Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Sports centre in London, England
About
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which had been destroyed by fire in 1936, and is on the same site as the former FA Cup Final venue which was used here between 1895 and 1914.
It was one of the five National Sports Centres, run on behalf of Sport England, but responsibility was transferred to the London Development Agency (now GLA Land and Property) and is managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited, under their Better brand logo.
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The Crystal Palace
Glasshouse for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
0.4 mi away
Crystal Palace, London
Residential area in London, England
0.1 mi away
Croydon Canal
Former canal in south London
0.7 mi away
Penge
Suburb of south-east London
0.3 mi away
Crystal Palace Park
Victorian park in London, England
0.1 mi away
West Norwood
Suburb of London
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