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The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough
London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London....
 in North London
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
 and forms part of Outer London
Outer London

Outer London is the name for the group of London Boroughs that form a ring around Inner London.These were areas that were not part of the County of London and became formally part of Greater London in 1965....
. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow
London Borough of Harrow

The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer north-west London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, London Borough of Ealing to the south, London Borough of Brent to...
 and Brent
London Borough of Brent

The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in North-West London, UK and forms part of Outer London.It borders London Borough of Harrow to the northwest, London Borough of Barnet to the northeast, London Borough of Camden to the east and London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and...
 to the west, Camden
London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form part of Central London....
 and Haringey
London Borough of Haringey

See also: Harringay for the neighbourhood in the London Borough of HaringeyThe London Borough of Haringey is a London borough, in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London....
 to the south-east and Enfield
London Borough of Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London....
 to the east.

Districts
The pattern of settlement is somewhat diverse. To the north of the borough is Barnet
Barnet

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
, also known as High Barnet or Chipping Barnet. Also in the north are the low-density districts of Edgware
Edgware

Edgware is a suburb of North London situated north-west of Charing Cross. It should not be confused with Edgware Road, some miles to the south....
, Totteridge
Totteridge

Totteridge is an area of the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land situated 8.20 miles north north-west of Charing Cross....
, Whetstone
Whetstone, London

Whetstone is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, bearing the postcode London N20. It is to the east of Totteridge, and these areas are often lumped together as Totteridge & Whetstone....
 and Mill Hill
Mill Hill

Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 8 miles north west of central London.Its postal address is London NW7, which covers a large geographical area - in fact it is the largest of all the London numbered postal districts....
.

Further south the development becomes steadily more intensive around the suburbs of Cricklewood
Cricklewood

Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden....
, Colindale
Colindale

Colindale is an area in the London Borough of Barnet, although its main shopping street is in the London Borough of Brent on its west side. It is a suburban development situated 8 miles north west of Charing Cross....
, Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 and Finchley
Finchley

Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. It is predominantly a residential suburb with a number of retail districts....
.






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The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough
London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London....
 in North London
North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes....
 and forms part of Outer London
Outer London

Outer London is the name for the group of London Boroughs that form a ring around Inner London.These were areas that were not part of the County of London and became formally part of Greater London in 1965....
. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow
London Borough of Harrow

The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of outer north-west London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, London Borough of Ealing to the south, London Borough of Brent to...
 and Brent
London Borough of Brent

The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in North-West London, UK and forms part of Outer London.It borders London Borough of Harrow to the northwest, London Borough of Barnet to the northeast, London Borough of Camden to the east and London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and...
 to the west, Camden
London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form part of Central London....
 and Haringey
London Borough of Haringey

See also: Harringay for the neighbourhood in the London Borough of HaringeyThe London Borough of Haringey is a London borough, in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London....
 to the south-east and Enfield
London Borough of Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London....
 to the east.

Districts


The pattern of settlement is somewhat diverse. To the north of the borough is Barnet
Barnet

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a suburban development built around a 12th century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross....
, also known as High Barnet or Chipping Barnet. Also in the north are the low-density districts of Edgware
Edgware

Edgware is a suburb of North London situated north-west of Charing Cross. It should not be confused with Edgware Road, some miles to the south....
, Totteridge
Totteridge

Totteridge is an area of the London Borough of Barnet in north London, England. It is a mixture of suburban development and open land situated 8.20 miles north north-west of Charing Cross....
, Whetstone
Whetstone, London

Whetstone is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, bearing the postcode London N20. It is to the east of Totteridge, and these areas are often lumped together as Totteridge & Whetstone....
 and Mill Hill
Mill Hill

Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburb situated 8 miles north west of central London.Its postal address is London NW7, which covers a large geographical area - in fact it is the largest of all the London numbered postal districts....
.

