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Green London: Goodbye to Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Tuesday, June 10, 2025 4:41

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I went for a walk around the dinosaur lakes at Crystal Palace park to say goodbye to them for a while. I took the photo at the top of this post as a reminder, because I will never see them looking quite like that again. That’s probably a good thing.

The entire park is undergoing much-needed and long-awaited restoration and improvement. The 15-month makeover started last month and some work has already begun. In fact, the photo below is another I took. It shows one of the statues of prehistoric creatures that looks like it’s already been repaired and had a coat of paint. I’m not sure if that grey colour is the final coat – I hope it looks a bit more characterful when I see it next.

While some of the park will stay open during the project, including a route from Crystal Palace Station to Penge Gate, footpaths around the dinosaurs and tidal lakes are closed from now to December 2025. Other parts of Crystal Palace have already been restored, including the historic subway, which I blogged about last autumn.

Crystal Palace Park has always been one of my favourite green space near where I live. I have happy memories of playing there when I was a child, I love visiting for walks, I’ve enjoyed events there, and I’ve celebrated the Summer Solstice high on the terraces a few times.

I’m now looking forward to the dinosaur lakes being reopened when the restoration is finished. I’ll be saying hello to them in their new coats of paint, and be sure to take more photos.

You can find out more about the restoration and other things happening in Crystal Palace Park here: https://www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/

Green London

I’ve been blogging regularly about London’s green spaces in an effort to dispel a prevalent myth in the pagan community that it’s just all concrete. Even in the City, which is of course heavily built up, there are still places where nature thrives, while Greater London has huge areas of woods, commons, parks and beautiful gardens.

The pictures on this post were all taken by me. Please do not use them without my permission.

Previous Green London posts

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/04/green-london-rookery-streatham-common.html
http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-plumstead-common-its.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-londons-first-botanical.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/03/green-london-japanese-gardens-in.html

http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2023/09/green-london-riverview-walk-river-pool.html

To read more posts like this visit A Bad Witch’s Blog at www.badwitch.co.uk

Source: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2025/06/green-london-goodbye-to-crystal-palace.html

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