Alexandra Park & Palace

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  • Address
    Alexandra Palace Way, Muswell Hill, N22 7AY
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    8365 2121
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    rail: Alexandra Palace

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Built in 1873 as north London's answer to Crystal Palace, Alexandra Palace suffered the ignoble fate of burning to the ground only 16 days after opening. Today 'Ally Pally', as it is affectionately known, is largely a multipurpose conference and exhibition centre that also has an indoor ice-skating rink, the panoramic Phoenix Bar & Beer Garden and funfairs in summer.

It housed German POWs during WWI and in 1936 the world's first television transmission - a variety show called Here's Looking at You - took place here. The palace burned down again in 1980 but was rebuilt one mo' time and opened in 1988.

The park in which it stands sprawls over some 88 hectares consisting of public gardens, a nature conservation area, a deer park and various sporting facilities including a boating lake, pitch-and-putt golf course and skate park.