Upper Norwood
Upper Norwood is an area of south London, England, within the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark. It is north of Croydon. The eastern part of it is better known as the Crystal Palace area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Upper Norwood Recreation Ground and Convent Wood.
Upper Norwood Recreation Ground
Park
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Norwood Recreation Ground is a park.
Convent Wood
Deciduous forest
Convent Wood is a small area of ancient woodland in the London Borough of Croydon. The wood is in the freehold of the Sisters of Our Lady of Fidelity. Some of the grounds are leased to The Ceadars School and The Laurels School.
Spa Wood
Deciduous forest
Spa Wood is an area of ancient woodland in the London Borough of Croydon that was once a part of The Great North Wood. In 2017, the London Wildlife Trust began a four-year project based around the Great North Wood, working with Croydon Council and the Friends of Spa Wood to improve the site for wildlife, as a part of The Great North Wood Project.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crystal Palace and Thornton Heath.
Crystal Palace
Suburb
Photo: Regan123, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Crystal Palace is an area in South London, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854, until it was destroyed by a fire in 1936.
Thornton Heath
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornton Heath is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon. It is around 1.5 miles north of the town of Croydon, and 7.2 miles south of Charing Cross.
Norbury
Suburb
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Norbury is an town and suburb in south London. It shares the postcode London SW16 with neighbouring Streatham. The area is mainly in the borough of Croydon, with some parts extending into the neighbouring borough of Lambeth.
Upper Norwood
- Type: Suburb with 16,100 residents
- Description: area of South London within the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon and Lambeth
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41641° or 51° 24′ 59″ northLongitude
-0.09404° or 0° 5′ 39″ westPopulation
16,100Elevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C3XCW84+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2405848798OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2635113Wikidata ID
Q123292
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Upper Norwood” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Upper Norwood”
- Chinese: “上諾伍德”
- Czech: “Upper Norwood”
- Dutch: “Upper Norwood”
- French: “Upper Norwood”
- Galician: “Upper Norwood”
- German: “Upper Norwood”
- Irish: “Upper Norwood”
- Italian: “Upper Norwood”
- Japanese: “アッパー・ノーウッド”
- Persian: “آپر نوروود”
- Russian: “Верхний Норвуд”
- Slovenian: “Upper Norwood”
- South Azerbaijani: “آپر نوروود”
- Spanish: “Upper Norwood”
- Swedish: “Upper Norwood”
- Turkish: “Upper Norwood”
- Ukrainian: “Верхній Норвуд”
- Urdu: “اپر نوروڈ”
- Welsh: “Norwood Uchaf”
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