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Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England, which is the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international football, as well as games for the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Selhurst Road is a main road between South Norwood and Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon, south London. It forms part of the A213 road which is a major A Road connecting both Sydenham and Croydon .
Selhurst is an area in the London Borough of Croydon, England, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) south-east of Charing Cross. Historically in Surrey , the area is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woodside .
Heavers Meadow is a meadow located in Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon. South Norwood Recreation Ground is on the other side of the road. The meadow covers an area of 8 3 ⁄ 4 acres (3.34 hectares). [ 1 ]
Crystal Palace are based further south in the suburb of Selhurst, their stadium Selhurst Park being six miles from The Den and eight from The Valley. AFC Wimbledon are located at Plough Lane in Merton , South West London, which is five miles west of Selhurst Park, eight from The Den, and seven and a half from The Valley.
A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the Brighton Main Line between South Croydon and Selhurst / Forest Hill, as well as surrounding lines. The Balham Hill and East Croydon line was constructed by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) as a short-cut on the Brighton Main Line to London Victoria, avoiding Crystal Palace and Norwood Junction.
Stadium: Selhurst Park; Capacity: 25,486 [7] Current stadium status: Reconstructed. In January 2011, Crystal Palace announced plans to move from their run-down Selhurst Park home to return to the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre (on the site of the original ground the club left in 1915, a stadium that also hosted the FA Cup final from 1895 ...
The park was officially renamed as Park Hill in 1964. [1] At the southern end, at the very top of the hill which forms the park, it joins the grounds of Coombe Cliff once the home of members of the Horniman Tea family. [1] From there a steep drive winds down to Coombe Road where a footpath leads to South Croydon railway station for National Rail.