The London Borough of Bexley owns and maintains over 100 parks and open spaces within its boundaries, with a total of 638 hectares (1,580 acres). They include small gardens, river and woodland areas, and large parks with many sporting and other facilities. The five largest are:
- Danson Park
- East Wickham Open Space
- Erith Marshes
- Foots Cray Meadows
- Hall Place
- Lesnes Abbey
Parish Wood Park is one of 11 parks throughout Greater London chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote. The park received £2m towards better footpaths, more lighting, refurbished public toilets and new play areas for children.
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—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)
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—A.I. (Albert Isaac)
“Surely, we are provided with senses as well fitted to penetrate the spaces of the real, the substantial, the eternal, as these outward are to penetrate the material universe. Veias, Menu, Zoroaster, Socrates, Christ, Shakespeare, Swedenborg,—these are some of our astronomers.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)