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Crystal Palace Park

Crystal Palace Park is a Victorian pleasure ground. Find it 100 m northwest of Bromley. It counts as a Heritage at Risk register.

Photo: Crystal Palace Park, Ewan-M (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

northwest of Bromley

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Garden near Bromley

Just outside Bromley

Crystal Palace Park is 100 m northwest of Bromley. Towns near it ↓

Heritage at Risk register

On the official list of protected heritage; Bromley has 339 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

Afternoons in Bromley peak at 18–23°C, May to September.

Jan8° / 2°70 mm

Feb8° / 2°55 mm

Mar11° / 4°44 mm

Apr14° / 5°48 mm

May18° / 8°52 mm

Jun21° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 13°49 mm

Aug22° / 13°60 mm

Sep20° / 11°57 mm

Oct15° / 8°76 mm

Nov11° / 5°76 mm

Dec8° / 3°74 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Bromley, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Bromley. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Bromley’s full climate →

About

Crystal Palace Park

Its story is told in 4 languages on Wikipedia. 555 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (500 m).

Bromley’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Heritage at Risk register
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: 100 m northwest of Bromley
Official site: crystalpalaceparktrust.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where it sits

Orange marks Crystal Palace Park, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

Towns near it

The towns around Crystal Palace Park

Among the 7, Croydon is the biggest, home to 389,242 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · 100 m southeast of it

Bromley

325,469 people · 66 places to visit

2 · 500 m north of it

Southwark

307,076 people · 471 places to visit

3 · 600 m northwest of it

Lambeth

317,108 people · 450 places to visit

4 · 600 m south of it

Croydon

389,242 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Crystal Palace Park is	People	Places to visit
Bromley	100 m southeast of it	325,469	66
Southwark	500 m north of it	307,076	471
Lambeth	600 m northwest of it	317,108	450
Croydon	600 m south of it	389,242	49
Lewisham	600 m northeast of it	300,764	218
Merton	4.3 km west of it	214,931	58
Wandsworth	4.7 km northwest of it	326,725	442

Make a day of it

Also within reach

A visit can add 2 museums, 2 attractions and a castle, from 555 places within 15 km.

MuseumCrystal Palace High Level Station Entry500 m away 2

Big drawMuseumBritish Museum12 km away · 5.8M visitors a year (2023)3

Big drawCastleTower of London9.8 km away · 2.7M visitors a year (2016)4

Cathedral · English HeritageWestminster Abbey9.6 km away 5

Historic houseBuckingham Palace10 km away 6

AttractionElizabeth Tower9.7 km away 7

AttractionLondon Eye9.9 km away 8

Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery11 km away · 709K visitors a year (2021)

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Crystal Palace Park

Where is Crystal Palace Park?

Crystal Palace Park is 100 m northwest of Bromley, London.

What is Crystal Palace Park?

Victorian pleasure ground in Crystal Palace, Bromley, London.

When is the best time to visit Crystal Palace Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Bromley, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Crystal Palace Park a listed building?

Yes: Heritage at Risk register.

What else is there to see near Crystal Palace Park?

Within 15 km: Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry (500 m), British Museum (12 km), Tower of London (9.8 km) and Westminster Abbey (9.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Crystal Palace Park: Ewan-M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Crystal Palace High Level Station Entry: Dickinson Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
British Museum: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tower of London: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westminster Abbey: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Buckingham Palace: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Tower: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
London Eye: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
National Gallery: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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