Bringing the twinkle back to the Crystal Palace Triangle

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Who is Light Up The Palace?

Light Up The Palace is a grass roots movement turned Community Interest Company (CIC) founded by a passionate crew of Crystal Palace locals in 2023. Our mission? To sprinkle some serious festive magic across the Triangle - from dazzling Christmas lights to our iconic, sparkle-packed town centre tree.

We are powered by an unstoppable team of volunteers and backed by the incredible generosity of local traders, sponsors, and residents. Thanks to our very first crowdfunder, we lit up the area with 36 lamppost motifs - now proudly glowing all around the Triangle each festive season. Huge shoutout to Croydon Council for storing, testing, installing and taking them down each year - free of charge!

But we're not just about Christmas. We are also here to uplift and restore our neighbourhood through community and heritage projects. In 2025, we have worked hard to restore the beautiful Victorian wrought iron railings around the historic Church Road toilets - a key gathering point for our celebrations, now powered by its very own community energy source.

Everything we do is fuelled by creative fundraising, local pride, and the belief that when we come together, we make magic happen. From residents and traders to local businesses and big-hearted sponsors - this is a community-powered celebration.

Want to get involved? If you're buzzing with festive spirit and want to be part of something special - whether that's volunteering, fundraising, or spreading the world - we'd love to hear from you!

hello@lightupthepalace.org

Christmas tree next to the beautiful Victorian iron railings on Chruch Road in Crystal Palace

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Crowdfunding campaign 2025

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With your help, our 2025 fundraiser will add a beautiful new Christmas tree and festive switch-on events in the town centre area.

Money raised will pay to power all our festive lights around the Triangle, including tree and lamp post motifs, and also cover the restoration work for the beautiful historic iron railings on Church Road.

Keep your eyes peeled for more festive surprises - we'll be sharing all the details very soon!

Click here for our Crowdfunder webpage

Here's what we do

Christmas lights for the Triangle

After a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2023, we purchased and mounted 36 lamppost motifs in our town centre. Powering the lights and making repairs is funded by donations from the community so that we can light up our streets right through the festive period.

Community Christmas tree

Set inside the Victorian iron railings on Church Road, our festive tree and celebrations get bigger and better each year. We rely donations from our amazing sponsors and community to ensure that we have the best baubles in town!

Supporting local traders

Festive initiatives including our famous treasure hunt, Santa's Lost Presents, help focus attention on our brilliant shops and businesses at this busy time of year. Encouraging the community to shop local keeps our Triangle vibrant and strong.

Festive celebrations and events

Every Christmas we love to accompany our festivities and launch events with music from local choirs and musicians. The more we raise, the greater the opportunities to extend events and come up with new ideas.

Victorian wrought iron railings restoration project

The 19th century toilets on Church Road are having their ornate railings fully restored using funds you have donated.
It all helps to preserve a special piece of our local heritage for generations to come. Importantly, this is where we house our magnificent Christmas tree - look out for the switch-on event on 29th Nov.

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Upcoming events

Triangle Lamppost Lights
Switch-On and Treasure Hunt
at Westow House

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Thursday 27 November at 18.00-19.00

Music: 18.00 / Switch-on count down: 18.30

Enjoy the countdown to the big switch-on with live music from our local brass band and choir. Take part in our much-loved treasure hunt around the Triangle - track down Santa's Lost Presents to be entered into our prize draw.

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Christmas Tree Switch-On Extravaganza at the historic Church Road railings

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Saturday 29 November at 16.00-18.30
Choir: 17.15 / Switch-on at 17.45

Grab a cup of mulled wine, soak up the festive tunes from Crystal Palace Band and the Welcome Choir, and join us as Father Christmas swoops in to light up our spectacular 2025 community tree.