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{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Crystal Palace
| os_grid_reference = TQ341708
| london_borough = BromleyCroydon
| london_borough1 = CroydonBromley
| london_borough2 = LambethLewisham
| london_borough3 = LewishamLambeth
| london_borough4 = Southwark
| map_type = Greater London
| coordinates = {{coord|51.4203|-0.0705|display=inline,title}}
| population = 12,255
| population_ref = (2011 Census. Bromley Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688623&c=Crystal+Palace&d=14&e=62&g=6320827&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476114579873&enc=1|title=Bromley Ward population 2011|access-date=10 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021055949/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688623&c=Crystal+Palace&d=14&e=62&g=6320827&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1476114579873&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| constituency_westminster = [[Streatham and Croydon North (UK Parliament constituency)|Streatham and Croydon North]]
| constituency_westminster1 = [[Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Dulwich and West Norwood]]
| constituency_westminster2 = [[Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West and Penge]]
| region = London
| country = England
| post_town = LONDON
| dial_code = 020
| postcode_area = SE
| postcode_district = SE19, SE20, SE26
| static_image_name = Upper Norwood Town Centre - 1.jpg
| static_image_alt = Photo showing road junction at the end of Crystal Palace Parade.
| static_image_caption = View of Crystal Palace from the park. Four London boroughs; Bromleyboroughs—Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, and Southwark meetSouthwark—meet at this junction.
}}
 
'''Crystal Palace''' is an area in [[South London]], named after [[the Crystal Palace]] Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854, until it was destroyed by a fire in 1936.<ref>Mills, Anthony David (2001). ''Dictionary of London Place Names''. [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-19-280106-6}}</ref> About {{convert|7|miles|km}} southeast of [[Charing Cross]], it includes one of the [[List of highest points in London|highest points in London]], at {{convert|367|ft}},<ref name=OSHeight>{{Cite map |title= Spot Height in feet, TQ337707 |author= Ordnance Survey |publisher= Ordnance Survey |year= 1862}}</ref> offering views over the capital.
 
The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three [[London postal district|postal districts]], although there is a [[Crystal Palace (ward)|Crystal Palace]] electoral ward and [[Crystal Palace Park]] in the [[London Borough of Bromley]]. It forms a part of the greater area known as [[Upper Norwood]], and is contiguous with the areas of [[Anerley]], [[Dulwich Wood]], [[Gipsy Hill]], [[Penge]], [[South Norwood]] and [[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]]. The area is represented by three [[Parliamentary constituencies of the UK parliament|parliamentary constituencies]], four [[London Assembly constituencies]] and fourteen local [[Councillors#United Kingdom|councillors]].
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===Crystal Palace Triangle===
[[File:View from Church Road into Church Road and Westow Street junction, Crystal Palace.JPG|thumb|alt=Photo showing a road leading into part of the triangle.|View into the Crystal Palace Triangle from Church Road]]
The area is formed by Westow Street, Westow Hill and Church Road, and has a number of restaurants and several independent shops, as well as an indoor secondhand market<ref name="visLon">{{cite web|title=Haynes Lane Market|url=http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/10072859-haynes-lane-market|work=Visit London Official Visitor Guide|publisher=London and Partners|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> and a [[farmer's market]]<ref name="BlossGuardianFarmMarket">{{cite news|last=Bloss|first=Andrew|title=New farmers market comes to Crystal Palace|url=http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/10427064.New_farmers_market_comes_to_Crystal_Palace/|access-date=29 May 2013|newspaper=Streatham Guardian|date=17 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231110/http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/10427064.New_farmers_market_comes_to_Crystal_Palace/|archive-date=12 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> on Haynes Lane. The triangle also contains a range of vintage furniture and clothing stores, as well as galleries, arts and crafts shops and other businesses.<ref name="introELLCrystalPal">{{cite web|title=Introducing the East London Line: Crystal Palace|date=27 May 2010 |url=http://londonist.com/2010/05/introducing_the_east_london_line_cr.php|publisher=Londonist|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> There was an ongoing campaign to turn a former [[Bingo (British version)|bingo]] hall (at 25 Church Road) back into a cinema, after it had been purchased by the [[Kingsway International Christian Centre#Crystal Palace|Kingsway International Christian Centre]].<ref name=DualPurposeApplication>{{cite news|last=Green|first=Jerry|title=New Bid to Use Former Cinema for Church Services 'Dual purpose' application expected|url=http://www.newsfromcrystalpalace.co.uk/new-bid-use-former-cinema-church-services-dual-purpose-application-expected/|access-date=9 May 2014|date=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=CroydonAdvertiserBingoFuture>{{cite news|title=Church's silence on bingo club's future|url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Church-s-silence-bingo-club-s-future/story-11363597-detail/story.html|access-date=9 May 2014|newspaper=Croydon Advertiser|date=26 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120057/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Church-s-silence-bingo-club-s-future/story-11363597-detail/story.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=CinemaProtest>{{cite news|title=Cinema protest at disused site|url=http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/100-demonstrate-cinema/story-12130495-detail/story.html|access-date=9 May 2014|newspaper=Croydon Advertiser|date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220952/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/100-demonstrate-cinema/story-12130495-detail/story.html|archive-date=12 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The cinema had opened as "The Rialto" in 1928, later being re-namedrenamed "The Picture Palace", only to close in 1968 and become a bingo hall. In 2018 after considerable restoration and renovation, [[Everyman Cinemas]] re-opened 25 Church Road as their 25th nationwide cinema location.<ref name="Celluloid Junkie News">{{cite news|title=Crystal Palace Opening is Everyman's Triumphant 25th|url=https://celluloidjunkie.com/2018/11/14/crystal-palace-opening-is-everymans-triumphant-25th/|date=14 Nov 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Haynes Lane Farmer's Market, Crystal Palace 2.JPG|left|thumb|alt=Photograph of people at a street market stall.|Haynes Lane Farmer's Market]]
Crystal Palace still retains much of its Victorian architecture, although housing styles are mixed, including Victorian terraces, mid-war terraces and blocks of modern flats. Crystal Palace Park is surrounded by grand Victorian villas, many of which have been converted into flats and apartments.{{Citation needed|reason=No source given for architectural style of area|date=May 2013}}
 
