West Norwood
West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross.
West Norwood is a largely residential area of south London within the London Borough of Lambeth, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross. The centre of West Norwood sits in a bowl surrounded by hillsides on its east, west and south sides. From many parts of the area, distant views can be seen, of places such as the City of London, Canary Wharf and Crystal Palace.
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Worth seeing in and around West Norwood
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.
- 01Selhurst 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.
3.3 km · football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England · Wikipedia - 02Dulwich 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.
2.2 km · art gallery in Dulwich, South London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Horniman 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.
2.8 km · museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Crystal 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.
2.2 km · 1854 sculpture series in Crystal Palace Park, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Crystal 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.
2 km · National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06West 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.
700 m · cemetery in West Norwood in London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Crystal 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.
1.5 km · telecommunications site in Bromley, England · Wikipedia - 08Champion Hill
Champion Hill is a football stadium in East Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. It is the home ground of Dulwich Hamlet.
3.9 km · football stadium in East Dulwich · Wikipedia - 09Spurgeon'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.
2.4 km · Baptist theological college in London · Wikipedia - 10Brockwell Park
Brockwell Park is a 50.8-hectare park located south of Brixton, in Herne Hill and Tulse Hill in south London. It is bordered by the roads Brixton Water Lane, Norwood Road, Tulse Hill and Dulwich Road.
2.8 km · park in south London, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Norwood
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 26 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 32 km · London Luton (LTN), 53 km
- Stations
- Crystal Palace railway station, 1.9 km · Forest Hill railway station, 3.2 km · Penge West railway station, 2.6 km · Sydenham railway station, 2.8 km · Norwood Junction railway station, 3.6 km
- Luton, Luton → West Norwood54 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £6–7
- London, Essex → West Norwood8 km · quickest by road, 39 min · £1
- Birmingham, West Midlands → West Norwood169 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for West Norwood
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for West Norwood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhile the runway is usable by aircraft up to Boeing 737/Airbus A320 size, it is prohibited for airline operators to sell tickets for flights in and out of the airport, thus there are no scheduled or holiday charter flights from the airport.
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Next door to West Norwood
West Norwood is 9 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Brixtondistrict in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London, England3.7 km
- Dulwichdistrict in the London Borough of Southwark, England2.4 km
- Streathamdistrict in South London, England1.9 km
- Pengedistrict in South London UK2.4 km
- Herne Hilltown in London Borough of Lambeth, United Kingdom3 km
- Thornton Heathdistrict of South London, England3.1 km