# Foxley Wood, London

[Parks](https://geography.me/london/parks)

## Close by

- [The Glade](https://geography.me/london/the-glade-2): Park, 300 m
- [Roke Open Space](https://geography.me/london/roke-open-space): Playground, 320 m
- [Pitch](https://geography.me/london/pitch-foxley-road), 370 m
- [Basketball court](https://geography.me/london/basketball-court-163), 380 m
- [Kenley News](https://geography.me/london/kenley-news): Grocery shop, 460 m
- [Running track](https://geography.me/london/running-track-170), 2.0 km

Directions: https://maps.apple.com/directions?destination=51.328,-0.114

Source: https://geography.me/london/foxley-wood

## The story here

Foxley Wood is an 11.36 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Purley in the London Borough of Croydon. It is owned and managed by Croydon Council. The site was purchased by Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council under the Green Belt Act in the 1930s.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxley_Wood%2C_Purley

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foxley_Wood_3.JPG