Anerley

Worth seeing in and around Anerley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Selhurst Park

   Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace.

   2.2 km · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dulwich Picture Gallery

   Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, south London, and the oldest public art gallery in England. Opened in 1817 to a design by Regency architect Sir John Soane, it became a landmark in museum architecture through its innovative use of natural light.

   3.7 km · art gallery in Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology

   The London School for Performing Arts & Technology, more commonly referred to as The BRIT School, is a secondary school in Selhurst, Croydon, England, specializing in the performing and creative arts. The school is free-to-attend.

   3.2 km · city technology college in Croydon, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Horniman Museum and Gardens

   The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a museum in Forest Hill, London, England. Commissioned in 1898, it opened in 1901 and was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend in the Modern Style.

   2.9 km · museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

   The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.

   300 m · 1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

   The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and outdoor athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, 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.

   500 m · National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   West Norwood Cemetery

   West Norwood Cemetery is a 40-acre rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery.

   3 km · cemetery in West Norwood in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Crystal Palace transmitting station

   The Crystal Palace transmitting station, officially known as Arqiva Crystal Palace, is a broadcasting and telecommunications site in the Crystal Palace area of the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located on the site of the former television station and transmitter operated by John Logie Baird from 1933.

   1.2 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Spurgeon's College

   Spurgeon's College was an evangelical Baptist theological college in South Norwood, London, England. It was affiliated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

   1.6 km · Baptist theological college in London · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Beckenham Place Park

    Beckenham Place Park is a large park located near Beckenham in the London Borough of Lewisham. It lies close to the border with the London Borough of Bromley, and was formerly divided between the two boroughs.

    3.3 km · park in London Borough of Lewisham, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Anerley

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 28 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 31 km · London Luton (LTN), 55 km

Stations

Crystal Palace railway station, 500 m · Penge West railway station, 600 m · Forest Hill railway station, 2.9 km · Norwood Junction railway station, 2 km · Sydenham railway station, 1.6 km

• Luton, Luton → Anerley

  58 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £7–9
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• London, Essex → Anerley

  12 km · quickest by road, 55 min · £1.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Anerley

  9 km · quickest by road, 29 min · £1
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