Happy Valley
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Happy Valley by Ian Capper as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 29 Oct 2016
A c.250 acre downland and woodland open space owned and managed by Croydon Council, bought in 1937 by the then Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council with funding shared equally with the London County Council and Surrey County Council.