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Visit for a villagy experience and go to the Joiner's Arms or Beehive pubs for a pleasant drink or meal.
Woodside is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Croydon. It is between Addiscombe and South Norwood. It is south of South Norwood, west of Shirley and Monks Orchard, north of Addiscombe, and east of Selhurst.
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Performing Arts and Technology school owned by the BRIT Trust (known for the BRIT Awards).
Palace play soccer in the Premier League, the top tier. Their stadium is Selhurst Park, capacity 26,309 (all seated), where it has been based since 1924. The women's team were promoted in 2026 and play in WSL, their top tie, usually at Sutton United's VBS Stadium.
Theatre / Arts centre.
Form a fine Tudor courtyard. The almshouses now provide sheltered flats for elderly locals.
Entertainment Venue. Includes a large 11-screen Vue Cinema, The Milan Bar (a Wetherspoons chain pub), Reflex 80s Bar and Disco, Nando's and Tiger Tiger restaurant and nightclub.
A museum highlighting Croydon in the past and present includes the Riesco Gallery. Also exhibitions on the gifted black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) who lived most of his life in Croydon. His works include The Song of Hiawatha, a great favourite (before World War II) at the Royal Albert Hall conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. The impressive Town Hall is adjacent.