Further south the development becomes steadily more intensive around the suburbs of Cricklewood
Cricklewood

Cricklewood is a district of North London, England whose northeastern part is in the London Borough of Barnet, western part is the London Borough of Brent and southeastern part is in London Borough of Camden....
, Colindale
Colindale

Colindale is an area in the London Borough of Barnet, although its main shopping street is in the London Borough of Brent on its west side. It is a suburban development situated 8 miles north west of Charing Cross....
, Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 and Finchley
Finchley

Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. It is predominantly a residential suburb with a number of retail districts....
. Golders Green
Golders Green

Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road....
 is renowned for its Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish minority ethnic population and forms part of the south of the borough, along with Hampstead Garden Suburb
Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb is a surburb, situated North of Hampstead, to the West of Highgate, and East of Golders Green. It is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in North West London....
 and Childs Hill
Childs Hill

Childs Hill, now the southernmost ward of the London Borough of Barnet, although of historic origin, is a late-19th-century suburban development situated 5 miles northwest of Charing Cross bordered by the A41 and Dunstan Road, and centred on the junction of Cricklewood Lane and Finchley Road....
.

History

The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963
London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital....
 in 1965 from the Municipal Borough of Finchley
Municipal Borough of Finchley

Finchley was created an urban district of Middlesex in 1894. In 1932 it was made a municipal borough. In 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its area became part of the London Borough of Barnet....
, Municipal Borough of Hendon
Municipal Borough of Hendon

Hendon was an ancient civil parish of around which included Mill Hill, , as well as Golders Green and Childs Hill . In 1894 it was created an urban district of Middlesex and in 1932 it became a municipal borough....
 and the Friern Barnet Urban District of Middlesex
Middlesex

Middlesex , from the Old English Middelseaxe , is one of the 39 Historic counties of England of England and the List of counties of England by area in 1831....
 and the East Barnet Urban District
East Barnet Urban District

East Barnet was a local government district in south Hertfordshire from 1863 to 1965 around the town of East Barnet.The district was created under the Local Government Act 1858 on September 25, 1863, as East Barnet Valley Local Government District....
 and Barnet Urban District
Barnet Urban District

Barnet was a local government district in south Hertfordshire from 1863 to 1965 around the town of Barnet....
 of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
.

Individual articles describe the history and development of the districts of Church End
History of Church End Finchley

History of Church End Finchley describes the development of Church End Finchley, a district in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England....
, East Finchley
History of East Finchley

East Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England....
, Edgware
History of Edgware

Edgware is a Saxon name. It means "Ecgi's weir". Ecgi must have been a Anglo-Saxons and the weir relates to a pond where Ecgi's people would catch fish....
, Golders Green
History of Golders Green

Golders Green is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England....
, Mill Hill
History of Mill Hill

Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England....
 and North Finchley
History of North Finchley

North Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England....
.

Places of interest

  • Royal Air Force Museum
  • Brent Cross Shopping Centre
    Brent Cross

    Brent Cross in London is best known as the first shopping mall of its kind to be built in the United Kingdom. Situated on the A406 road between the southern terminus of the M1 motorway and the A41 road in the London Borough of Barnet and taking its name from the River Brent which runs through the site....
  • College Farm
    College Farm

    College Farm is the last farm in Finchley, London, England. It is essentially a city farm and visitor attraction.In 1868 George Barham, founder of "Express Dairies", leased a property of about in Finchley called Sheephouse Farm....
  • Middlesex University
    Middlesex University

    Middlesex University is a university in north London, England, located in the Historic counties of England of Middlesex ....
     (Hendon Campus)
  • Hendon Police College
    Hendon Police College

    Hendon Police College is the principal training centre for London's Metropolitan Police Service.Today, the college is commonly referred to as the Peel Centre, although its original name is still used frequently....


