The Strawberry Vale Estate is a

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East Finchley East Finchley is an area in North London, immediately north of Hampstead Heath. Like neighbouring Muswell Hill it straddles the London Boroughs of Barnet and Haringey, with most of East Finchley falling into the London Borough of Barnet. It ha ...

in the

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, built in the 1980s.

History

The area was originally called Brownswell. In the 17th century it was a small settlement with an inn, The Green Man, which was demolished in the 1990s. The Estate community centre is named the Green Man centre.Red Lion Hill and Strawberry Vale (finchley N2).
London Borough of Barnet. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Until the 1960s the area was used as a farm which is remembered in Old Farm Road and had a house known as Strawberry Vale House. The Strawberry Vale Brook ran through the area. By the 1970s the house had been demolished and

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maps show a riding school. At one time, Evan Evans, a horse breeder of international reputation, ran his business from there. Stable Walk, Brook Walk and Nursery Road on the modern estate all refer to the area's history. The estate was built in the 1980s and transferred to the

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in 1998 under the Estate Renewal Challenge Fund Programme. It was the first estate to be acquired by Peabody under the programme. The estate is a mix of

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and privately owned housing. A three-year works programme began shortly after transfer and was completed in 2002. The properties are a mixture of general needs and owner leasehold.

Strawberry Vale area

Adjacent to the housing estate, bordering the

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, is the grade II* listed house Hawthorne Dene, built by James Frost in 1826 and known for its innovative construction methods. It was listed in 1962 following a campaign by the comedian

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. The social reformer Octavia Hill spent part of her childhood in the 1850s at nearby Brownswell Cottages and a garden at the Green Man Community Centre is named the Octavia Hill Community Garden. British and Colonial Films had studios at Newstead House from 1911 until around 1916 where they produced films such as '' Robin Hood Outlawed'' and others in the '' Lieutenant Daring'' series.

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* * Finchley Housing estates in the London Borough of Barnet {{London-geo-stub