Open House Festival

Crystal Palace Park Dinosaurs – a tour with a London Blue Badge Tourist Guide

walk/tour

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1853

Crystal Palace Overground station, Crystal Palace Overground station

Explore the world's first dinosaur models hidden in a south London park. The 30 Grade I listed, life-size statues of dinosaurs and other extinct animals at Crystal Palace Park have thrilled visitors for 166 years. Tour is kids friendly.

Getting there

Train

Crystal Palace, Penge West, Penge East

Bus

249

Additional travel info

Meeting point is Crystal Palace Overground/National Rail station

Access

Facilities

Accessibility notes

The entire walk is step-free and family-friendly

What you can expect

The first part of the tour from the Overground Station is a 5-minute walk downhill that is slightly steep in one place.

About

Longer description

Explore the world's first dinosaur models hidden in a south London park. The 30 Grade I listed, life-size statues of dinosaurs and other extinct animals at Crystal Palace Park that have thrilled visitors for 166 years. However, they are now in danger and have recently been added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.

Led by Aaron Hunter who is an academic and palaeontologist.

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