Editing Crystal Palace, London (section)

===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.]]