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Corporation of London open spaces
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The Corporation of London owns and maintains open space in and around Greater London. They have mainly been purchased since 1878, when two Acts of Parliament granted the City permission to purchase Epping Forest and several other areas within a 25 mile (40 km) radius: these acquisitions laid the foundation for the Green Belt in the 20th Century. In addition there are 150 smaller areas within the Square Mile, small parks and gardens.
The total managed area is 42 square kilometres. Included in the open spaces are:
- Hampstead Heath 2.74 km². Located in the boroughs of Camden and Barnet
- Epping Forest 31.88 km². Largest public open space in the London area.
- Burnham Beeches 2.18 km². An area In Buckinghamshire purchased 1880.
- Ashtead Common, Surrey: 2.02 km². Wooded common purchased in 1991
- West Wickham and Coulsdon Commons 2.77 km². Includes Farthing Down, Kenley Common, Riddlesdown Common and Spring Park; part of the 1878 purchases; chalk downlands and woodlands.
- Highgate Wood 0.28 km². Purchased in 1886
- Queen's Park 0.12 km². Purchased 1886, having been the site of 1879 Royal Agricultural Exhibition
- West Ham Park 0.31 km². Purchased 1874
It also has an interest in the Downlands Countryside Management Project in South-east London.