The London Development Agency has an ambitious vision to revitalise Crystal Palace Park as a sustainable metropolitan park and heritage asset: creating a cultural, leisure, educational and recreational resource for the 21st Century. A Masterplan design for the 200 acre site has been developed in consultation with the local community. At its heart is a desire to reinstate the legacy of the Park, which has been lost through gradual deterioration and decay.

The overall approach of the Masterplan is to conserve, reveal and reinterpret the site’s significant heritage, whilst introducing new layers to areas which have been greatly altered, continuing the site’s tradition of innovative and exemplary design. In order to convey to the visitor the significance and values of the site, this interpretation strategy has been developed as an integral strand within the Masterplan.

The strategy looks at how the stories of the Park can be told to the visitor, utilising a range of interpretive methods, both in situ in the landscape and through a series of interpretive focal points.

The strategy has built upon the breadth of work previously undertaken on the project and has been developed in accordance with established recommendations and suggestions. All information provided is consistent with the research and findings of the other consultants.

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