Venice, Istanbul, Paris? Nope, Crystal Palace! A subterranean antechamber under the busy A212 built by those enterprising Victorians in 1851 as a subway station for the remnants from the "Great Exhibition" which were moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1865, the Disneyland of it's time the Crystal Palace and all the amusements it housed needed it's own railway terminus and this stunning brickwork was what was deemed fit for purpose. Over the years it fell into disrepair (finally closing in 1954) but has recently been renovated and reopened, must get down there one of these days and take a look!
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