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Betts Park, Anerley Road, Penge SE20

The main entrance is in Anerley Road. There are other entrances in Seymour Villas, Croydon Road and Betts Way.

Facilities:
● Children’s play area with equipment
● Football pitch
● Ball court
● Goal posts
● Skateboard area

Burham Close Playground, Burham Close, Penge SE20

This small local open space has a children’s play area with equipment. The entrance is in Frant Close.

Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road, Penge SE20

The largest of all Bromley’s parks was once the home to the famous Crystal Palace erected in 1854 and tragically burnt down in 1936. This is a large undulating site with terraces and hills mixed with wood and open grassland.
There are entrances in Ledrington Road, Thicket Road and Crystal Palace Park Road.

Facilities:
● Café – situated by the main car park at the Thicket Road entrance
● Children’s play area with equipment
● Concert platform
● Dinosaur area
● Maze (open all year and admission free)
● Toilets – several throughout the park

Car Parking:
● Ledrington Road (off Anerley Hill) – the nearest for the National Sports Centre and the remains of the Crystal Palace terraces.
● Thicket Road (off Crystal Palace Park Road) is the nearest to the Children’s play area and the café.
● Crystal Palace Park Road (opposite Sydenham Avenue).

Lullington Road Open Space, Lullington Road, Anerley SE20

This is a small, local open space.

Palace Square Open Space, Palace Square, Penge SE20

This is a small local children’s playground with equipment and a goal post.
Penge Recreation Ground, High Street, Penge SE20
A medium-sized urban park.

Facilities:
● Basketball court (hard)
● Children’s play area with equipment
● Football pitch (hard)
● Goal posts
● Kick about area

Royston Field, Franklin Road, Penge SE20

A medium-sized, grassed open space.

Facilities:
● Basketball court
● Goal posts

Waterman’s Square, Avington Grove, Penge SE20

This small town open space fronts the historic watermen and lightermen’s alms houses.

William Booth Open Space, William Booth Road, Penge SE20

A small local, enclosed green area, also known as Rock Hills Play Area. There are goal posts for five-a-side football.

Winsford Gardens Open Space, Croydon Road, Penge SE20
Former small garden to a House of the same name – many horticultural features.