 Location Map: | View Location Map |
 Seating Plan: | View Seating Plan  |
 Tube Station: | Victoria Station |
 Parking: | Take the train from London Bridge or Victoria station to Crystal Palace station. On exiting the station turn right, Crystal Palace is less than 5 minutes walk from the station. |
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 Steps: | Monday to Friday 8.00am to 10.00pm Saturday and Sunday 8.00am to 6.00pm |
 Air Conditioning: | No |
 Owner: | Greenwich Leisure Limited |
The National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics track. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.
It was one of the five National Sports Centres, run on behalf of Sport England, but responsibility has been transferred to the London Development Agency and is managed by Greenwich Leisure Limited.
The athletics stadium has a capacity of 15,500, which can be increased up to 24,000 with temporary seating. It has hosted international athletics meetings and is the home of an annual event on the athletics Grand Prix circuit. The complex also hosts a 50 m swimming pool. However both the athletics stadium and the aquatics centre will be superseded as London's main facilities for their sports by the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre which will be constructed in Stratford in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
