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Barnet Gate Wood is a public open space in 
It is a small ancient wood, with a canopy of oak and hornbeam, and an understorey dominated by rhododendron.
Some of the hornbeam are in strange shapes as they were originally trained as hedges and then allowed go wild.Barnet Gate Wood, VisitWoods
/ref> The entrance is by a path from Hendon Wood Lane, near the junction with Barnet Road. There is also access from the
Barnet Gate Wood Nature Trail, Hertfordshire Community & Living
{{Authority control Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet Ancient woods of London Arkley
Barnet Gate Wood is a public open space in Barnet Gate
Barnet Gate is a hamlet on the northern edge of the London Borough of Barnet to the west of Arkley, in England. There was a settlement there during the Roman occupation of Britain and in the Anglo-Saxon period it was known as ''Grendeles Gatan'' ( ...
, Barnet, London. It is owned and managed by 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 ...
, and is part of the Watling Chase Community Forest
Watling Chase Community Forest is an area of 72 square miles located in north London and south Hertfordshire around the towns of Potters Bar, Radlett, Borehamwood and Barnet. It includes Aldenham Country Park, Scratchwood, Moat Mount Open Space ...
.Barnet Gate Wood Nature Trail, leaflet published by the London Borough of Barnet in the late 1990s
It is a small ancient wood, with a canopy of oak and hornbeam, and an understorey dominated by rhododendron.
Some of the hornbeam are in strange shapes as they were originally trained as hedges and then allowed go wild./ref> The entrance is by a path from Hendon Wood Lane, near the junction with Barnet Road. There is also access from the
Dollis Valley Greenwalk
The Dollis Valley Greenwalk (or Green Walk) is a footpath route in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England, between Moat Mount Nature Reserve in Mill Hill and Hampstead Heath. The route is designed to act as a link between the Capital ...
and London Loop
The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 150-mile (242 km) signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England, described as "the M25 ...
, at wooden posts numbered 12 and 13, which are points on the ''Barnet Gate Wood Nature Trail''.
Barnet Gate Wood is part of Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm
Moat Mount Open Space is a 110-hectare park and nature reserve in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. It is part of Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, which includes Barnet ...
, a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Borough Grade II.
See also
*Nature reserves in Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet, on the northern outskirts of London, is mainly residential, but it has large areas of green space and farmland. The spread of suburban development into the countryside was halted by the designation of a statutory Gr ...
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External links
Barnet Gate Wood Nature Trail, Hertfordshire Community & Living
{{Authority control Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet Ancient woods of London Arkley