List of parks and open spaces in Croydon

This is a list of parks and open spaces within the boundary of the London Borough of Croydon, England.

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A

Name	Place	Area
Addington Hills	Upper Shirley	130 Acres 52.62 hectares
Addington Park	Addington	24½ Acres 9.92 hectares
Addington Vale	New Addington	48 acres 19.43 hectares.
Addiscombe Railway Park	Addiscombe	4 acres 1.64 hectares
Addiscombe Recreation Ground	Addiscombe	8 acres 3.24 hectares
Apsley Road Playground	South Norwood	1/4 acre 0.10 hectares.
Ashburton Park	Woodside	18½ acres 7.49 hectares
Ashburton Playing Fields	Woodside	49.5 acres 20.03 hectares

B

Name	Place	Area
Beaulieu Heights	South Norwood	16 acres 7.08 hectares
Betts Mead Recreation Ground	Kenley	30 acres 12.14 hectares
Beulah Hill Pond	Upper Norwood	1½ acres 0.61 hectares
Biggin Woods	Upper Norwood	13½ acres 5.46 hectares
Birchwood and Castle Hill Ruffetts	New Addington	37.25 acres 15.18 hectares
Boulogne Road Playground	Thornton Heath	1½ acres 0.16 hectares
Boundary Woods	New Addington	4¼ acres, 1.72 hectares
Bourne Park	Kenley	8½ acres 3.54 hectares
Bradmore Green	Old Coulsdon	4 acres 1.62 hectares
Bramley Bank Nature Reserve	Upper Shirley	24 acres 9.67 hectares
Brickfields Meadow	South Norwood	4.37 hectares

C

Name	Place	Area
Canterbury Road Recreation Ground	Broad Green	4.5 acres 1.82 hectares
Central Nursery	Upper Shirley	10.5 acres 4.76 hectares
Chaldon Way Gardens	Coulsdon	1/2 acre 0.20 hectares
Coombe Wood	Upper Shirley	14¼ Acres 5.67 Hectares
Copse Hill Spinney	Purley	1 acre 0.40 hectares
Cotelands	East Croydon	0.20 hectares
Coulsdon Memorial Ground	Coulsdon	10 acres 4.05 hectares
Courtwood Children's Playground	Forestdale	3/4 acres 0.30 hectares
Croham Hurst	South Croydon	84¾ acres 34.30 hectares

D

Name	Place	Area
Dartnell Road Wayside Amentity Area	Woodside	1/8 acre 0.06 hectares
Duppas Hill	Waddon	34 acres 13.76 hectares

F

Name	Place	Area
Fairfield Gardens	Croydon	2 acres 0.81 hectares
Falconwood Meadow	Forestdale	3½ acres 1.62 hectares
Farthing Downs and New Hill	Coulsdon	235 acres 95 hectares
Foxearth Spinney	Selsdon	1/4 acre 0.10 hectares
Foxes Wood	Shirley	8 acres (32,000 m^2) 3.24 acres (13,100 m^2)
Foxley Wood and Sherwood Oak	Purley	26½ acres 10.72 hectares
Foxshaw	Selsdon	9¾ acres 3.98 hectares

G

Name	Place	Area
Glade Wood	Monks Orchard	3 acres 1.21 hectares
Grange Park	Old Coulsdon	11 acres 4.45 hectares
Grangewood Park	South Norwood	27¾ acres 11.23 hectares
Green Lane Sports Ground	Norbury	10 acres 4.05 hectares

H

Name	Place	Area
Haling Grove	South Croydon	10 acres 4.05 hectares
Hamsey Green Pond	Sanderstead	0.08 hectares
Happy Valley Park	Old Coulsdon	252½ acres 101.37 hectares
Hawkhirst	Kenley	35½ acres 14.37 hectares
Heathfield	Upper Shirley	18 acres 7.28 hectares
Heavers Meadow	Selhurst	8¾ acres 3.34 hectares
Higher Drive Recreation Ground	Purley	12½ acres 5.06 hectares

I

Name	Place	Area
Inwood	Old Coulsdon	5 acres 2.02 hectares

J

Name	Place	Area
Jewel's Wood	New Addington	38½ acres 15.58 hectares

K

Name	Place	Area
King Georges Field	Selhurst	3 acres 1.21 hectares
Kings Wood	Sanderstead	147½ acres 59.69 hectares

L

Name	Place	Area
Ladygrove	Forestdale	1/4 acres 0.10 hectares
Little Road Playground	Addiscombe	1/4 acre 0.10 hectares
Littleheath Woods and Edgecoombe Playground	Selsdon	64 acres 25.90 hectares
Lloyd Park	Croydon	114 acres 46.13 hectares
Long Lane Woods	Monks Orchard	15 acres 6.07 hectares

M

Name	Place	Area
Mayfield Road Playground	Thornton Heath	1½ acres 0.51 hectares
Millers Pond	Shirley	4 acres 1.62 hectares
Millstock	Hooley	60 acres 23.27 hectares
Milne Park	New Addington	17 acres 6.88 hectares
Mitcham Common	Beddington	460 acres 182 hectare

