Waddon

Coordinates: 51°21′51″N 0°06′45″W / 51.3643°N 0.1125°W / 51.3643; -0.1125

Waddon is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon, to the west and south west of central Croydon. The area borders the London Borough of Sutton.

Waddon was one of the manors around Croydon owned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Waddon’s nomenclature was first recorded in the twelfth century. The name derives from Old English words meaning ‘the hill where woad grows, or is grown’. Traces of Bronze Age and Iron Age habitation have been found locally.

Waddon has an older area with 19th-century properties, some even older, close to central Croydon. Further south is a large estate of Council-owned and former Council-owned homes and a small number of tower blocks. In the inter-war years Waddon had the most Croydon Corporation owned homes in Croydon with 1,125 council houses and 80 council flats.

The geographical area of Waddon extends a good deal further north than the political ward boundary of Waddon ward. Waddon ward also includes residences along Pampisford Road that are in South Croydon.