Parks and open spaces

The borough has a large number of parks and open spaces. The Borough also has controls five Local Nature Reserve
Local Nature Reserve

A Local Nature Reserve or LNR is a statutory designation made under Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 by principal local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales....
s (LNR), and is jointly responsible with the London Borough of Brent
London Borough of Brent

The London Borough of Brent is a London borough in North-West London, UK and forms part of Outer London.It borders London Borough of Harrow to the northwest, London Borough of Barnet to the northeast, London Borough of Camden to the east and London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington and...
 for the Welsh Harp
Brent Reservoir

The Brent Reservoir is a reservoir which straddles the boundary between the London boroughs of London Borough of Brent and London Borough of Barnet and is owned by British Waterways....
 reservoir. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 and golf courses
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
; part of Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath is London's largest ancient parkland covering . This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the List of highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London clay The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, a train...
; as well as smaller recreation grounds.

Sport

The borough is home to a professional football club, Barnet F.C.
Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an England football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Coca Cola Football League Two.In March 2004 they were in one of the play off positions of the Football Conference but failed to gain promotion to League Two, the lowest flight of the Football League....
 and Barnet Copthall
Barnet Copthall

Barnet Copthall is a leisure complex in Mill Hill, London NW postcode area, England.Today, the complex houses a local authority-owned swimming pool, athletics stadium and gymnasium facilities....
 leisure complex.

Demographics


In 1801, the civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
es that form the modern borough had a total population of 6,404; and the area was characterised by farming and woodland — with settlement principally around the Great North Road
Great North Road

There are several Great North Roads:* Great North Road, Australia, a historical road leading from Sydney to the Hunter Valley* Great North Road, New Zealand, a road in Auckland...
. By 1830, a new turnpike, the Finchley Road
Finchley Road

Finchley Road, an inner city main road which runs for about 7 kilometres/4 miles, is one of the major thoroughfares of north London, England.It starts next to St....
 was constructed and horse-drawn omnibuses introduced. The population rose dramatically with the arrival of the trams and railways in the middle of 19th century, and new estates were built to house commuters. As industry relocated away from London during the 1960s, the population entered a decline, that has begun to reverse with new housing developments on brownfield sites.

According to the 2001 census the borough has a population of 314,564 though the most recent ONS projection for 2007 is 338, 600. 67% of householders are owner-occupiers. The borough has the highest percentage (14.8%) of Jewish residents of any local government area in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Many more people in Barnet have some Jewish ancestry, but don't consider themselves Jewish. Barnet has the largest Chinese population of any London borough population wise, and ranks 5th by percentage of Chinese people.

Education


Transport

Barnetlu

Bicycle

Former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone, is a United Kingdom politician. He has twice held the List of heads of London government in London local government: firstly as leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, and secondly as the first Mayor of London, a post he held fr...
 said "Barnet's transport agenda is recklessly anti-public transport, anti-pedestrian and anti-cycling. Barnet has become a laboratory experiment for some very ill-thought out policies".

Tube

The borough is served by the northern-most sections of the London Underground
London Underground

The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....
's Northern Line
Northern Line

The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground line; 206,734,000 passengers per annum....
, including all three of the line's northern termini (Edgware, High Barnet, and Mill Hill East):

  • High Barnet
    High Barnet tube station

    High Barnet tube station is a London Underground station located in High Barnet in North London. The station is the terminus of the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line and is in Travelcard Zone 5....
  • Totteridge and Whetstone
    Totteridge and Whetstone tube station

    Totteridge and Whetstone tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is the penultimate one on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Woodside Park tube station and High Barnet tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Woodside Park
    Woodside Park tube station

    Woodside Park tube station is a London Underground station in Woodside Park, north London.The station is on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between West Finchley tube station and Totteridge and Whetstone tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • West Finchley
    West Finchley tube station

    West Finchley tube station is a London Underground station in the Finchley area of north London in the London Borough of Barnet.The station is on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Finchley Central tube station and Woodside Park tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Mill Hill East
    Mill Hill East tube station

    Mill Hill East tube station is a London Underground station in Mill Hill in North London.The station is on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, and is the terminus, and only station, of a branch from Finchley Central tube station....
  • Finchley Central
    Finchley Central tube station

