List of parks and open spaces managed by the City of London Corporation
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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.
- The City Commons, seven green spaces in south London 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 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.
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