Editing Leatherhead (section)

===Leach Grove Wood===
Leach Grove Wood is a {{convert|2.9|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} area of woodland, adjacent to Leatherhead Hospital, owned by the NHS.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oss.org.uk/appeal-court-upholds-village-green-registrations-in-lancashire-and-surrey/ |title= Appeal court upholds village green registrations in Lancashire and Surrey |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 17 April 2018 |publisher= Open Spaces Society |access-date= 12 November 2021 |archive-date= 13 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211113110759/https://www.oss.org.uk/appeal-court-upholds-village-green-registrations-in-lancashire-and-surrey/ |url-status= live}}</ref><ref name=Leach_Grove_Wood_NHS>{{cite web |url= https://www.property.nhs.uk/news-insight/news/leatherhead-supreme-court/ |title= NHS Property Services wins appeal to the Supreme Court |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 16 December 2019 |publisher= NHS Property Services |access-date= 12 November 2021 |archive-date= 13 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211113110756/https://www.property.nhs.uk/news-insight/news/leatherhead-supreme-court/ |url-status= live }}</ref> It is named after Charles Leach, who donated the land on which the hospital is built, to the town.<ref>{{harvnb|Vardey|1988|pp=225–226}}</ref> In 2013, a group of local residents applied to register the wood as a [[village green]], to guarantee public access to the site in perpetuity.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/uk/insights/news/wbd-advising-nhs-property-services-supreme-court-village-green-case |title= WBD advising NHS Property Services on Supreme Court village green case |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 11 July 2019 |publisher= Womble Bond Dickinson |access-date= 12 November 2021 |archive-date= 13 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211113110756/https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/uk/insights/news/wbd-advising-nhs-property-services-supreme-court-village-green-case |url-status= live }}</ref> The registration was upheld by the High Court in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last= Johnson |first= Thomas |date= 30 April 2018 |title= Leatherhead resident saves Leach Grove Wood from being turned into NHS car park |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/leatherhead-resident-saves-leach-grove-14547272 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 12 November 2021 |archive-date= 13 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211113110805/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/leatherhead-resident-saves-leach-grove-14547272 |url-status= live }}</ref> The NHS subsequently successfully appealed against the registration at the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|Supreme Court]] and the village green status was removed.<ref name=Leach_Grove_Wood_NHS/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0094-judgment.pdf |title= R (on the application of Lancashire County Council) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Respondent) |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 11 December 2019 |publisher= The Supreme Court |access-date= 12 November 2021 |archive-date= 15 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210715175751/https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2018-0094-judgment.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>