Editing Croydon Airport (section)

==Present day==
[[File:Airport House at the old Croydon Aerodrome - geograph.org.uk - 1571720.jpg|thumb|The [[de Havilland Heron]] outside Airport House]]
[[File:R.A.F. Memorial, Croydon Airport - geograph.org.uk - 1208193.jpg|thumb|upright|RAF Battle of Britain memorial]]
Much of the site has been built over, but some of the terminal buildings near [[Purley Way]] (the [[A23 road]]) are still visible, clearly identifiable as to their former purpose. The former terminal building is called Airport House,<ref name="cp-milestone"/> and the former [[control tower]] houses a visitors' centre.<ref name="cp-milestone"/>

A [[de Havilland Heron]] (a small propeller-driven British airliner of the 1950s) is displayed on the forecourt outside Airport House, mounted on struts. The Heron is painted to represent an example [[Aircraft registration|registered]] ''G-AOXL'' of [[Morton Air Services]], the aircraft that flew the last passenger flight from Croydon on 30 September 1959. A memorial to those lost in the [[Battle of Britain]] stands slightly to the south.

Although Croydon has long ceased operation, the two cut ends of Plough Lane have never been reunited, but the area between has been developed instead into parkland, playing fields, and the [[Roundshaw|Roundshaw residential estate]] with its roads aptly named after [[aviator]]s and aircraft. All that remains of the runways is a small area of tarmac about {{convert|400|ft|m}} long each way in Roundshaw Park just west of Purley Way, which is a remnant of the WNW-ESE runway due south of the control buildings; it can be seen at {{coord|51.351067|N|0.117449|W|type:landmark}}; the "arm" may be a remnant of a taxiway to Hangar B.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myunclefred.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/thursday-15th-august-1940.html|title=Thursday 15th August 1940 – Battle of Britain|publisher=War and peace and the price of cat-fish|date=22 August 2010|access-date=10 May 2012|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116144900/http://myunclefred.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/thursday-15th-august-1940.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The area is used primarily by walkers, model aircraft enthusiasts, locals playing football and the [[Croydon Pirates]] baseball team.

The church on the Roundshaw estate has a cross on its outside wall that was made from the cut down propeller of a Spitfire based at Croydon during the Second World War.

The area is still known as Croydon Airport for transport purposes and was the location for [[Croydon Water Palace]].

When two local schools, Waddon Infants School and Duppas Junior School, merged in September 2010, they were renamed The Aerodrome School, in recognition of the airport's historical significance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/news/Work-begins-new-primary-school-Waddon/article-1234258-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912090420/http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/news/Work-begins-new-primary-school-Waddon/article-1234258-detail/article.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2012|title=Work begins on new primary school in Waddon|last=Charlton|first=Jo|date=7 August 2009|work=[[The Croydon Advertiser]]|publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]|access-date=8 October 2009|location=Croydon, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/democracy/councilnews/874261|title=Schools amalgamation means lift off for Aerodrome School|date=6 August 2009|publisher=[[London Borough of Croydon]]|access-date=8 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605123243/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/democracy/councilnews/874261|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref>