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Tag Archives: Crystal Palace Park
Crystal Palace Festival appeals to provide creative futures
The Crystal Palace Festival has launched an appeal to help mitigate the impact of the pandemic on young people from local housing estates. Festival director Noreen Meehan said “It has become very obvious that the pandemic is having a disproportionately … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Park dinosaur bridge swings into action
The architect-designed swing bridge for dinosaur island in Crystal Palace Park is now fully operational. Paid for out of grants from the Greater London Authority and £70,000 raised through a public crowdfunder, the bridge was designed by architects Tonkin Liu … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Park is electrified to get a bit of The Power
The race track around the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace has been transformed this week into a trailer park for location shooting of a blockbuster television series. Amazon Prime are adapting Naomi Alderman’s prize-winning novel The Power into a … Continue reading
Month-long music festival aims to ‘reboot the Rusty Laptop’
A month-long festival of music, featuring acts from Dizzee Rascal to Supergrass to the English National Opera performing Tosca, and all taking place on a floating stage, has been announced today as the Crystal Palace Bowl seeks to re-establish itself … Continue reading
Park life: Shawcross has plenty of appeal in her new role
EXCLUSIVE: Val Shawcross, the former leader of Croydon Council and Deputy Mayor of London, spoke to CLARA MURRAY about her new role as chair of the Crystal Palace Park Trust and the excitement over their latest projects Crystal Palace Park … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Bowl, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
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Shawcross steps up as Crystal Palace Park looks to the future
It has been a momentous week for the upkeep and improvement of one of the capital’s under-appreciated gems, writes MARTIN TEMPIA When a former head of planning at the London Borough of Bromley described Crystal Palace Park as the “unloved … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Charity, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, London-wide issues, Martin Tempia, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Martin Tempia, Val Shawcross
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Tory-run Bromley looking to sell or develop public parks
Tory-run Bromley Council has drafted a policy which seeks to identify parks and green spaces “for development or disposal”. Today is the closing date for residents to submit their comments on Bromley’s Open Spaces Strategy. The Campaign for the Preservation … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Outside Croydon
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, CPRE, Crystal Palace Park
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Friends group raises jaw-dropping amount for dinosaur repair
The Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (yes, it’s a thing) have been successful in raising almost £25,000 towards the cost of restoring one of Crystal Palace Park’s Grade I-listed dinosaur models. The Megalosaurus sculpture is about 170 years old and … Continue reading
Grumpy Old Man Wakeman declares Palace Bowl as ‘magical’
The campaign to restore the Crystal Palace Bowl as a leading London music venue got two huge boosts this week, including the backing of one of the world’s most famous rock keyboard players, Rick Wakeman, who has called it the … Continue reading
Bob Marley’s last London gig set to be marked with blue plaque
Fund-raising to pay for a blue plaque to commemorate Bob Marley and the Wailers’ final ever live performance in London, at the Crystal Palace Bowl, was more than halfway to its target within hours of being launched this morning – … Continue reading
Cancer Research fires starter’s gun for autumn charity runs
Today should have seen the staging of the 40th London Marathon. But the decision to postpone the event for the first time in its history was taken a month ago, in common with many sports and charity events – including … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace Park, Lloyd Park, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace Park, Lloyd Park, Race for Life
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Crystal Palace’s historic dinosaurs placed on ‘at risk’ register
Crystal Palace Park’s historic dinosaurs are in danger of becoming extinct… or at least, crumbling apart. And conservation agency Historic England has stepped in, adding the 30 Grade I-listed, life-size statues to its Heritage at Risk Register – which will … Continue reading
College building in park could end Crystal Palace tram scheme
Any prospect of extending the tram network to Crystal Palace could hit the buffers before its backers even check-in at a platform, if the GLA gets its way. Piece by piece, the Greater London Authority, which has responsibility for the … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Wilkins, Athletics, Bromley Council, Commuting, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Sport, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Angela Wilkins, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Capel Manor College, Croydon Tramlink, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Crystal Palace Festival organisers in appeal for volunteers
With a little more than one month to go, the countdown to the 2019 Crystal Palace Festival is properly underway. The organisers last weekend released their site map for the festival weekend in the park on June 15-16. It won’t … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Festival is set to return for week in June
The Crystal Palace Festival has announced its dates for 2019, but has had to scale down the music and dance performances in the park, which last year saw thousands of people enjoying an open air concert headlined by Stereo MC’s. … Continue reading
Race For Life puts everyone in the running in Lloyd Park
Race For Life returns to Croydon, Crystal Palace and other south London venues in 2019, with the organisers offering a 30 per cent discount on entry fees for anyone who signs up in January. Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Charity, Crystal Palace Park, Lloyd Park
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Lloyd Park, Race for Life
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Mayor’s £2,500 cash boost for Gipsy Hill garden scheme
Residents’ group Gipsy Hill Friends has been given a £2,500 cash boost by the Mayor of London towards its plan to rejuvenate neglected land adjoining their local railway station, transforming a litter-ridden and overgrown space into a vibrant community hub … Continue reading
Great North Wood’s prehistory walk, Crystal Palace, Oct 6
A guided walk to look at the geology and prehistory of the Great North Wood, when woolly mammoths walked the area we know today as Crystal Palace Park. Saturday October 6, 11am.
Posted in Activities, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History
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