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Selsdon Wood

Selsdon Wood is a woodland in Croydon. It holds the status of a local nature reserve. Look also at Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry, 9.6 km away, first of 70 more within 15 km.

Photo: Selsdon Wood, Philip Talmage (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

300 m

southeast of Croydon

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 27%

#2,271 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Garden near Croydon

Just outside Croydon

Selsdon Wood is 300 m southeast of Croydon. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Local nature reserve

On the official list of protected heritage; Croydon has 168 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

In Croydon, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°75 mm

Feb8° / 2°57 mm

Mar11° / 4°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°50 mm

May17° / 8°53 mm

Jun20° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug22° / 13°62 mm

Sep19° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°80 mm

Nov11° / 5°81 mm

Dec8° / 3°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Croydon, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Croydon. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Croydon’s full climate →

About

Selsdon Wood

The site is looked after by the National Trust. 2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Croydon’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Local nature reserve
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 300 m southeast of Croydon

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Selsdon Wood, mapped

Orange is Selsdon Wood; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Selsdon Wood

Croydon is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (389,242 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · 300 m northwest of it

Croydon

389,242 people · 49 places to visit

2 · 2 km south of it

Warlingham

8,918 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 3.1 km northeast of it

Bromley

325,469 people · 66 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km southwest of it

Whyteleafe

3,174 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Selsdon Wood is	People	Places to visit
Croydon	300 m northwest of it	389,242	49
Warlingham	2 km south of it	8,918	10
Bromley	3.1 km northeast of it	325,469	66
Whyteleafe	3.4 km southwest of it	3,174	5
Woldingham	4.1 km south of it	2,223	9
Woldingham Garden Village	4.5 km south of it	319	4
Caterham	4.6 km southwest of it	22,757	7

Make a day of it

Close to Selsdon Wood

Of the 70 within 15 km, look for 5 historic houses, 2 museums and an art gallery.

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry9.6 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageDown House7 km away 3

Historic houseAddington Palace2.2 km away 4

Art galleryDulwich Picture Gallery12 km away 5

MuseumHorniman Museum11 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustChartwell14 km away 7

Historic house · English HeritageEltham Palace14 km away 8

Historic houseNonsuch Palace13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Selsdon Wood

Where is Selsdon Wood?

Selsdon Wood is 300 m southeast of Croydon, London.

What is Selsdon Wood?

Woodland in Croydon, England.

Who runs Selsdon Wood?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Selsdon Wood?

May to September are the warmest months in Croydon, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Selsdon Wood a listed building?

Yes: local nature reserve.

What else is there to see near Selsdon Wood?

Within 15 km: Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (9.6 km), Down House (7 km), Addington Palace (2.2 km) and Dulwich Picture Gallery (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Selsdon Wood: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Down House: Anthonyeatworld at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Addington Palace: Dieter Simon at English Wikipedia (Original text: Dieter Simon Dieter Simon), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dulwich Picture Gallery: Julian Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Horniman Museum: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Chartwell: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eltham Palace: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nonsuch Palace: Joris Hoefnagel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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