical side of what Waddon has kept. The seventh is the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre, which gives the district a subject the churches do not.
Aviation, not architecture.
What is the history of Waddon?
The written record is sparse. No founding date is set down for Waddon, and what stands in place of a chronicle is the building list: Ruskin House, Wrencote House, Boswell House, and the churches of St Peter and St George. The Croydon Airport Visitor Centre carries an airport's name, and it is the one entry on the register that is neither a house nor a church.
St Andrew's, Croydon completes it.
Where is Waddon?
Waddon occupies a stretch of Croydon where Ruskin House, Wrencote House and the Church of St George stand among the streets.
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Updated September 2026