title: Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Bromley
text: # Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Bromley
  
  The London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, England has over one hundred parks and open spaces within its boundaries: some large, like Crystal Palace Park, and some small, such as recreation grounds. Some of the open spaces form part of the South East London Green Chain. As a borough in Outer London it also contains some open countryside in the form of country parks.
  
  The main open spaces under control of the borough are:
  
  | Name | Size | Location | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Betts Park | 12.5 hectares (31 acres) | Anerley | Recreation ground with horticultural features and remains of the Croydon Canal |
  | Crystal Palace Park | 80 hectares (200 acres) | Crystal Palace | |
  | Elmstead Wood | 34.3 hectares (85 acres) | Elmstead | |
  | Goddington Park | 64 hectares (160 acres) | Orpington | sports and wooded areas |
  | Harvington Sports Ground | 47.25 hectares (116.8 acres) | Beckenham | woodlands and open space |
  | Hayes Common | 91.1 hectares (225 acres) | Hayes, Bromley | |
  | High Elms Country Park | 100 hectares (250 acres) | Farnborough | Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Importance |
  | Hoblingwell Wood | 87 hectares (210 acres) | St Paul's Cray | |
  | Jubilee Country Park | 25 hectares (62 acres) | Petts Wood | Local Nature Reserve |
  | Kelsey Park | 32.25 hectares (79.7 acres) | Beckenham | ornamental pleasure ground |
  | Keston Common | 55 hectares (140 acres) | Keston | Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Importance |
  | Norman Park | 50 hectares (120 acres) | Bromley Common | |
  | Priory Gardens | 14 hectares (35 acres) | Orpington | ornamental park |
  | Riverside Gardens | 21 hectares (52 acres) | Orpington | local open space |
  | Scadbury Park | 102 hectares (250 acres) | Chislehurst | Local Nature Reserve: 300 acres (120 ha) of countryside (pasture and woodland) |
  
  In addition there are many other open spaces privately controlled; among them are:
  
  * North of the borough: Cator Park and many sports grounds in New Beckenham; Sundridge Park including its golf course; Camden Park, Scadbury Park and Elmstead Wood near Chislehurst;
  * East of the borough: Ruxley Wood, Paul's Cray Hill Park, Hockenden Wood and Bourne Wood, all in the Green Belt area;
  * West of the borough: a large open space around Bethlem Royal Hospital, including farmland and Crouch Oak Wood.
  * Saltbox Hill, Site of Special Scientific Importance in Biggin Hill owned and managed by the London Wildlife Trust
  