We ask the people of south London where the best spots are to watch the meteor shower expected to happen this week.
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00:00So I think the best place to watch the meteor shower in London would be Crystal Palace Park
00:05or if you have a big park near you. I say this because when we had the Northern Lights
00:11I missed them because there was quite a lot of light pollution where I was so I thought
00:16we couldn't see them but then I saw a load of photos of people who'd seen them in Crystal
00:20Palace Park by the big structure that's there like the big TV mast or whatever it is. So yeah
00:27I would say head to somewhere where there's a lot of green space. Brockwell Park I've got a friend
00:32who's over from Paris who's staying with his family at my place at the moment and we used
00:37to go into Brockwell Park. We both lived in Brixton and we go into Brockwell Park and sit
00:41on a particular bench when there were the Perseids or shooting stars or whatever. Unfortunately he's
00:46like me he's a terrible talker so we talked all the time and apparently there were 150
00:52Perseids and shooting stars but we kept missing them and then laughing. I think Crystal
00:57Palace Park would be quite good if you've got a good view and it's on a hill. Also if you go
01:02towards Forest Hill the Horniman Gardens area you've got really nice views from up there.
01:07I suppose if you're up to North London you've got Hampstead Heath, places like that. Yeah if I
01:14was in North London I'd probably head to Hampstead Heath, somewhere on a hill and
01:21yeah or the equivalent wherever you are. Yeah Brockwell Park in the middle, no one goes in
01:26Brockwell Park and sometimes you have to now climb over the gates to get in but it's worth it because
01:30it's such a beautiful park. I play a lot of Call of Duty and I know that for the best viewpoint you
01:36need to get high ground so I say get somewhere high if you can get into Big Ben or access to
01:40anywhere high like that or if you live in a high balcony yeah just take advantage of it and enjoy
01:44the meteor showers you know what I mean. Have a drink, get me, have a cheeky smoke and enjoy yourself. Simple.