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Waddon is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon, at the western end of the town of Croydon.

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The place

Waddon is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon, at the western end of the town of Croydon. The area borders the London Borough of Sutton.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Waddon

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.

  1. 01
    London Trams

    Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and currently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It is the first operational tram system serving the London region since 1952.

    3 km · light rail tram system in Greater London, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    BRIT 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.

    3.2 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Addington Hills

    Addington Hills is a park in Upper Shirley, London, England. It is managed by the London Borough of Croydon.

    3.8 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Duppas 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.

    400 m · hill and park in the London Borough of Croydon, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Croydon 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.

    1 km · Grade I listed church in Croydon, London · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Croydon Mosque

    Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre is a mosque situated in Croydon, London.

    2.8 km · mosque in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Lebanon 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.

    2.3 km · light rail stop in Croydon · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Croydon 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.

    1.3 km · municipal building of the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Andrew's, Croydon

    St Andrew's, formally the Church of St Andrew, is a church of England church in Croydon, London, England.

    800 m · Anglican church in Croydon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Ruskin House

    Ruskin House, situated in its own grounds on Coombe Road, Croydon, South London, has been a centre of Britain's progressive movements for a century. It is the headquarters of the Communist Party of Britain and Croydon's Labour, Trade Union and Co-operative movements and is itself a co-operative with shareholders from organisations across the four movements.

    1.2 km · grade II listed house in London Borough of Croydon, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Waddon

Airports
London Gatwick (LGW), 25 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 27 km · London Luton (LTN), 59 km
Stations
West Croydon, 1.7 km · East Croydon railway station, 1.9 km · Purley railway station, 3 km · South Croydon railway station, 1.3 km · Church Street, 1.2 km
  • Luton, Luton → Waddon
    61 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £9–12
  • London, Essex → Waddon
    16 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £1.5–2
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Waddon
    174 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £21–28
  • From anywhere
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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.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Waddon

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 Waddon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: London/South, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    112 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    318 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    406 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    574 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    610 km

If you know how people move in Waddon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Waddon

Waddon is 16 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • London Borough of Croydonborough in the London Region in England1.2 km
  • Croydontown in South London, England1 km
  • Q2220276suburb of London in the London Borough of Sutton, England3.8 km
  • Purleytown in South London within the London Borough of Croydon3 km
  • Addiscombearea of south London within the London Borough of Croydon3.7 km
  • Beddingtonarea in the London Borough of Sutton, England, UK1.5 km