Alexandra Palace Terrace
The terrace in front of 'Ally Pally' looks out over north London and the city beyond, and the surrounding hilltop park is free to walk up.
- Viewpoint
- Price: Free
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Did you know
In November 1936 the BBC began the world's first regular public high-definition television service from the palace.
Local tip
The park is open day and night all year and free to enter, though the terrace has no published hours. Alexandra Palace railway station is closest, or walk up from Wood Green on the Piccadilly line; the W3 bus also serves the palace.
Finding it
- Address
- Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY
- Nearest station
- Alexandra Palace (National Rail), 804 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
More places nearby
- Alexandra Palace Farmers' MarketA long-running Sunday farmers' market held in the grounds of Alexandra Palace, selling local produce, bread, cheese and crafts.
- The Famous Royal OakA family-run Muswell Hill pub that looks like a flat-roofed school prefab outside but hides leather banquettes, a mahogany bar, a pool table and a garden with summer barbecues.
- Queen's WoodA 52-acre ancient oak-and-hornbeam woodland between Highgate and Muswell Hill, next to Highgate Wood, with a community cafe in a converted woodkeeper's lodge.
- Phoenix CinemaA charity-run independent cinema in East Finchley that opened in 1912 as the East Finchley Picturedrome and is one of the oldest cinemas in the UK still showing films.