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Woodside, Croydon — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Between Addiscombe and South Norwood, Woodside covers a stretch of south London inside the London Borough of Croydon.
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Where to stay in Woodside
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
The pull here is the South Norwood Leisure Centre and the moated site out at Elmers End. Woodside carries no hotel frontage of its own, and a traveller who wants a desk and a key books into Croydon, where the borough keeps the bulk of its supply, then returns out past the Church of St Luke. Its own streets offer none. Selhurst lies west and Shirley east, so a stay anywhere along that line keeps the Church of the Holy Innocents and the Church of St Mark both within reach.
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By the South Norwood Leisure Centre
The leisure centre is the one general-purpose draw on Woodside's register, and it sits at the South Norwood end rather than among any hotel frontage. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in By the South Norwood Leisure Centrean earthwork and three parish churches in one loopTowards the Elmers End moated site
The moated site gives Woodside an earthwork among its churches, and the register files it with South Norwood rather than with the Croydon end. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Towards the Elmers End moated siteHotel 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
Things to do in and around Croydon
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Church of the Holy Innocents Heritage
- Church of St Mark Heritage
- Church of St Luke Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Elmers End moated site, South Norwood Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- South Norwood Leisure Centre
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About Woodside
What are the main landmarks in Woodside?
Five entries, three of them churches. The Church of the Holy Innocents, the Church of St Luke and the Church of St Mark account for three of them, while the South Norwood Leisure Centre supplies the one civic building on Woodside's list. Elmers End moated site, South Norwood closes the register, an earthwork rather than a structure.
Ground, not masonry.
What is the history of Woodside?
Documents are scarce here. Woodside has no founding year on file, and its register mixes an earthwork, Elmers End moated site, South Norwood, with three parish churches and a leisure centre. The neighbours filled in.
What the written record preserves is a list of dedications: the Church of the Holy Innocents, the Church of St Luke and the Church of St Mark, each one attached to Woodside rather than to Addiscombe or South Norwood on either side.
Where is Woodside?
The area runs east from Selhurst towards Shirley and Monks Orchard, with South Norwood to the north and Addiscombe to the south, inside the London Borough of Croydon.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Woodside?
By the South Norwood Leisure Centre: swimming and sport folded into a Croydon booking. Towards the Elmers End moated site: an earthwork and three parish churches in one loop.
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Updated October 2026