Crystal Palace Park
Victorian park in London, England
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Crystal Palace Park is a large Victorian park in south-east London, Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It was laid out in the 1850s as a pleasure ground, centred around the re-location of The Crystal Palace – the largest glass building of the time – from central London to this area on the border of Kent and Surrey; the suburb that grew around the park is known by the same name.
The Palace had been relocated from Hyde Park after the 1851 Great Exhibition and rebuilt with some modifications and enlargements to form the centrepiece of the park, before being destroyed by fire in 1936. The park features full-scale models of dinosaurs in a landscape, a maze, lakes, and a concert bowl.
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The Crystal Palace
Glasshouse for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
0.2 mi away
Crystal Palace, London
Residential area in London, England
330 ft away
Croydon Canal
Former canal in south London
0.8 mi away
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
Sports centre in London, England
0.1 mi away
Penge
Suburb of south-east London
0.4 mi away
West Norwood
Suburb of London
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