This area is a 20th century urban settlement and contains the Fieldway estate, north of King Henry’s Drive and New Addington - a set of crescents built around the town centre. The estates are connected to Croydon via Tramlink route 3 and have four bus routes passing through the centre, including one 24 hour service. Up until the turn of the century, the area was relatively isolated from its neighbouring Croydon due to being surrounded by green belt land. As a result of poor transport and commercial links, New Addington did not benefit from economic development over the 20th century; it was constructed primarily to provide social housing to ease the pressure off the overcrowded Croydon. The area sits atop a hill in between two valleys - Addington Vale in the east and one just west of the tram line. Central Parade in the town centre boasts a market and various eateries while the Man on the Moon Pub can be found in Fieldway. New Addington has a number of primary schools and the Meridian High School is a co-educational academy status secondary school.

New Addington and Fieldway in its current state was built up between the years of 1935 and 1968 when waiting lists for social housing were growing at an alarming rate. Initiated by Charles Boot, from its conception, the New Addington estate was supposed to breathe new life into the weary and deprived Croydon communities. Boot himself wanted the estate to “uplift the spirit of its people” by raising the quality of life from that experienced in the slums. However, conflicting interests to preserve open land stifled development in the second part of the 20th century and some argue that, as a result of the spacious planning, a cohesive community could not properly evolve. The arrival of Tramlink in 2000 was a significant step towards regeneration as it would connect the area to Croydon and Wimbledon.

The Selsdon Nature Reserve, known locally as the Bird Sanctuary, is a large woodland area accessible through Old Farleigh Road, in neighbouring Forestdale. It was established by the evolutionary biologist Sir Julian Huxley, after whom a pub is named in nearby Selsdon. Huxley was a man who served the world with his mind and heart, championing natural selection, becoming the first UNESCO director and the first president of the British Humanist Association.

Prior to 1930, the area covered land which belonged to three farms: Castle Hill, Addington Lodge and Fisher’s Farms. By the outbreak of WWII, only one quarter of the estate had been developed and construction didn’t restart until the 60s.

Having received little attention from planning authorities over the last century, the area came to be Croydon’s most deprived, and consequently the crime rate and level of antisocial behaviour is significant. Local shops were looted in the 2011 London riots and some 200 people took to the streets to protect the estate in response to the lack of police action.

New Addington was a recipient of the Outer London Fund as of June 2011, and launched to reanimate the main square at Central Parade. £516,000 was allocated to improve footpaths, parking spaces, common spaces, and to generally create a more pleasant community environment. This was followed up with more funding, as part of the Mayor’s Regeneration Fund. More recently a £1m upgrade of Central Parade as part of the overall connected streets improvement plans for Croydon has been completed, improving the look and accessibility of the area.