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The area is served by the [[A212 road|A212]], [[A214 road|A214]], [[A234 road|A234]] and [[A2199 road]]s. The roads that make up the triangle (Westow Hill, Westow Street and Church Road) form part of a [[one-way system]] and are in a 24-hour [[controlled parking zone|controlled parking and loading zone]]. There is a coach park inside Crystal Palace Park.
 
The area would have been affected by the cancelled [[London Ringways]] [[motorway]] plans, as one of the radial routes connecting the [[South Cross Route]] to [[London Ringways#Ringway 2|Ringway 2]] (the [[South Cross Route to Parkway D Radial]]) would have run through a part of Crystal Palace Park, following the railway line.<ref name="CBRDSCrossRouteDRadial">{{cite web cn|last=Marshall |first=Chris |title=South Cross Route to Parkway D Radial |url= http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/southern/scrpdr.shtml |work=Chris's British Road Directory |publisher=cbrd.co.uk |access-date=17 JuneSeptember 20132024}}</ref>
 
====Cycle routes====
[[London Cycle Network]] routes 23 and 27 travel through Crystal Palace. Route 27 runs from Anerley Hill through part of Crystal Palace Park towards [[Bromley]] and route 23 runs through the Crystal Palace triangle to connect to [[Borough, London|Borough]] and [[Croydon]].<ref name="openCycleMap">{{cite web|title=Open Cycle Map|url=http://www.opencyclemap.org/|publisher=OpenCycleMap|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref>
 
[[Transport for London]] have proposed to build [[Quietway]] route 7 that runs from Crystal Palace to [[Elephant and Castle]].<ref name="TfLQuietwayMap">{{cite web|title=Quietways – The First Seven Routes |url= http://content.tfl.gov.uk/quietways-routes-overview-2016.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019202707/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/quietways-routes-overview-2016.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-19 |url-status=live |website=Transport for London |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> The route was subject to consultation processes in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark in 2016, with construction to begin in 2017.<ref name="SouthwarkQ7">{{cite web |title=Quietway 7 – Elephant and Castle to Crystal Palace |url= http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/info/200431/street_improvements/4080/quietway_7_-_elephant_and_castle_to_crystal_palace |website=Southwark Council |access-date=24 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="LambethQ7">{{cite web |title=Proposed changes to Quietway 7 cycle route -Elephant & Castle to Crystal Palace- West Dulwich and Gipsy Hill – Series 1 |url= https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/proposed-changes-to-quietway-7-cycle-route-elephant-castle-to-crystal-palace-west |website=Lambeth Council |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref>
 
