The horrific collision in the grounds of the Crystal Palace is where Mrs Bridget Driscoll of Croydon was knocked down by a motor car and killed on 17th Aug 1896. She was sadly the first pedestrian motoring fatality in the world. The new motor manufacturers defended rigorously the case, and persuaded the jury that it … More World’s first road death at Crystal Palace
There are LOTS of ways to be a local Street Champion! Most councils will support you or local groups with litter pickers, bags, hoops, brooms, gloves etc. With five boroughs all meeting at Crystal Palace, it can be tricky to know where to start! Many local groups already have shared equipment to help too. Street … More Be a Street Champion
11th November 2018 The day the Crystal Palace community and traffic just stood still at the 11th Hour on the 11th Day, of the 11th Month 1918-2018. A day for sadness and compassion, where the few stood still for the many. For those who served in two Great Wars, for those who did not return, … More Crystal Palace Remembrance Day Service 1918-2018
Reporting Highway Issues With five boroughs all meeting at Crystal Palace, it can make reporting issues harder or delayed, especially with issues on boundary roads. Many issues can be managed with http://www.fixmystreet.com (Southwark, Lambeth and Bromley) that automates logging of issues. Some boroughs use their own dedicated “apps” too for use on mobiles eg. Croydon … More Highway Information in and Around Crystal Palace
Re-imagine the everyday experience of crossing a road, and make them safer! Popping up over Croydon and London, “street art” is taking on a new form… Selhurst school paints crossing to raise safety awareness (Groydon Guardian)… And Safe Steps for Schools launch news coverage – ITV London… These painted crossings are not restricted for … More Safer Crossings – Proud and Colourful!
Five boroughs meet at Crystal Palace, and due to funding priorities changes, in 2010 our cross border automatic air pollution episode monitoring station was closed down on the Parade. This means the public in this area of London have more limited pollution episode alerts based more on modeling forecasts. This also means we have less accurate hot … More Air Pollution at Crystal Palace
Thames Water agrees, Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood has “above average levels of burst frequency when compared with other areas of South London”, as well as having many issues from low pressure, and times of no water. This is partly from our historic old pipe work, limited pipe replacement planning, but also as we have TWO huge water … More Thames Water & Crystal Palace
Amazing… we did it! Huge thank you to students from Capel Manor College (based in Crystal Palace Park) and hugely supportive Overground Crystal Palace Station team for inspiration and help… and creating the best healthy engineering and fabulous flowering tubs for outside the station! All the adult students were from the short Capel Manor College … More Overground in Bloom at Crystal Palace!
Crystal Palace is a place where… Five London Boroughs meet (Croydon, Bromley, Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham) Five Local Authority Wards that all meet (with a total of 12 Councillors), Three separate Parliamentary constituency boundaries (for our 3 MPs) all meeting at one corner of the Triangle, Four GLA London Assembly Members meet too Map of Wards around Crystal … More Crystal Palace – Find Your Elected Representative
Would you like to help with a new Friends of group for Gipsy Hill and its station, with potential for some kind of community ‘station adoption’. Some of the ideas being suggested already to take forward… Station garden clean up! Community piano for Gipsy Hill Community noticeboard for the station Planting and greening projects There … More Friends of Gipsy Hill
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