Addington, Residential suburb in South London, England
Addington is a suburb in the London Borough of Croydon, made up of an old village core surrounded by housing estates and open green land. The area sits close to the border with Surrey, giving it a character that feels more rural than most parts of outer London.
Addington appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Edintona, recorded as land held by two Saxon landowners. It remained a small rural village for many centuries before housing development in the 20th century transformed much of the surrounding land.
The church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin stands at the heart of the old village and gives the area the feel of a rural English settlement rather than a London suburb. The churchyard around it holds graves spanning several centuries, and visitors often walk through it to get a sense of how old the settlement really is.
The area is served by the Tramlink network, which connects it to Croydon town center and onward to other parts of South London. The streets around the old village are easy to walk, though the housing estates further out are best explored by tram or bus.
Addington Palace, a large country house on the edge of the village, served as a summer residence for several Archbishops of Canterbury during the 19th century. It is now used as an events venue, and visitors can see the building from the paths that run alongside the grounds.
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