Norwood Park (Nottingham)
Norwood Park may refer to: In England: *Norwood Park (London) In the United States: *Norwood Park, Chicago, Illinois, a neighborhood ** Norwood Park (Metra) * Norwood Park, Asheville, NC See also *Norwood Green in the London Borough of Ealing *Norwood Green, West Yorkshire *South Norwood Country Park *South Norwood Lake and Grounds *South Norwood Leisure Centre *South Norwood Recreation Ground *West Norwood Cemetery *Norwood (other) Norwood may refer to: Places Australia * Norwood, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide ** Norwood Football Club, an Australian rules football club *Electoral district of Norwood, a state electoral district in South Australia * Norwood, Tasma ...

Norwood Park (London)
Norwood Park is a park located in West Norwood. The park is bordered by Elder Road, Central Hill and Salter's Hill in South East London. The park is jointly managed by Lambeth Council and the community group Friends of Norwood Park. The park is not fenced and is fully accessible to the public at all times. Location Norwood park is situated on one of the highest points in Lambeth and commands views across Dulwich to the City and Central London away. One of the highest points in London is less than a mile away at Westow Hill, at above sea-level. On a clear day, famous sights can be seen from the park such as St Paul's Cathedral, the London Eye and the Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe. The fifth tallest structure in London, Crystal Palace transmitting station, is about a mile away and clearly viewable from the park. The park is hilly as it joins with Central Hill and Salter's Hill, and during periods of snow provides a good location for downhill sledging ...
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Norwood Park, Chicago
Norwood Park is one of the 77 Chicago community areas. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Big Oaks, Norwood Park East, Norwood Park West, Old Norwood Park, Oriole Park, and Union Ridge. The community area contains the oldest extant building in Chicago, the Noble–Seymour–Crippen House, built in 1833 and greatly expanded in 1868. Organized in 1873 as a township from the adjacent townships of Jefferson, Leyden, Niles, and Maine, and named after Henry Ward Beecher's 1868 novel ''Norwood, or Village Life in New England'' (With the "Park" added to account for another post office in Illinois with the Norwood name), Norwood Park was incorporated as a village in 1874 and annexed to Chicago on November 7, 1893. Every Memorial Day since 1922 there has been a parade that runs through Norwood Park. William Howard Taft High School, best known as the inspiration for the musical '' Grease'', was completed in 1939 with major additions made in 1959 and 1974. History The first ...
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Norwood Park (Metra)
Norwood Park station is a historic commuter railroad station along the Union Pacific Northwest Line in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is officially located on 6088 North Northwest Highway, but also runs parallel to Avondale Avenue near Raven Street. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Norwood Park is in zone C. , Norwood Park is the 131st busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 365 weekday boardings. As of April 3, 2023, Norwood Park is served by 50 trains (25 in each direction) on weekdays, by 31 trains (16 inbound, 15 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 19 trains (nine inbound, 10 outbound) on Sundays. Norwood Park station was originally built as the "Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot" in 1907. As shown on Metra's official website, the station house looks like a private residential home. In fact, the station itself is privately owned, which is one reason it opens at 5:00 A.M. and has no specific closing time. The Norwood Park C ...
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Norwood Park, Asheville, NC
Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous city. According to the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 94,589, up from 83,393 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area, which had a population of 424,858 in 2010, and of 469,015 in 2020. History Origins Before the arrival of the Europeans, the land where Asheville now exists lay within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, which had homelands in modern western North and South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. A town at the site of the river confluence was recorded as ''Guaxule'' by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto during his 1540 expedition through this area. His expedition comprised the first European visitors, who carried endemic Eurasian ...
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