===Rail===
[[File:Crystal Palace Low Levelrailway station (6453226405)and National Sports Centre.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph showingCrystal thePalace older brickwork mainrailway station buildingfrom withabove ain green metal extension (now demolished) on the side that was formerly used as the ticket office2024.|Crystal Palace Station, showing theaerial nowview demolishedin extension2024.]]
Crystal Palace is accessible by rail from [[Crystal Palace railway station]], where [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] trains run between [[London Victoria station|Victoria]] on the [[Crystal Palace Line]] and [[London Bridge rail station|London Bridge]] on the [[Brighton Main Line]], and where [[London Overground]] trains run to [[Highbury & Islington station|Highbury & Islington]] on the [[East London Line]]. In addition, Southern services run to [[Beckenham Junction station|Beckenham Junction]], [[Sutton railway station (London)|Sutton]] and [[Epsom Downs railway station|Epsom Downs]].<ref name="nationalRail">{{cite web|title=National Rail Enquiries|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk|work=National Rail Website|publisher=National Rail|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> Crystal Palace railway station is one of the few stations to border two [[London fare zones|zones]], Zones 3 and 4.<ref name="tflRailMap">{{cite web|title=London's Rail and Tube Services |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/oyster-rail-services-map.pdf |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814105332/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/oyster-rail-services-map.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2013 }}</ref> The South Gate of the Park is accessible by rail via [[Penge West railway station|Penge West]], which is served by Southern trains from [[London Bridge railway station|London Bridge]] and [[London Overground]] services.
 
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The low level station remain open, although passenger numbers at that station also fell after the fire of 1936 and many services were diverted to serve London–Croydon routes instead of the Victoria–London Bridge route. Rail travel was in decline across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s when the [[Beeching Axe]] was imposed. In the 1970s, two outer platforms used by terminating trains were abandoned and the third rail was removed.
 
More recently rail travel at the station has seen a resurgence and new services have started running. Passenger numbers increased each year between 2004 and 2013.<ref name=ORRFigures>{{cite web|title=Estimates of station usage|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|work=Rail Statistics|publisher=Office of Rail Regulation|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-date=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704101059/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since May 2010, the station has served the [[East London Line]] branch of the [[London Overground]], connecting with the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] and [[Shoreditch]]. In 2011 services were extended to [[Highbury and Islington railway station|Highbury and Islington]].<ref name="railwayGazette">{{cite news|title=East London Line reaches Highbury and Islington|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/east-london-line-reaches-highbury-islington.html|access-date=29 May 2013|newspaper=Railway Gazette International|date=28 February 2011|archive-date=26 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226134732/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/east-london-line-reaches-highbury-islington.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station underwent redevelopment in 2012, which brought the original Victorian booking hall back into use, created a new cafe in the station building and provided wheelchair access through the installation of three lifts; this work was completed by the end of March 2013.<ref name=TfLCYPRefurb>{{cite web|title=Crystal Palace refurbishment complete|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/metro/27592.aspx|work=Transport for London website|publisher=Transport for London|access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>
 
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[[Joseph Paxton]], designer of the Crystal Palace itself and instrumental in having the building reassembled on Sydenham Hill following the success of the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851, lived in a house called "Rockhills" at the top of Westwood Hill.<ref name="Plaques of London">{{cite web |title=Plaques of London-Rockhills |url= https://www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk/locations/rockhills/ |work=Plaques of London Website |publisher=Plaques of London |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref>
 
[[Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins]], artist and sculptor who created the [[Crystal Palace Dinosaurs]] in the park, lived in Belvedere Road between 1856 and 1872.<ref name="BromleyPlaques">{{cite web |title=Blue Plaques in Bromley |url= http://www.bromley.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/472/blue_plaques_in_bromley |work=London Borough of Bromley Website |publisher=London Borough of Bromley |access-date=22 June 2013 |archive-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901022645/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/472/blue_plaques_in_bromley |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
[[Jim Bob]], [[Carter USM]] frontman, currently lives in Crystal Palace.<ref name="JimBobOpenFestival">{{cite news|last=Blundy|first=Rachel|title=Carter USM frontman to open Crystal Palace festival|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9751648.Carter_USM_frontman_to_open_festival/|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=Your Local Guardian|date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
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[[Camille Pissarro]], Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter, stayed in Crystal Palace between 1870 and 1871.<ref name="pisarroBook">{{cite book|last=Reed|first=Nicholas|title=Camille Pissarro at Crystal Palace|year=1995|publisher=Lilburne Press|isbn=0-9515258-9-1|page=64}}</ref><ref name="pissarroPlaque">{{cite web|title=Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) impressionist painter stayed on this site 1870–71|url=http://openplaques.org/plaques/9921|work=Open Plaques Website|publisher=Open Plaques|access-date=22 June 2013}}</ref>
 
Comedy scriptwriter [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]] of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' fame wrote the pilot episode of his debut sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'' at his in-laws' house in Crystal Palace.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=2011-04-24 |title=John Sullivan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/24/john-sullivan-obituary |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
 
A fuller list of notable people can be found on the same section of the [[Upper Norwood#Notable people|Upper Norwood]] page.
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