Westfield Common is an area of land in Westfield

Westfield, Woking, Surrey

Westfield is an area located in the southern part of town of Woking. Westfield marks the southern boundary of Woking altering from a traditional suburban character in the north to a semi-rural appearance in the south. The Southern boundary is Green Belt....

 in the town of Woking

Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....

 that is registered common land

Common land

Common land is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect firewood, or to cut turf for fuel...

.

Commons Registration

Under the Commons Registration Act 1965 a requirement was placed upon government appointed authorities to log and register all Common Land

Common land

Common land is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect firewood, or to cut turf for fuel...

 within England & Wales to ensure that it was protected for the public good. The Registration Authority for Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 is Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Surrey in England. The council is composed of 80 elected councillors.The council is controlled by the Conservative party.The leader of the council is David Hodge....

. Under section 9 of the Commons Registration Act, 1965 because there was unclear ownership the land became subject to the protection of the local authority (Woking Borough Council

Woking (borough)

Woking is a local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey, England.It was formed in 1895 as an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894. The present-day borough was established in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and is one of two districts in Surrey to...

). The registration nuber is CL 121. There are no common rights recorded in the official register.