diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/add-new-page/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/add-new-page/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b3f642625111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/add-new-page/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/**
+ * External dependencies
+ */
+import { kebabCase } from 'lodash';
+
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import {
+	Button,
+	Modal,
+	__experimentalHStack as HStack,
+	__experimentalVStack as VStack,
+	TextControl,
+} from '@wordpress/components';
+import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
+import { useDispatch } from '@wordpress/data';
+import { useState } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
+import { store as noticesStore } from '@wordpress/notices';
+
+export default function AddNewPageModal( { onSave, onClose } ) {
+	const [ isCreatingPage, setIsCreatingPage ] = useState( false );
+	const [ title, setTitle ] = useState( '' );
+
+	const { saveEntityRecord } = useDispatch( coreStore );
+	const { createErrorNotice, createSuccessNotice } =
+		useDispatch( noticesStore );
+
+	async function createPage( event ) {
+		event.preventDefault();
+
+		if ( isCreatingPage ) {
+			return;
+		}
+		setIsCreatingPage( true );
+		try {
+			const newPage = await saveEntityRecord(
+				'postType',
+				'page',
+				{
+					status: 'draft',
+					title,
+					slug: kebabCase( title || __( 'No title' ) ),
+				},
+				{ throwOnError: true }
+			);
+
+			onSave( newPage );
+
+			createSuccessNotice(
+				sprintf(
+					// translators: %s: Title of the created template e.g: "Category".
+					__( '"%s" successfully created.' ),
+					newPage.title?.rendered || title
+				),
+				{
+					type: 'snackbar',
+				}
+			);
+		} catch ( error ) {
+			const errorMessage =
+				error.message && error.code !== 'unknown_error'
+					? error.message
+					: __( 'An error occurred while creating the page.' );
+
+			createErrorNotice( errorMessage, {
+				type: 'snackbar',
+			} );
+		} finally {
+			setIsCreatingPage( false );
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (
+		<Modal title={ __( 'Draft a new page' ) } onRequestClose={ onClose }>
+			<form onSubmit={ createPage }>
+				<VStack spacing={ 3 }>
+					<TextControl
+						/* eslint-disable jsx-a11y/no-autofocus */
+						autoFocus
+						/* eslint-enable jsx-a11y/no-autofocus */
+						label={ __( 'Page title' ) }
+						onChange={ setTitle }
+						placeholder={ __( 'No title' ) }
+						value={ title }
+					/>
+					<HStack spacing={ 2 } justify="end">
+						<Button variant="tertiary" onClick={ onClose }>
+							{ __( 'Cancel' ) }
+						</Button>
+						<Button
+							variant="primary"
+							type="submit"
+							isBusy={ isCreatingPage }
+							aria-disabled={ isCreatingPage }
+						>
+							{ __( 'Create draft' ) }
+						</Button>
+					</HStack>
+				</VStack>
+			</form>
+		</Modal>
+	);
+}
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pages/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pages/index.js
index 0ad7df02020d1..25979fcd4a036 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pages/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pages/index.js
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import {
 	__experimentalTruncate as Truncate,
 	__experimentalVStack as VStack,
 } from '@wordpress/components';
+import { useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { useEntityRecords, store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
-import { layout, page, home, loop } from '@wordpress/icons';
+import { privateApis as routerPrivateApis } from '@wordpress/router';
+import { layout, page, home, loop, plus } from '@wordpress/icons';
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import SidebarNavigationScreen from '../sidebar-navigation-screen';
 import { useLink } from '../routes/link';
 import SidebarNavigationItem from '../sidebar-navigation-item';
+import SidebarButton from '../sidebar-button';
+import AddNewPageModal from '../add-new-page';
+import { unlock } from '../../private-apis';
+
+const { useHistory } = unlock( routerPrivateApis );
 
 const PageItem = ( { postType = 'page', postId, ...props } ) => {
 	const linkInfo = useLink( {
@@ -85,98 +92,127 @@ export default function SidebarNavigationScreenPages() {
 		reorderedPages.splice( 1, 0, ...blogPage );
 	}
 
+	const [ showAddPage, setShowAddPage ] = useState( false );
+
+	const history = useHistory();
+
+	const handleNewPage = ( { type, id } ) => {
+		// Navigate to the created template editor.
