Welcome to London x London’s Crystal Palace Guide: your guide to the best bars, restaurants and things to do in this South London neighbourhood.
Crystal Palace sits at the point where the modern boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark meet, close to Sydenham, Dulwich and Upper Norwood.
Sitting on the ancient boundary between Surrey and Kent, this leafy South London neighbourhood takes its name from a palace that no longer exists.
The Crystal Palace itself burned down in the 1930s, but the park that hosted it, and the model dinosaurs within it, are still very much here.
That same palace hosted the Great Exhibition of 1851, a genuinely monumental moment for London, and lives on today in the name of the area’s football club. History aside, it’s the great pubs and thriving vintage clothing scene that draw most people to Crystal Palace now.
Leafy South London, historic park, strong vintage scene