    Finchley Central tube station is a London Underground station in the Church End Finchley area of Finchley, North London.The station is on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between West Finchley tube station and East Finchley tube station stations and is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East tube statio...
  • East Finchley
    East Finchley tube station

    East Finchley is a London Underground station in East Finchley in north London.The station is on the Northern Line#High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Highgate tube station and Finchley Central tube station stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 3....
  • Edgware
    Edgware tube station

    Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the terminus of the Edgware branch of the Northern Line and the next station towards central London is Burnt Oak tube station....
  • Burnt Oak
    Burnt Oak tube station

    Burnt Oak tube station is a London Underground station in north London, on Watling Avenue, off the A5 . The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Edgware tube station and Colindale tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Colindale
    Colindale tube station

    Colindale tube station is a London Underground station in north London. The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Burnt Oak tube station and Hendon Central tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Hendon Central
    Hendon Central tube station

    Hendon Central tube station is a London Underground station in north London on the A41 road.The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Colindale tube station and Brent Cross tube station stations, and is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Brent Cross
    Brent Cross tube station

    Brent Cross tube station is a London Underground station located on Highfield Avenue in the Golders Green area of north west London.The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line, between Hendon Central tube station and Golders Green tube station stations, and in Travelcard Zone 3....
  • Golders Green
    Golders Green tube station

    Golders Green tube station is a London Underground station in Golders Green, north London. The station is on the Edgware tube station of the Northern Line between Hampstead tube station and Brent Cross tube station....


The Piccadilly Line
Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the third busiest line on the Underground network judged by its passengers per annum....
 skirts around the north eastern edge of the Barnet. Four stations are close to the borough border.
  • Cockfosters
    Cockfosters tube station

    Cockfosters is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line for which it is the northern terminus. The station is located on Cockfosters Road approximately 9 miles from central London and serves Cockfosters in the London Borough of Barnet although it is actually located a short distance across the borough boundary in the neighbouring...
  • Oakwood
    Oakwood tube station

    Oakwood is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly Line. It is the second most northerly station, between Southgate tube station and Cockfosters tube station stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 5....
  • Southgate
    Southgate tube station

    Southgate is a London Underground Piccadilly Line station in Southgate, London. It is located between Arnos Grove tube station and Oakwood tube station stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4....
  • Arnos Grove
    Arnos Grove tube station

    Arnos Grove is a London Underground station on the Piccadilly line between Bounds Green tube station and Southgate tube station. The station is in Travelcard Zone 4 and is located in Arnos Grove - near Arnos Park on Bowes Road, London....


Train

National Rail
National Rail

National Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies. ATOC is an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger Train Operating Company of Great Britain which now run the passenger services previously provided by the British Railways Board ....
 services in Barnet are operated by First Capital Connect
First Capital Connect

First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006. It is owned by First Group and combines the service on the cross-London Thameslink railway line between Brighton and Bedford with services along the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross railway...
 on two routes.

Thameslink Route
Thameslink

Thameslink is a fifty-station route in the Rail transport in the United Kingdom running north to south from Bedford railway station to Brighton railway station through the Snow Hill tunnel in Central London....
  • Mill Hill Broadway
    Mill Hill Broadway railway station

    Mill Hill Broadway railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in North London. It was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Mill Hill" in 1868 on its extension to St Pancras railway station, being renamed in 1950....
  • Hendon
    Hendon railway station

    Hendon railway station is a National Rail station situated to the west of Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet in North London, at .The station lies on the Midland Main Line and is served by First Capital Connect trains as part of the Thameslink Line service....
  • Cricklewood
    Cricklewood railway station

    Cricklewood railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in North London.The station lies on the Midland Main Line and is served by First Capital Connect trains as part of the Thameslink Line service....


