Work to repair the jaw of Crystal Palace Park’s Megalosaurus after it was damaged during lockdown is now complete. A replica prosthetic jaw has been fitted to the much-loved sculpture, one of 30 dinosaurs first unveiled in 1854. The Megalosaurus’ face was damaged following a series of trespass incidents onto Dinosaur Island in May 2020, which were investigated by police as potential heritage crimes. The damaged Megalosaurus Dr Ellinor Michel, from Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, said: Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are thrilled to see the works completed. Hundreds of individuals responded to Meg s plight which enabled us to initiate this work alongside Bromley Council and Historic England.
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Last summer, a competition was launched
finest green spaces against each other (voted for in Twitter polls) until only one remained standing. Perhaps because there was so little actual sport on, this World Cup proved to be tribal and unexpectedly gripping. There were the big beasts: Wimbledon Common with its Wombles; Greenwich Park, a world heritage site no less; and Richmond Park with its rutting stags. Also, plucky underdogs: Peckham Rye and Archbishop’s Park, with its terrifying 225-metre zip wire.
Crystal Palace Park, though, destroyed this formidable field. First-time visitors to the 200 acres of rolling parkland between Sydenham and Penge might be a little bemused by this result. Go on a Sunday and the loudest noise will not be birdsong, but the droning buzz of the radio-controlled model-car racing club, which occupies prime real estate in the centre.