Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. Approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at , offering views over the capital. The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three postal districts, although there is a Crystal Palace electoral ward and Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. It is contiguous with Anerley, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy
London in film involved in achieving this, the feat was repeated for the horror film "28 Days Later" in 2002, which begins with the hero waking from a coma and wandering across a deserted Westminster Bridge. Another nuclear threat was explored in "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961) which has many notable scenes in London, including the Thames running dry. It also includes a lot of scenes inside the old Express Building on Fleet Street and Arthur Christiansen, the recently retired editor of the "Daily Express", effectively plays himself. Both "Things to Come" (1936) and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005)