A visit to the Crystal Palace Museum

One of the few surviving buildings from the magnificent Crystal Palace is today a museum that's open one day a week to visit.

Crystal Palace’s radio control racing track under threat of closure

Right in the centre of Crystal Palace park is one of London's only two dedicated race tracks for radio-controlled cars, but it might not be there for much longer.

Step back in time: Explore Crystal Palace’s Victorian Beasts with these new 3D scans

You can now see the Crystal Palace's Victorian beasts in full 3D on your computer, after a project to scan them for restoration work also enabled a website to recreate the beasts online.

Lost Victorian animal returns to Crystal Palace’s dinosaurs

A sculpture of an extinct animal that was created to go among the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs but vanished in the 1960s has been restored.

Restoration of the Crystal Palace Subway has started

After long years of planning and fundraising, the restoration of the remarkable Crystal Palace subway has started this week.

Crystal Palace’s Victorian subway gets approval for restoration

Plans to restore the grade II* listed subway at the top of Crystal Palace has been given approval by Bromley Council, allowing the restoration works to start later this year.

Winter lights displays for 2021

Away from the high streets with their Christmas lights, there are the large parks that fill their gardens and trees with winter lighting displays.

Could the pantograph make a return to London’s buses?

A trial of a new electric bus in South London could see the pantograph return to London's buses, some 60 years after the last Trolleybus ran in London.

60th anniversary restoration for the Crystal Palace Bowl

A run-down open-air stage in the middle of Crystal Palace that was popular between the 1960s and 90s is about to be restored to a working performance space again.

Crystal Palace gets a Dinosaur bridge

Crystal Palace's famous concrete dinosaurs are free to roam around, as a bridge has been installed to their isolated island in a lake.

Dino t-shirts to support the Crystal Palace dinosaurs

If you fancy wearing a t-shirt with a dinosaur on it, then a fund-raiser for the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs has come to your rescue.

Restoration of the Crystal Palace Subway gets under way

After years of fundraising work, condition survey work to support the restoration of the astonishing Crystal Palace Subway has now started following the award of a contract to the heritage conservation architects Thomas Ford and Partners.

Restoring the Crystal Palace Bowl

A run-down open-air stage in the middle of Crystal Palace is seeking to be restored once more.

Crystal Palace dinosaur damaged by vandals

The face of one of Crystal Palace's famous concrete dinosaurs has been smashed by vandals.

Take a virtual tour around the Great Exhibition of 1851

A virtual tour has been released to while away the lockdown hours that lets you wander around the Hyde Park’s Crystal Palace -- home to the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Restoration of the Crystal Palace subway moves forward

Plans to restore the amazing subway underneath part of the Crystal Palace has been given a boost by the local council.

Crystal Palace dinosaurs supported by top hat from Guns N’ Roses Slash

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs are fundraising for a new bridge, and one of the items donated to them is a top hat, from Slash, the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses.

Big step forward for a bridge to the Crystal Palace dinosaurs

Plans for a bridge to the island housing Crystal Palace's dinosaurs have taken a step forward following a pledge of £30,000 from the Mayor of London.

Tickets Alert: Crystal Palace’s Concocted Concrete Cretaceous Creations

Next weekend there will be a chance to get up close and personal with the Crystal Palace's infamous concrete dinosaurs.

Unbuilt London: Croydon trams extension to Crystal Palace

The South London trams snake around the region offering a convenient east-west link, but once could have also been extended to just outside the former Crystal Palace.

The Victorian supper inside a dinosaur

On 31st December 1853, a group of distinguished Victorian gentlemen celebrated the new year, by dining within the carcass of a dinosaur.

Get up close and personal with the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

There's a chance to go beyond the barrier and onto Dinosaur Island in Crystal Palace and get up close to the famous stone monsters.

Tickets Alert: A film about the Crystal Palace subway

Hidden under the main road outside the Crystal Palace is a marvel of Victorian engineering, and now a film has been made about the people who have used it.

Builders discover the original “spend a penny” toilet

The remains of a 165-year-old toilet from the Great Exhibition which helped coin the phrase 'spend a penny' have been uncovered in London's Hyde Park.