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Previous Events

Walk: Architecture Spawned by the arrival of the Crystal Palace in Upper Norwood ,

Local historian Stephen Oxford will explore how the arrival of the Crystal Palace gave birth to hotels and Crystal Palace High Level Station.

Talk: a Victorian Hero - by Julie Chandler

Colonel Frederick Burnaby was the strongest man in the British Army and an adventurer, maverick and all-round good guy.

Walk: The Gentrification of Upper Norwood Initiated by the Arrival of the Crystal Palace ,

Local historian Stephen Oxford will explore how the Crystal Palace affected land use and values including hotels, public houses and housing.

Upper Norwood Recreation Ground Summer Community Party

The Summer Community Party celebrates 133 years of the Rec which was officially opened in 1890 by the Mayor of Croydon to preserve land for recreational use.

Free 'makers' workship in West Norwood Cemetery - part of the London Festival of Architecture

11am-3.30pm
A FREE 'makers' workshop as part of the 2023 London Festival of Architecture.
Click on the headline for more info on how to take part ...

Walk: The First Crystal Palace FC

Journalist and author Gordon Law will lead a walk in Anerley and Penge to tell the story of the original Crystal Palace Football Club. Meet at The Thicket, 75 Anerley Road SE20 8DQ

El Swing with Orquesta Mambarito Live

¡Oye Salseros! London’s salsa sensation Orquesta Mambarito sets the dancefloor alight!

Lambeth Country Show

and Sunday, June 11, 2023

Free entry.

GREAT BIG KISS

Club night playing Motown, northern soul, and 60s girl groups, all on vinyl.

When: Friday 9 June 2023; 7:00pm-12midnight

Walk: Belvedere Road and the Cintra Park Estate

and Saturday, June 10, 2023