N

Name	Place	Area
Norbury Hall	Norbury	8 acres 3.24 hectares
Norbury Park	Norbury	28½ acres 11.53 hectares
Northborough Road Playground	Norbury	3¾ acres 1.52 hectares
Northbrook Road Playground	Thornton Heath	3/4 acre 0.03 hectare
North Down	New Addington	28½ acres 13.56 hectares
Northwood Road Playground	Norbury	1/4 acre 0.10 hectares
Norwood Grove	Upper Norwood	34½ acres 13.86 hectares

O

Name	Place	Area
Oakland Wood	South Norwood	0.16 hectares

P

Name	Place	Area
Park Hill	East Croydon	15 acres 6.07 hectares
Parkfields	Monks Orchard	13.25 acres 5.36 hectares
Pinewood	Upper Shirley	11 acres 4.45 hectares
Pollards Hill	Norbury	7¾ acres 3.14 hectares
Promenade De Verdun	Woodcote	1 acre 0.40 hectares
Purley Beeches	Sanderstead	17¾ acres 7.18 hectares
Purley Way Playing Fields	Waddon	109 acres 43.81 hectares
Purley Way West	Waddon	20¾ acres 8.40 hectares

Q

Name	Place	Area
Queen's Gardens	Central Croydon	2¼ acres 0.91 hectares
Queenhill Road Playspace	Selsdon	2¼ acres 0.91 hectares

R

Name	Place	Area
Ragged Grove	Sanderstead	3 acres 1.21 hectares
Rickman Hill	Coulsdon	16½ acres 6.68 hectares
Riddlesdown	Kenley	37 acres 14.97 Hectares
Rotary Field	Purley	4½ acres 1.82 hectares
Roundshaw	Purley	n/a
Rowdown Field	New Addington	29 1/5 acres 11.94 hectares
Rowdown Woods	New Addington	34 acres 13.76 hectares

S

Name	Place	Area
Sanderstead Plantation	Sanderstead	21¾ acres 8.80 hectares
Sanderstead Pond	Sanderstead	3½ acres 1.42 hectares
Sanderstead Recreation Ground	Sanderstead	19½ acres 7.89 hectares
Selsdon Recreation Ground	Selsdon	10 acres 4.05 Hectares
Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve	Selsdon	200 acres 80.94 hectares
Shirley Church Recreation Ground	Shirley	8.5 acres 3.44 hectares
Shirley Heath	Shirley	68 acres 27.52 hectares
Shirley Park Estate	Shirley	11 acres 4.45 hectares
South Croydon Recreation Ground	South Croydon	8½ acres 3.44 Hectares
South Norwood Country Park	South Norwood	125 acres 50.59 hectares
South Norwood Lake and Grounds	South Norwood	28½ acres 11.53 hectares
South Norwood Recreation Ground	South Norwood	14 acres 5.67 hectares
Spring Park Wood	Shirley	7 acres 2.83 hectares
St. James' Church Rest Garden	Croydon	2 acres 0.81 hectares
St. Johns Memorial Garden	Old Town	2 acres 0.81 hectares
Stambourne Woodland Walk	Upper Norwood	4¾ acres 1.92 hectares
Stroud Green Well	Shirley	2.78 hectares

T

Name	Place	Area
Temple Avenue Copse	Shirley	1 acre 0.40 hectares
The Avenue	Kenley	4¾ acres 1.92 hectares
The Beeches	Sanderstead	2¾ acres 1.11 hectares
The Lawns	Upper Norwood	15½ acres 6.27 hectares
The Ruffet	South Croydon	1/2 acres 1.01 hectares
Thornton Heath Recreation Ground	Thornton Heath	13½ acres 5.46 hectares
Three Corner Grove	New Addington	4 acres 1.62 hectares
Threehalfpenny Wood	Addington	25 acres 10.12 Hectares
Trumble Gardens	Thornton Heath	3 acres 1.21 hectares

U

Name	Place	Area
Upper Norwood Recreation Ground	Upper Norwood	19 acres 7.69 hectares

W

Name	Place	Area
Waddon Pond	Waddon	8½ acres 3.44 hectares
Wandle Park	Waddon	21 acres 8.50 hectares
Westow Park	Upper Norwood	6¾ acres 2.73 hectares
Wettern Tree Garden	Sanderstead	2¾ acres 1.11 hectares
Whitehorse Meadow	South Norwood	1.09 hectares
Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground	Croydon	4½ acres 1.82 hectares
Wilford Road Recreation Ground	Croydon	2¾ acres 1.11 hectares
Woodcote Grove Recreation Ground	Coulsdon	10 acres 4.05 hectares
Woodcote Village Green	Purley	3½ acres 1.42 hectares
Woodside Green	Woodside	4¾ acres 1.92 hectares

See also

• Croydon parks and open spaces
• London LOOP

External links

• Croydon Council - Parks and Open Spaces A-Z