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Central steps

Crystal Palace, London, England

Central steps

7
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Length0.8 mi
Est. Steps1500
Introduction
Central steps is a 0.8 mile (1,500-step) route located near Crystal Palace, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 0 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

The Crystal Palace

Place
The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass structure originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May until 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world gathered in its 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) exhibition space to display examples of technology developed in the Industrial Revolution.

Crystal Palace transmitting station

Building
The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England (grid reference TQ339712). It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter, operated by John Logie Baird, from 1933.

Crystal Palace, London

Place
Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. Approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at 367 feet (112 m), offering views over the capital.

Crystal Palace Park

Place
Crystal Palace Park is a Victorian pleasure ground, used for cultural and sporting events. It is located in the south-east London suburb of Crystal Palace, which was in turn named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building, which had been moved from Hyde Park, London after the 1851 Great Exhibition and rebuilt with some modifications and enlargements to form the centrepiece of the pleasure ground, before being destroyed by fire in 1936.

Crystal Palace School

Place
Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature, which opened in 1854, was set up by the Crystal Palace Company as a new enterprise to occupy part of its buildings when it re-erected the Crystal Palace in suburban Sydenham in 1853. Civil engineer and later first director of the Royal College of Music, George Grove was appointed secretary.

Norwood Ridge

Place
The Norwood Ridge is a 10-square-mile (26 km2) rectangular upland which occupies the geographical centre of South London, centred 5 miles (8 km) south of London Bridge. Beneath its topsoil it is a ridge of London Clay that is capped on all sides (including as isolated knolls in the north) with remaining natural gravel deposits mixed with some sandy soil, which in the South Thames basin is a material known as the Claygate Beds.

Sphinx

Tourist Attraction

Upper Terrace

Tourist Attraction

Headless Statue

Tourist Attraction

Grand Centre Walk

Tourist Attraction
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Route Details

Length

0.8 mi

Est. Steps

1500
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