List of parks and open spaces managed by the City of London Corporation

The City of London Corporation owns and maintains open space in and around Greater London. They have mainly been acquired since 1878, when two Acts of Parliament entrusted the management of Epping Forest and several other areas within a 25-mile (40 km) radius to the Corporation: these areas laid the foundation for the Green Belt in the 20th century.

Within the City

There are 150 smaller areas within the square mile of the City of London, including:

Courtyard of St Vedast Foster Lane
Cleary Garden
Finsbury Circus
Postman's Park
Seething Lane Garden
St Paul's Churchyard
Churchyard at St Olave Hart Street

Outside the City

The total managed area is 4,200 hectares (42 km² (16 sq mi)). Included in the open spaces are:

Hampstead Heath 274 hectares. Located in the boroughs of Camden and Barnet
Epping Forest, 3,188 hectares. Largest public open space in the London area.
Burnham Beeches, 218 hectares. An area in Buckinghamshire purchased 1880.
Stoke Common, 83 hectares in Buckinghamshire.
The City Commons, seven green spaces in South London and Surrey managed by the Corporation:^[1]
- Ashtead Common, 200 hectares
- Farthing Downs, 95 hectares
- Coulsdon Common, 51 hectares
- Kenley Common, 56 hectares
- Riddlesdown Common, 43 hectares
- Spring Park, 20 hectares
- West Wickham Common, 10 hectares
Highgate Wood 28 hectares Purchased in 1886
Queen's Park in northwest London, 12 hectares. Purchased 1886, having been the site of 1879 Royal Agricultural Exhibition
West Ham Park, 31 hectares. Purchased 1874

It also has an interest in the Downlands Countryside Management Project in South-east London.

References

↑ City of London, City Commons

External links

City of London

City of London Corporation Parks and open spaces

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