List of parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Croydon

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

A
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Addington Hills Shirley130
Addington Park Addington24.5
Addington Vale New Addington48
Addiscombe Railway Park Addiscombe4
Addiscombe Recreation Ground Addiscombe8
Apsley Road Playground South Norwood0.25
Ashburton Park Woodside18.5
Ashburton Playing Fields Woodside49.5

B
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Beaulieu Heights South Norwood16
Betts Mead Recreation Ground Kenley30
Beulah Hill Pond Upper Norwood1.5
Biggin Wood Upper Norwood13.5
Birchwood and Castle Hill Ruffetts New Addington37.25
Boulogne Road Playground Thornton Heath1.5
Boundary Woods New Addington4.25
Bourne Park Kenley8.5
Bradmore Green Old Coulsdon4
Bramley Bank Shirley24
Brickfields Meadow South Norwood10.8[lower-alpha 1]

C
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Canterbury Road Recreation Ground Broad Green4.5
Central Nursery Shirley10.5
Chaldon Way Gardens Coulsdon0.49
Coombe Wood Shirley14.0[lower-alpha 2]
Copse Hill Spinney Purley1
Cotelands Croydon0.49
Coulsdon Memorial Ground Coulsdon10
Courtwood Children's Playground Forestdale0.74
Croham Hurst South Croydon85[lower-alpha 3][1]

D
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Dartnell Road Wayside Amentity Area Woodside0.15
Duppas Hill Croydon34

F
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Fairfield Gardens Croydon2
Falconwood Meadow Forestdale3.5
Farthing Downs Coulsdon235
Foxearth Spinney Selsdon0.25
Foxes Wood Shirley8.105
Foxley Wood Purley26.5
Fox Shaw Selsdon9.75

G
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Glade Wood Monks Orchard3
Grange Park Old Coulsdon11
Grangewood Park South Norwood27.75
Green Lane Sports Ground Norbury10

H
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Haling Grove South Croydon10
Hamsey Green Pond Sanderstead0.20[lower-alpha 4]
Happy Valley Park Old Coulsdon252.5
Hawkhirst Kenley35.5
Heathfield Addington18
Heavers Meadow Selhurst8.75
Higher Drive Recreation Ground Purley12.5
Hutchinson's Bank New Addington54

I
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Inwood Old Coulsdon5

J
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Jewel's Wood New Addington38.5

K
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Kenley Common Kenley138
King George's Field Selhurst3
Kings Wood Sanderstead147.5

L
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Ladygrove Forestdale0.25
Little Road Playground Addiscombe0.25
Littleheath Woods Selsdon64
Lloyd Park Croydon114
Long Lane Wood Monks Orchard15

M
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Mayfield Road Playground Thornton Heath1.5
Millers Pond Shirley4
Millstock Hooley60
Milne Park New Addington17
Mitcham Common Mitcham460

N
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Norbury Hall Park Norbury8
Norbury Park Norbury28.5
Northborough Road Playground Norbury3
Northbrook Road Playground Thornton Heath0.75
North Down Recreation Ground New Addington28.5
Northwood Road Playground Norbury0.25
Norwood Grove Upper Norwood33.7[lower-alpha 5][2]

O
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Oakland Wood South Norwood0.40[lower-alpha 6]

P
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Park Hill Recreation Ground Croydon15
Parkfields Monks Orchard13.25
Pinewood Shirley11
Pollards Hill Park Pollards Hill7.75
Promenade De Verdun Woodcote1
Purley Beeches Sanderstead17.75
Purley Way Playing Fields Waddon109
Purley Way West Waddon20.75

Q
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Queen's Gardens Croydon2.25
Queenhill Road Playspace Selsdon2.25

R
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Ragged Grove Sanderstead3
Rickman Hill Coulsdon16.5
Riddlesdown Common Kenley37
Rotary Field Purley4.5
Rowdown Field New Addington29.2
Rowdown Wood New Addington34

S
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Sanderstead Plantation Sanderstead21.75
Sanderstead Pond Sanderstead3.5
Sanderstead Recreation Ground Sanderstead19.5
Selsdon Recreation Ground Selsdon10
Selsdon Wood Selsdon200
Shirley Church Recreation Ground Shirley8.5
Shirley Heath Shirley68
Shirley Park Estate Shirley11
South Croydon Recreation Ground South Croydon8.5
South Norwood Country Park South Norwood125
South Norwood Lake and Grounds South Norwood28.5
South Norwood Recreation Ground South Norwood14
Spring Park Wood Shirley7
St. James' Church Rest Garden Croydon2
St. Johns Memorial Garden Old Town, Croydon2
Stambourne Woodland Walk Upper Norwood4.75
Stroud Green Well Shirley6.9[lower-alpha 7]

T
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Temple Avenue Copse Shirley1
The Avenue Kenley4.75
The Beeches Sanderstead2.75
The Lawns Upper Norwood15.5
The Ruffet South Croydon2.5
Thornton Heath Recreation Ground Thornton Heath13.5
Three Corner Grove New Addington4
Threehalfpenny Wood Addington25
Trumble Gardens Thornton Heath3

U
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Upper Norwood Recreation Ground Upper Norwood19

W
Name Place Area (in acres) Image
Waddon Ponds Waddon8.5
Wandle Park Waddon21
Westow Park Upper Norwood6.75
Wettern Tree Garden Sanderstead2.75
Whitehorse Meadow South Norwood2.7[lower-alpha 8]
Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground Croydon4.5
Wilford Road Recreation Ground Croydon2.75
Woodcote Grove Recreation Ground Coulsdon10
Woodcote Village Green Purley3.5
Woodside Green Woodside4.75

See also

Notes
  1. Value calculated by converting 4.37ha into acres.
  2. Value calculated by converting 5.67ha into acres.
  3. Value calculated by converting 34.3ha into acres.
  4. Value calculated by converting 0.08ha into acres.
  5. Value calculated by converting 13.62ha into acres.
  6. Value calculated by converting 0.16ha into acres.
  7. Value calculated by converting 2.78ha into acres.
  8. Value calculated by converting 1.09ha into acres.

References
  1. https://www.croydon.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/parks-and-playgrounds/parks-and-playgrounds-directory/croham-hurst
  2. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/data-downloads/
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