Great Northern Route
Great Northern Route

The Great Northern Route is the name of the suburban services run on the southern end of the East Coast Main Line and associated branches. Services operate to or from London King's Cross railway station and Moorgate station in London....
  • New Barnet
    New Barnet railway station

    New Barnet railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. It is 16 km north of Moorgate station and is on the main East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley....
  • Oakleigh Park
    Oakleigh Park railway station

    Oakleigh Park railway station is in Oakleigh Park in the London Borough of Barnet in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 15 km north of Moorgate station on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley....
  • New Southgate
    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, and is in Travelcard Zone 4....


Bus

The borough is served by a large number of bus routes
List of bus routes in London

This article is a list of Transport for London contracted London Buses routes in London, as well as commercial services that enter the Greater London area ....
 managed by Transport for London
Transport for London

Transport for London is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage transport services across London....
.

Road

The following major roads run through the borough:
  • M1
    M1 motorway

    The M1 is a major north?south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 road near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston Bypass route, which later bec...
  • A1 (Great North Way)
  • A5
  • A41
  • A406
    A406 road

    The A406 or the North Circular Road is a trunk road which crosses North London, United Kingdom, linking West and East London. It, together with the A205 road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London....
     (North Circular)


Council

The borough is divided into 21 wards, each with 3 councillor
Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council. Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman....
s. Following the Barnet local government election
Barnet local elections

The London Borough of Barnet Council is elected every four years....
 on May 4, 2006 the Conservative party gained a working majority and full control of the council.

The current political composition of the Council is:
  • Conservative
    Conservative Party (UK)

    The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
    : 37
  • Labour
    Labour Party (UK)

    The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
    : 20
  • Liberal Democrat: 6


For administrative purposes, such as planning committees, the borough is divided into three areas. They match the respective parliamentary seats and each contains seven council wards.
  • North (Chipping Barnet
    Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)

    Chipping Barnet is a Parliament of the United Kingdom constituency in the United Kingdom's United Kingdom House of Commons. It is strongly Conservative and withstood the Labour landslide of 1997....
    ) - Brunswick Park, Coppetts, East Barnet, High Barnet, Oakleigh, Totteridge, Underhill
  • South (Finchley and Golders Green) - Childs Hill, East Finchley, Finchley Church End, Garden Suburb, Golders Green, West Finchley, Woodhouse
  • West (Hendon
    Hendon (UK Parliament constituency)

    Hendon is a United Kingdom constituencies represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
    ) - Burnt Oak, Colindale, Edgware, Hale, Hendon, Mill Hill, West Hendon


Barnet 92
Barnet 2005

London Fire Brigade


There are four fire stations that operate in the Bourough of Barnet. These are mobilised to protect around 330,000 people. The main risks identified in the borough include Barnet FC's stadium, Underhill Stadium, Brent Cross shopping centre, Coppetts Wood Hospitals and Barnet General Hospital. There are also several busy roads that run through the borough such as the [A1] and [A406].

Between the four stations; five pumping appliances, two equipment lorries, a bulk foam unit, a breathing apparatus support unit, a damage control support unit and a hazardous materials support unit are operated .



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    , France
    France

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  • Montclair
    Montclair, New Jersey

    Montclair is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New Jersey by population....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Morphou
    Morphou

    Morphou is a market town in the north-west of Cyprus, under the control of Northern Cyprus. Morphou was founded by Sparta who brought with them the worship of Aphrodite....
    , Cyprus
    Cyprus

    Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, west of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, south of Turkey and north of Egypt....
  • Ramat Gan
    Ramat Gan

    Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west. It houses Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, Bar-Ilan University, an advanced medical center , and The National Park ....
    , Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  • Siegen-Wittgenstein
    Siegen-Wittgenstein

    Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Olpe , Hochsauerland, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill, Westerwaldkreis, Altenkirchen ....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  • Tempelhof-Schöneberg
    Tempelhof-Schöneberg

    Tempelhof-Sch?neberg is the seventh Boroughs of Berlin of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Sch?neberg....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....


See also

  • Hampstead Garden Suburb
    Hampstead Garden Suburb

    Hampstead Garden Suburb is a surburb, situated North of Hampstead, to the West of Highgate, and East of Golders Green. It is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in North West London....


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