page_title: Anerley
section_title: Anerley Gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Anerley / History / Anerley Gardens
caption_attribution_description: English: Anerley Road, Anerley 1900
context_page_description: Anerley is an area of south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley and the historic county of Surrey. It is located 7 miles south south-east of Charing Cross, to the east of Crystal Palace/Upper Norwood, south of Penge, west of Elmers End and north of South Norwood.
context_section_description: Anerley Gardens opened in 1841, and provided entertainment to the growing 19th century leisure industry. With the new medium of rail travel and boasting its own station, Anerley become a desirable social venue, with regular dances, a boating lake, the Anerley Hotel (now the site of the Anerley Arms), Swiss cottage and a Maze. The Gardens closed in 1868, due to competition from the nearby Crystal Palace.
caption: Anerley Station Road in 1900, Anerley Railway station can be seen on the left, Anerley Arms can be seen on the extreme left, and the buildings on the right are still there to this day.
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