Addiscombe
Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon.
Addiscombe is an area of south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 9.1 miles (15 km) south of Charing Cross, and is situated north of Coombe and Selsdon, east of Croydon town centre, south of Woodside, and west of Shirley.
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Worth seeing in and around Addiscombe
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
2.3 km · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 02BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology, more commonly referred to as The BRIT School, is a secondary school in Selhurst, Croydon, England, specializing in the performing and creative arts. The school is free-to-attend.
2 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 03Addington Palace
Addington Palace is an 18th-century mansion in Addington located within the London Borough of Croydon. It was built close to the site of an earlier manor house belonging to the Leigh family.
3.2 km · Mansion in Addington in Greater London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Addington Hills
Addington Hills is a park in Upper Shirley, London, England. It is managed by the London Borough of Croydon.
2.1 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Duppas Hill
Duppas Hill is a park, road and surrounding residential area in Waddon, near Croydon in Greater London. Duppas Hill has a long history of sport and recreation.
3.4 km · hill and park in the London Borough of Croydon, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Croydon Mosque
Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre is a mosque situated in Croydon, London.
3.3 km · mosque in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Lebanon Road
Lebanon Road tram stop is a light rail stop in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London. It serves the residential area along Addiscombe Road to the east of the centre of the town of Croydon.
1.4 km · light rail stop in Croydon · Wikipedia - 08Croydon Minster
Croydon Minster is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon, located in the Old Town area of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent.
2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Croydon, London · Wikipedia - 09Spurgeon's College
Spurgeon's College was an evangelical Baptist theological college in South Norwood, London, England. It was affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.
3.1 km · Baptist theological college in London · Wikipedia - 10Croydon Town Hall
Croydon Town Hall is a council building in Katharine Street, Croydon which serves as the headquarters for Croydon London Borough Council. It is a Grade II listed building.
2.5 km · municipal building of the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London · Wikipedia
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Getting to Addiscombe
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 27 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 59 km
- Stations
- West Croydon, 2.5 km · East Croydon railway station, 1.9 km · Norwood Junction railway station, 1.9 km · Anerley railway station, 3.5 km · Elmers End railway station, 2.2 km
- Luton, Luton → Addiscombe60 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £7–9
- London, Essex → Addiscombe15 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £1.5–2
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Addiscombe175 km · quickest by road, 3h 42m · £20–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Addiscombe
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Addiscombe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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Next door to Addiscombe
Addiscombe is 15 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Croydonborough in the London Region in England2.5 km
- Croydontown in South London, England3.2 km
- Thornton Heathdistrict of South London, England3.6 km
- Addingtonsuburb in the Borough of Croydon, London, England, UK3.5 km
- South Norwooddistrict of south east London, England2.1 km
- Anerleydistrict of London3.7 km