Dulwich Upper Wood

After the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park closed, the building was moved and re-erected on Penge Common, adjoining the wood.

The area was rapidly developed, becoming known as Crystal Palace, and what is now the wood became the gardens of large houses.

After the Crystal Palace burnt down in 1936 the area declined, and the houses were eventually demolished, while the gardens became overgrown.

[1] There are over 200 species of fungus, and plants include wood anemones, bluebells, ramsons and yellow pimpernels.

[2] There is access in two places on Farquhar Road, one opposite Dulwich Wood Avenue.