Memorials & monuments · London
Marie Stopes
In or near Shortlands.
Marie Stopes — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
Martin Addison — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Crystal Palace · 0.5 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Marie Stopes memorial in Bromley, London, the nearest railway station is Crystal Palace, located 0.5 km away. Entry to the memorial is free. The postcode for sat-nav is SE19 2LF.
About
Marie Stopes is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2019
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Official information
Crystal Palace Museum showcases the history of the Hyde Park and Sydenham Crystal Palaces through unique images, large models, and various artifacts. The museum aims to engage visitors with the rich heritage of the area and is committed to improving accessibility in the future.
From the Wikipedia article
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain, which bore her name for much of its 100-year history. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The clinics continued to operate after Stopes's death, but by the early 1970s they were in financial difficulties and in 1975 they went into voluntary receivership. Marie Stopes International was established a year later as an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working on sexual and reproductive health. The global partnership took over responsibility for the main clinic, and in 1978 it began its work overseas in New Delhi, India. Since then the organisation has grown steadily; today it works in 37 countries (2019), has 452 clinics and has offices in London, Brussels, Melbourne and in the US. Due to Stopes's beliefs on eugenics, in 2020 the organisation changed its name to…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4176, -0.0780
- District
- Bromley
- Parish
- Bromley, unparished area
- Postcode
- SE19 2LF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Beckenham and Penge
- Nearest railway station
- Crystal Palace — 0.5 km
- Opening
- Friday and Sunday 10am–4pm
- Official site
- www.crystalpalacemuseum.org.uk
Sources
- osm: node/7944920184 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Marie Stopes (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Marie Stopes?
- Marie Stopes is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SE19 2LF), in the parish of Bromley, unparished area.
- What is Marie Stopes?
- Marie Stopes — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Marie Stopes?
- The nearest railway station is Crystal Palace, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode SE19 2LF.
- Is Marie Stopes free to visit?
- Yes, Marie Stopes is free to enter.
- How do I get to Marie Stopes?
- The nearest railway station is Crystal Palace, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SE19 2LF.