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Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

The National Sports Centre at in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in , close to the site of the former Crystal Palace Exhibition building which had been destroyed by fire in 1936, and is on the same site as the former FA Cup Final venue which was used here between 1895 and 1914.
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  • Type: Sports venue
  • Description: National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Crystal Palace Park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crystal Palace railway station and Crystal Palace Park.

Railway station
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Crystal Palace is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, situated in the in south . is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

Park
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is a park in south-east London, Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It was laid out in the 1850s as a pleasure ground, centred around the re-location of The Crystal Palace – the largest glass building of the time – from central London to this area on the border of Kent and Surrey; the suburb that grew around the park is known by . is situated 560 feet northwest of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

Railway station
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Penge West is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in , a district of the in south . It is 7 miles 15 chains down the line from , in Travelcard Zone 4. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crystal Palace and Sydenham.

Suburb
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is an area in , named after the Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854, until it was destroyed by a fire in 1936.

Town
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is a district of south-east London, England, which is shared between the London boroughs of , and . Prior to the creation of the County of London in 1889, was located in , bordering .

Suburb
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is suburb of south east , England, within the . It is located 7 miles south south-east of , to the south of , west of , north of and east of .

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

Latitude
51.42009° or 51° 25′ 12″ north
Longitude
-0.06889° or 0° 4′ 8″ west
Brand
Better
Operator
Greenwich Leisure Limited
Open location code
9C3XCWCJ+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1364508412
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­sports_centre
Wiki­data ID
Q1142393
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Crystal Palace National Sports Centre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المركز الوطني الرياضي في كريستال بالاس”
  • Armenian: “Կրիստալ Պելաս”
  • Chinese: “水晶宮”
  • Chinese: “水晶宮國家體育中心”
  • Dutch: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • French: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • German: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Olahraga Nasional Crystal Palace”
  • Japanese: “クリスタル・パレス・ナショナル・スポーツ・センター”
  • Japanese: “クリスタルパレス・ナショナルスポーツセンター”
  • Japanese: “クリスタルパレスナショナルスポーツセンター”
  • Polish: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • Russian: “Кристал Пэлас”
  • Spanish: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • Turkish: “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”
  • Turkish: “Crystal palace ulusal spor merkezi”
  • Turkish: “Crystal Palace Ulusal Spor Merkezi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Athletics Stadium and NSC 50m pool.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Crystal Palace National Sports Centre”. Photo: Svetlopisac, CC BY-SA 4.0.