+		history.push( {
+			postId: id,
+			postType: type,
+			canvas: 'edit',
+		} );
+		setShowAddPage( false );
+	};
+
 	return (
-		<SidebarNavigationScreen
-			title={ __( 'Pages' ) }
-			description={ __( 'Browse and edit pages on your site.' ) }
-			content={
-				<>
-					{ ( isLoadingPages || isLoadingTemplates ) && (
-						<ItemGroup>
-							<Item>{ __( 'Loading pages' ) }</Item>
-						</ItemGroup>
-					) }
-					{ ! ( isLoadingPages || isLoadingTemplates ) && (
-						<ItemGroup>
-							{ ! pagesAndTemplates?.length && (
-								<Item>{ __( 'No page found' ) }</Item>
-							) }
-							{ isHomePageBlog && homeTemplate && (
-								<PageItem
-									postType="wp_template"
-									postId={ homeTemplate.id }
-									key={ homeTemplate.id }
-									icon={ home }
-									withChevron
-								>
-									<Truncate numberOfLines={ 1 }>
-										{ decodeEntities(
-											homeTemplate.title?.rendered ||
-												__( '(no title)' )
-										) }
-									</Truncate>
-								</PageItem>
-							) }
-							{ reorderedPages?.map( ( item ) => {
-								let itemIcon;
-								switch ( item.id ) {
-									case frontPage:
-										itemIcon = home;
-										break;
-									case postsPage:
-										itemIcon = loop;
-										break;
-									default:
-										itemIcon = page;
-								}
-								return (
-									<PageItem
-										postId={ item.id }
-										key={ item.id }
-										icon={ itemIcon }
-										withChevron
-									>
-										<Truncate numberOfLines={ 1 }>
-											{ decodeEntities(
-												item?.title?.rendered ||
-													__( '(no title)' )
-											) }
-										</Truncate>
-									</PageItem>
-								);
-							} ) }
-							<VStack className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen__sticky-section">
-								{ dynamicPageTemplates?.map( ( item ) => (
+		<>
+			{ showAddPage && (
+				<AddNewPageModal
+					onSave={ handleNewPage }
+					onClose={ () => setShowAddPage( false ) }
+				/>
+			) }
+			<SidebarNavigationScreen
+				title={ __( 'Pages' ) }
+				description={ __( 'Browse and edit pages on your site.' ) }
+				actions={
+					<SidebarButton
+						icon={ plus }
+						label={ __( 'Draft a new page' ) }
+						onClick={ () => setShowAddPage( true ) }
+					/>
+				}
+				content={
+					<>
+						{ ( isLoadingPages || isLoadingTemplates ) && (
+							<ItemGroup>
+								<Item>{ __( 'Loading pages' ) }</Item>
+							</ItemGroup>
+						) }
+						{ ! ( isLoadingPages || isLoadingTemplates ) && (
+							<ItemGroup>
+								{ ! pagesAndTemplates?.length && (
+									<Item>{ __( 'No page found' ) }</Item>
+								) }
+								{ isHomePageBlog && homeTemplate && (
 									<PageItem
 										postType="wp_template"
-										postId={ item.id }
-										key={ item.id }
-										icon={ layout }
+										postId={ homeTemplate.id }
+										key={ homeTemplate.id }
+										icon={ home }
 										withChevron
 									>
 										<Truncate numberOfLines={ 1 }>
 											{ decodeEntities(
-												item.title?.rendered ||
+												homeTemplate.title?.rendered ||
 													__( '(no title)' )
 											) }
 										</Truncate>
 									</PageItem>
-								) ) }
-								<SidebarNavigationItem
-									className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen-pages__see-all"
-									href="edit.php?post_type=page"
-									onClick={ () => {
-										document.location =
-											'edit.php?post_type=page';
-									} }
-								>
-									{ __( 'Manage all pages' ) }
-								</SidebarNavigationItem>
-							</VStack>
-						</ItemGroup>
-					) }
-				</>
-			}
-		/>
+								) }
+								{ reorderedPages?.map( ( item ) => {
+									let itemIcon;
+									switch ( item.id ) {
+										case frontPage:
+											itemIcon = home;
+											break;
+										case postsPage:
+											itemIcon = loop;
+											break;
+										default:
+											itemIcon = page;
+									}
+									return (
+										<PageItem
+											postId={ item.id }
+											key={ item.id }
+											icon={ itemIcon }
+											withChevron
+										>
+											<Truncate numberOfLines={ 1 }>
+												{ decodeEntities(
+													item?.title?.rendered ||
+														__( '(no title)' )
+												) }
+											</Truncate>
+										</PageItem>
+									);
+								} ) }
+								<VStack className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen__sticky-section">
+									{ dynamicPageTemplates?.map( ( item ) => (
+										<PageItem
+											postType="wp_template"
+											postId={ item.id }
+											key={ item.id }
+											icon={ layout }
+											withChevron
+										>
+											<Truncate numberOfLines={ 1 }>
+												{ decodeEntities(
+													item.title?.rendered ||
+														__( '(no title)' )
+												) }
+											</Truncate>
+										</PageItem>
+									) ) }
+									<SidebarNavigationItem
+										className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen-pages__see-all"
+										href="edit.php?post_type=page"
+										onClick={ () => {
+											document.location =
+												'edit.php?post_type=page';
+										} }
+									>
+										{ __( 'Manage all pages' ) }
+									</SidebarNavigationItem>
+								</VStack>
+							</ItemGroup>
+						) }
+					</>
+				}
+			/>
+		</>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/specs/site-editor/pages.spec.js b/test/e2e/specs/site-editor/pages.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba4f198605030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/specs/site-editor/pages.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+const { test, expect } = require( '@wordpress/e2e-test-utils-playwright' );
+
+test.describe( 'Pages', () => {
+	test.beforeAll( async ( { requestUtils } ) => {
+		await requestUtils.activateTheme( 'emptytheme' );
+	} );
+	test( 'Create a new page', async ( { admin, page } ) => {
+		const pageName = 'demo';
+		await admin.visitSiteEditor();
+		await page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Pages' } ).click();
+		await page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Draft a new page' } ).click();
+		// Fill the page title and submit.
+		const newPageDialog = page.locator(
+			'role=dialog[name="Draft a new page"i]'
+		);
+		const pageTitleInput = newPageDialog.locator(
+			'role=textbox[name="Page title"i]'
+		);
+		await pageTitleInput.fill( pageName );
+		await page.keyboard.press( 'Enter' );
+		await expect(
+			page.locator(
+				`role=button[name="Dismiss this notice"i] >> text="${ pageName }" successfully created.`
+			)
+		).toBeVisible();
+	} );
+} );