| Woolwich Common | |
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 View of Woolwich Common (from Shooter's Hill) | |
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| Type | common land, urban park |
| Location | Woolwich, London |
| Coordinates | 51°28′35″N 0°03′14″E / 51.4765°N 0.0539°E |
| Area | 60 hectares (150 acres)[1] |
| Status | military terrain (partly); conservation area |
| Public transit access | Woolwich Arsenal station |
Woolwich Common is a common in Woolwich in southeast London, England. It is partly used as military land (less than 40%)[2] and partly as an urban park.[3] Woolwich Common is a conservation area. It is part of the South East London Green Chain. It is also the name of a street on the east side of the common, as well as an electoral ward of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 17,499.[4]
- ^ S.P.B. Mais (1939): Fifty Years of the L.C.C., p. 79 (text partially online)
- ^ Newsome & Williams (2009), p. 1.
- ^ "Woolwich Common and Royal Artillery Barracks". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Woolwich ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 October 2016.