Crystal Palace Park, London
The Crystal Palace Park is a 200 acre pleasure park that surrounded that Crystal Palace before it burned down.
The Crystal Palace Park is a 200 acre pleasure park that surrounded that Crystal Palace before it burned down. There is a wide range of things to see and do, including dinosaur replicas, hedge maze, a boating lake, fishing, an athletics stadium, Olympic-sized pool and an open air concert bowl by a lake among other things. Full size Victorian concrete and cast iron dinosaurs in the geological landscape around the tidal lake are the highlight of the park.
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Crystal Palace Park and Nearby Sights on Map
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