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List of parks and open spaces managed by the City of London Corporation
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<h2 id="within-the-city">Within the City</h2> <p>The city has no sizeable parks within its boundary, but does have a network of a large number of gardens and small open spaces, many of them maintained by the corporation. These range from formal gardens such as the one in <a href="/facts/Finsbury_Circus/q8strzqu">Finsbury Circus</a>, containing a <a href="/facts/Bowling_green/BxbfMzsc">bowling green</a> and <a href="/facts/Bandstand/ay6w3sHV">bandstand</a>, to churchyards such as <a href="/facts/St_Olave_Hart_Street/C9mIQ6oo">St Olave Hart Street</a>, to water features and artwork in courtyards and pedestrianised lanes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> There are 150 smaller areas within the square mile of the <a href="/facts/City_of_London/Psl9khal">City of London</a>, including: </p> <ul><li>Barber-Surgeon's Hall Garden, <a href="/facts/London_Wall/2qx8zPKU">London Wall</a></li> <li>Cleary Garden, <a href="/facts/Queen_Victoria_Street%2c_London/VaIoLld1">Queen Victoria Street</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Churchyard at <a href="/facts/St_Olave_Hart_Street/C9mIQ6oo">St Olave Hart Street</a></li> <li>Courtyard of <a href="/facts/St_Vedast_Foster_Lane/nnqk9E4D">St Vedast Foster Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Finsbury_Circus/q8strzqu">Finsbury Circus</a>, Blomfield Street/London Wall/<a href="/facts/Moorgate/znQkTSgk">Moorgate</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jubilee_Garden/d2fPwU2C">Jubilee Garden</a>, <a href="/facts/Houndsditch/347QzUa6">Houndsditch</a></li> <li>Portsoken Street Garden, Portsoken Street/Goodman's Yard</li> <li><a href="/facts/Postman%2527s_Park/P7txLBWN">Postman's Park</a>, <a href="/facts/Little_Britain%2c_London/RIvw7AXw">Little Britain</a></li> <li>Seething Lane Garden, Seething Lane</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Dunstan-in-the-East/0jQJwLLW">St Dunstan-in-the-East</a>, St Dunstan's Hill</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Mary_Aldermanbury/nxaheDX4">St Mary Aldermanbury</a>, Aldermanbury</li> <li>St Olave Hart Street churchyard, Seething Lane</li> <li>St Paul's churchyard, <a href="/facts/St_Paul%2527s_Cathedral/e51m9gYD">St Paul's Cathedral</a></li> <li>West Smithfield Garden, <a href="/facts/West_Smithfield/xK9H6aoQ">West Smithfield</a></li> <li>Whittington Gardens, College Street</li></ul> <h2 id="outside-the-city">Outside the City</h2> <p>The total managed area is 4,200 hectares (42 km2 (16 sq mi)). Included in the open spaces are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hampstead_Heath/8JC9qalF">Hampstead Heath</a> 274 hectares. Located in the boroughs of <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Camden/7o1aqQMI">Camden</a> and <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Barnet/kPYRNjzL">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Epping_Forest/RBCohSWK">Epping Forest</a>, 3,188 hectares. Largest public open space in the London area.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Burnham_Beeches/ltBE8FyH">Burnham Beeches</a>, 218 hectares. An area in <a href="/facts/Buckinghamshire/WMRE3NJp">Buckinghamshire</a> purchased 1880.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stoke_Common/lj6TuL4o">Stoke Common</a>, 83 hectares in <a href="/facts/Buckinghamshire/WMRE3NJp">Buckinghamshire</a>.</li> <li>The City Commons, seven green spaces in South London and Surrey managed by the corporation:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ashtead_Common/XThTjuuk">Ashtead Common</a>, 200 hectares</li> <li><a href="/facts/Farthing_Downs/3fWnXxfK">Farthing Downs</a>, 95 hectares</li> <li>Coulsdon Common, 51 hectares</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kenley/FUME9jG6">Kenley Common</a>, 56 hectares</li> <li><a href="/facts/Riddlesdown_Common/Bz8g6vmJ">Riddlesdown Common</a>, 43 hectares</li> <li>Spring Park, 20 hectares</li> <li>West Wickham Common, 10 hectares</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Highgate_Wood/JcI7QUJN">Highgate Wood</a> 28 hectares Purchased in 1886</li> <li><a href="/facts/Queen%2527s_Park_(London)/IMT9D6xK">Queen's Park</a> in northwest London, 12 hectares. Purchased 1886, having been the site of 1879 Royal Agricultural Exhibition</li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Ham_Park/eXKUQqJI">West Ham Park</a>, 31 hectares. Purchased 1874</li></ul> <p>It also has an interest in the <a href="/facts/Downlands_Countryside_Management_Project/m4RDhkGp">Downlands Countryside Management Project</a> in South-east London. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/Pages/default.aspx">City of London open spaces</a></li> <li><a href="http://gardensofthecityoflondon.co.uk">Gardens of the City of London</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Hagger, Nicholas (3 May 2012). A View of Epping Forest. John Hunt Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 9781846945878. <a href="9781846945878" target="_blank">9781846945878</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Gardens of the City of London". Gardens of the City of London. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111115212318/http://www.gardensofthecityoflondon.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20111115212318/http://www.gardensofthecityoflondon.co.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The History of the Bay Trust, Fred Cleary – Founder". baytrust.org.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140109223713/http://baytrust.org.uk/about/the-history-of-the-bay-trust/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140109223713/http://baytrust.org.uk/about/the-history-of-the-bay-trust/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>City of London, City Commons <a href="http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-commons/Pages/City-Commons.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/city-commons/Pages/City-Commons.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>