Editing Crystal Palace, London (section)

==Landmarks==

===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 renamed "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]]

===Transmitters===
Television transmission has been taking place from Crystal Palace since at least the 1930s<ref name="PopularMech">{{cite journal|title=Television for Millions|journal=Popular Mechanics|date=September 1935|volume=64|issue=3|pages=321–323|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ud4DAAAAMBAJ&q=Popular+Science+1935+plane+%22Popular+Mechanics%22&pg=PA321|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> and two [[Television|TV]] [[transmitter]] towers&nbsp;— [[Crystal Palace Transmitter]]&nbsp;– {{convert|640|ft}} tall&nbsp;— and [[Croydon transmitting station|Croydon Transmitter]]&nbsp;– {{convert|500|ft}} tall&nbsp;— stand on the hill at Upper Norwood, making the district a landmark location visible from many parts of London. The towers may appear similar in height and design, but the Crystal Palace mast, constructed in 1956, is on a slightly higher elevation. The current Croydon tower was built in 1962.
[[File:Cp mast.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph taken at a distance showing entire height of Crystal Palace Park TV transmitter.|The [[Crystal Palace Transmitter]], at 219&nbsp;metres tall, is the fourth tallest structure in London, behind [[the Shard]], [[One Canada Square]] and [[Heron Tower]].<ref name="CPT-Sky">{{cite web |title=Crystal Palace Transmitter |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3886 |publisher=SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=26 June 2008}}</ref>]]

===Crystal Palace Park===
[[File:Crystal Palace Park.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of a wide tree-lined road running through Crystal Palace Park.|left|Crystal Palace Park]]
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Crystal Palace Park is a large Victorian [[pleasure ground]] occupying much of the land within Crystal Palace and is one of the major London public parks. The park was maintained by the [[London County Council|LCC]] and later the [[Greater London Council|GLC]], but with the abolition of the GLC in 1986, control of the entire park was given to the London Borough of Bromley.<ref name="BromleyPark">{{cite web|title=About Crystal Palace Park&nbsp;— History of the park |url= http://www.bromley.gov.uk/info/200073/parks_and_open_spaces/780/about_crystal_palace_park/2 |work=London Borough of Bromley Website |publisher=London Borough of Bromley |access-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927212133/http://www.bromley.gov.uk/info/200073/parks_and_open_spaces/780/about_crystal_palace_park/2 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> From 15 September 2023 responsibility for the park's management has been handed to the Crystal Palace Park Trust.<ref name="CPP Trust">{{cite web|title=Historic Handover |url=https://www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/historic-handover |work=Crystal Palace Park Trust Website |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref> [[Crystal Palace railway station]] is located by the park, as is the [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre|National Sports Centre]]. The park was formerly used for sports such as cricket, football and motor racing,<ref name="standardMotorRacing">{{cite news|last=Williams|first=David|title=Motor to the Palace for action-packed vintage racing|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/motor-to-the-palace-for-actionpacked-vintage-racing-8621170.html|access-date=29 May 2013|newspaper=London Evening Standard|date=17 May 2013}}</ref> and has been a venue for concerts often performed at the site of the [[Crystal Palace Park Concert Platform]].<ref name="CrystalPalParkGardenParties">{{cite web|title=The 70s Crystal Palace Garden Parties|url=http://mishmashvintage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/70s-crystal-palace-garden-parties.html|work=Mish Mash Vintage Website|date=27 March 2012 |publisher=Mish Mash Vintage|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> In recent years the park has played host to organised music events such as [[Wireless Festival]] and [[South Facing Festival]]. It is also home to the famous [[Crystal Palace Dinosaurs|Crystal Palace Dinosaur]] sculptures.

The park is situated halfway along [[Norwood Ridge]] at one of its highest points. This ridge offers views northwards to central London, east to the [[Queen Elizabeth II Bridge]] and [[Greenwich]], and southward to [[Croydon]] and the [[North Downs]]. It is also one of the starting points for the [[South East London Green Chain|Green Chain Walk]], linking to places such as [[Chislehurst]], [[Erith]], the [[Thames Barrier]] and [[Thamesmead]]. Section 3 of the [[Capital Ring]] walk round London goes through the park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walklondon.org.uk/uploads/File/leaflets/cr3directions(1)_31052010140549.pdf |title=Capital Ring, Section 3, Grove Park to Crystal Palace |work=Walk London |date=April 2010 |access-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927144423/http://www.walklondon.org.uk/uploads/File/leaflets/cr3directions%281%29_31052010140549.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:Entrance to Westow Park, Crystal Palace.JPG|thumb|alt=Photograph of an external wall and a gate at the boundary of Westow Park.|left|Entrance to Westow Park, Crystal Palace.]]

===Westow Park===
A smaller park occupying {{convert|2.73|ha|acre}}<ref name="CroydonCouncilWestow">{{cite web|title=Westow Park |url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/westow/ |work=Croydon Council Website |publisher=Croydon Council |access-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627115719/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/westow/ |archive-date=27 June 2013 }}</ref> is to the southwest of the triangle on Church Road. Westow Park hosts the annual Crystal Palace Overground festival, a free community festival held over four days in the summer.<ref name="BromleyTimesOverGround">{{cite news|last=Fowler|first=Joshua|title=Crystal Palace Overground Festival announces Acorn Group sponsorship|url=http://www.bromleytimes.co.uk/news/crystal_palace_overground_festival_announces_acorn_group_sponsorship_1_2202797|access-date=17 June 2013|newspaper=Bromley Times|date=20 May 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Stambourne Woodland Walk, Crystal Palace.JPG|thumb|alt=Image of trees within a wooded area.|View of Stambourne Woodland Walk.]]

===Stambourne Woods===
To the south of the triangle is a small area of woodland occupying {{convert|1.92|ha|acre}}, containing the Stambourne Woodland Walk. It was opened in 1984 and covers an area between developments on Stambourne Way and Fox Hill. The land originally formed the gardens of Victorian villas built on the hill overlooking Croydon, but fell into disrepair. In 1962, the Croydon Council approved terms for buying the land from the [[Church Commissioners]] and other local freeholders, allowing the construction of a link. Paths and benches were installed but much of the vegetation was left undisturbed, creating a woodland pathway.<ref name="CroydonStambourne">{{cite web|title=Stambourne Woodland Walk History |url=http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/stambourne/swwhistory |work=Croydon Council Website |publisher=Croydon Council |access-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712183655/http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/stambourne/swwhistory |archive-date=12 July 2013 }}</ref>

===Saint Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church===
At 69 Westow Street is an ornate [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox Church]] which serves the Greek Cypriot and Orthodox community in the surrounding area. Built in 1878, and formerly an Anglican church (St. Andrew's), the walls are now dressed in ornate [[Byzantine art|Byzantine-style art]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=141 |title=Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011060300/http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=141 |archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Constantine and Helen, SE19.jpg|thumb|Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Constantine and Helen, SE19]]