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Crystal Palace Park Visitor Centre

4 locals recommend,

Tips from locals

Jessica
May 15, 2018
Perfect for couples, solo travellers and families! Plenty to do! There is the sports facilities used for the Olympics, Victorian dinosaurs, petting zoo and lake with pedalo’s not to mention surrounding beauty!
Enver
April 11, 2019
Children going through the dinosaur phase always enjoy a visit to 'the monsters' - five dinosaur sculptures that lurk among the trees around the lake. The remains of a Victorian pre-historic theme park created on the site by Benjamin Waterhouse-Hawkins, the dinosaurs were restored in 2003. OPEN Mon-Fri 7.30am-9.30pm, Sat-Sun 9am-9.30pm
John & Lisa
May 30, 2018
Crystal Palace Park is a bit of an unpolished gem. Once home to the famous palace, it’s ridden with its ruins, rolling green hills, a few fishing lakes, cafés, a cool maze and petting farm for the kids and one hideous transmitter, affectionately dubbed ‘la tour de Crystal Palace’ by locals. From vintage car shows to gigs, funfairs to dreamy firework displays, there's always lots going on in the park, so always be on the lookout for the next quirky shindig. If you only see one thing though, make sure it’s the dinos. These celebrity statues, designed by Sir Richard Owen (the bloke who gave the deadly beasts their name), were the first of their kind in the world, and even predate Darwin’s publi
Crystal Palace Park is a bit of an unpolished gem. Once home to the famous palace, it’s ridden with its ruins, rolling green hills, a few fishing lakes, cafés, a cool maze and petting farm for the kids and one hideous transmitter, affectionately dubbed ‘la tour de Crystal Palace’ by locals. From vin…

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