Crystal Palace is famous for its models of dinosaurs and other beasts created in the 1850s at a time when many of them were newly discovered. The Victorians also sought to show off the economic importance of Imperial Britain by reconstructing a cliff from the Coal Measures. The strata represented, with their true thicknesses, are from near Ashover in Derbyshire. Adjacent is a three-quarters scale lead mine cave in Carboniferous Limestone.
Nearest train station: Penge East
Distance: 1.2 km (0.75 miles)
Listen to points of interest on this time trail:
- Point of Interest 1: Download an MP3 of Penge East Station
- Point of Interest 2: Download an MP3 of Geological strata
- Point of Interest 3: Download an MP3 of the islands
