Brunswick Park is a neighbourhood, public park and electoral ward in the London Borough of Barnet. It is north of

New Southgate New Southgate is a residential suburb straddling three Outer London Boroughs: a small part of the east of Barnet, a south-west corner of Enfield and in loosest definitions, based on nearest railway stations, a small northern corner of Haringey i ...

and to the south of

Oakleigh Park Oakleigh Park is a loosely defined district in the north of the London Borough of Barnet. It adjoins Whetstone, and is often regarded either as part of that or of East Barnet, although the East Coast Main Line forms a border with the latter. ...

. Roads include Brunswick Park Road, Brunswick Avenue and Brunswick Crescent.

Amenities

Its eponymous park consists of a playground and sports fields. Area amenities include Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School, St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School and Osidge library. New Southgate Cemetery, the North London Business Park, Brunswick Industrial Park and New Southgate Recreation Ground all front Brunswick Park Road.

History

In the 1860s, East Barnet Lane (now Brunswick Park Road) was the location of a Great Northern Railway station and adjoining chapel serving the Great Northern Cemetery (opened 1861), linked by a single track to ''Southgate & Colney Hatch'' (now

) station. The service was discontinued in the 1870s and the station later demolished some time after 1912. A large factory, built for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC), opened in 1922 on and north of the former site of the station. The factory became a major local landmark and for many years was referred to by its workers and the local population as 'The Standard'. During World War II a German bomb fell on the factory, killing 33 people. The site was later developed as the North London Business Park. Brunswick Park had parish status between 1896 and 1972. St Michael's church was built in 1902 and demolished in 1973 after which the site was developed for housing. On the opposite side of Brunswick Park Road, another housing development has taken part of the original cemetery grounds, in the vicinity of the original main entrance. Previously within the

East Barnet Urban District East Barnet Valley was a local government district from 1863 to 1965 around the town of East Barnet. It was partly in the counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex until 1889, when the Middlesex part was transferred to Hertfordshire. It was renamed ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, the district transferred to the London Borough of Barnet in 1965 and the borders of Brunswick Park electoral ward later expanded to include Osidge, previously its own ward.

Transport

Nearest stations

Oakleigh Park railway station Oakleigh Park railway station serves Oakleigh Park in the London Borough of Barnet, north London, England. It is down the line from , in Travelcard Zone 4. The station is managed and served by Great Northern. Oyster pay as you go can now be ...

New Southgate railway station New Southgate railway station is on the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield in north London, in Travelcard Zone 4. It is down the line from . The station, and all trains serving it, have been operated by ...

* Arnos Grove Underground station

References

{{Reflist Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Barnet