The City of London corporation 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 Corporation of London is the municipal governing body of the City of London. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east London and the county of Essex. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...

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 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. Hampstead Heath is a park in the north of London, covering 791 acres (3. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough of northern outer London. ... Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east London and the county of Essex. ... Burnham Beeches is an area of ancient woodland, located close to the towns of Slough and Beaconsfield, in an area approximately 20 miles(30 km)to the west of London, England. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... There are a number of places called Queens Park or Queens Park. ... West Ham Park is a public park in the London Borough of Newham. ...

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City of London open spaces