New Barnet is a neighbourhood on the north east side of the

London Borough of Barnet The London Borough of Barnet () is a suburban London boroughs, London borough in North London. The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It forms part of Outer London and is the largest ...

. It is a largely residential

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suburb located east of

Chipping Barnet Chipping Barnet or High Barnet is a suburban market town in north London, forming part of the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th-century settlement, and is located north-northwest of Charing Cr ...

, west of

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, south of the village of

Monken Hadley Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. An ancient country village north of Barnet, it is now a suburban development on the very edge of Greater London north north-west of Charing Cross, while retaining much of its rural cha ...

and north 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. T ...

. Residential properties include a mix of late Victorian villas and terraces, Edwardian detached housing, 1950-60s council housing and the redevelopment of land to low storey flats in the 1980s and 1990s. The north edge of New Barnet borders

Monken Hadley Common Monken Hadley Common lies within the Monken Hadley Conservation Area, and is listed as a “ Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I,” by the London Borough of Barnet. It is registered common land, and it is owned by the Tr ...

, a common mostly made up of woods and cut by walking paths. The main commercial area in New Barnet is east of

New Barnet railway station New Barnet railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is down the line from , in Travelcard Zone 5. The station is managed and served by Great Northern. Oyster card pay-as-you-go can now be used to and f ...

on East Barnet Road. The high street is dominated by a medium-sized

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supermarket with parking on top and is surrounded by a cluster of shops and facilities including Fayers, Just Add Water,

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, The Party Shop, Bikestrobe, Ink n Toner and Bodens Performing Arts. Several independent cafés also exist on the high street. A number of office blocks were built in Station Road to the west of the station in the 1960s and 70s however many have now been converted to flats. In the past Station Approach in New Barnet was the home of CompShop which produced the pioneering

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kit

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. Public houses in New Barnet include The Railway Tavern, The Railway Bell (

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), The Builders Arms, and The Lord Kitchener.

History

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New Barnet owes its conception to the building of the Great Northern Railway in 1850, when a station serving High Barnet was built, but located about a mile away from the town centre of High Barnet, so that this 'new' area quickly saw development:

In 1876, ''Handbook to the Environs of London'' by James Thorne describe New Barnet as one of those new half-finished railway villages that we have come to look on as almost a necessary adjunct of every station within a moderate distance of London.

New Barnet's growth accelerated at the turn of the 19th Century aided by the speculative developer, E. Fergusson Taylor, who became known as the creator of New Barnet. In 1892 a

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was built for the local board and from 1894 New Barnet formed part of 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 ...

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until 1965 when it was transferred from Hertfordshire to

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to become part of the newly created

. The War Memorial was built opposite the Town Hall in 1921 to remember the 278 men of East Barnet who died in World War 1. In 2019 a new Leisure Centre in New Barnet was completed by Barnet council including a 25m pool and gym. The Leisure Centre is run by the not-for-profit provider Better.

Transport

Trains

The main serving Rail Station in the area is New Barnet Station (

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). Regular Trains run south into London Moorgate via Finsbury Park and North to Welwyn Garden City via Potters Bar. The closest Tube Stations are

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to the West and

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to the East.

Buses

Buses serving New Barnet are:

Places of Worship

New Barnet Friends Meeting House, Leicester Rd

Churches include the Anglican St James's (East Barnet Road), St Mark's (Potters Road), Holy Trinity (Corner of Lyonsdown and Somerset Roads); Catholic Mary Immaculate & St Peter (Somerset Road); United Reformed Church St John's (corner of Somerset and Mowbray Roads); Quaker Friends' Meeting (Leicester Road). There is a United Synagogue on Eversleigh Road. Tibetan Yungdrung Bön Study Centre is a Buddhist Temple on Henry Road.

Schools and Education

Primary

* Livingstone School * Cromer Road School * Trent School * Lyonsdown School (

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)

Secondary

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(JCOSS) * East Barnet School (EBS)

Green Spaces & Environment

Gate, edge Monken Hadley Common near Castlewood Road (2)

New Barnet is bounded by

to the North, which is largely a wooded area, with paths and a fishing lake (for which you need a licence). King George's Field (Monken Hadley) bounds the West side of New Barnet and is one of many King George's Fields all over the country, established as memorials to King George V. Other Green Spaces include Victoria Recreation Ground, Highland Gardens and Ludgrove Playing Fields.

Governance

Barnet local elections are held every four years to elect Councillors to

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. New Barnet is covered by three wards: *East Barnet Ward *High Barnet Ward *Oakleigh Ward New Barnet is in the

Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency) Chipping Barnet is a constituency created in 1974 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Theresa Villiers of the Conservative Party. Villiers was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 until 2016 und ...

and is represented by the

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References

External links

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