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.

Contents

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 Tree Belt Coulsdon 7¼ acres 2.83 hectares
Foxearth Spinney Selsdon 1/4 acre 0.10 hectares
Foxes Wood Shirley 8 acres (32,000 m2) 3.24 acres (13,100 m2)
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 Wood 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 44¾ acres 1.92 hectares

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