Borough of Barnet

London is a city of contrasts, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the boroughs. The borough of Barnet has a suburban feel with its leafy streets lined with houses and gardens. You’ll find many parks and green spaces in the area, along with plenty of shopping opportunities for those who like to browse high street stores or enjoy some retail therapy at their local mall. It’s also easy to get around on foot or by bus when you live in Barnet, it’s one of London’s most pedestrian-friendly areas!

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Best places to live in Borough of Barnet

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Beautiful old red brick Edwardian houses in Church End, Finchley Central, Barnet

Where is Barnet?

Barnet is located in the North-East of London, in the county of Hertfordshire. It’s bordered by Enfield and Whetstone to the west; Finchley to the north; Camden/Haringey to the south-east and Barnet Vale to the south-west.

What are the Transport links like in Barnet

Barnet is about 15 miles from Central London. The closest mainline station for those living in Barnet is High Barnet Station on the Northern Line.

This line goes into central London via Charing Cross or Bank tube stations. This makes it quick and easy for locals who want to commute or visit some of London’s sights like Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street or Covent Garden Market!

Where are the best places to live in Barnet?

There are a wide range of homes in Barnet, from brand new modern flats and houses to older properties. Barnet has a diverse mix of residents, with many different cultures and religions.

Some popular places to live in Barnet are:

Southgate – close to shops on Wood Green High Road, transport links into central London via Great Northern tube line or train service from Oakwood Station. This area is also very popular with families

Edgware – which has a range of amenities and is well connected to central London via buses and tube

Golders Green – this area offers a great selection of homes, has excellent transport links into the city centre and an abundance of amenities such as bars, restaurants and shops.

Borehamwood – is very popular with families and commuters. Many residents choose to commute into central London via the Overground network or catch an express train from Borehamwood station. The area also benefits from excellent local transport links, including buses along Elstree Way, Barnet Road and Shenley Park Drive which lead directly into Edgware Station.

Best Schools in Barnet

Some of the best schools in Barnet are; St Joseph’s Primary School, Christ Church CofE Infants and Junior Schools (both rated outstanding by Ofsted), Tetherdown Primary School which is also Good with Outstanding features, and Glendale Primary School which is Good with Outstanding features.

What is there to do in Barnet?

Barnet has a theatre called the Barnet Players which has regular shows throughout the year.

The Menorah Foundation runs activities for all ages, including workshops and classes in areas such as painting, pottery, jewellery making and dance. There are also various other cultural events taking place at venues across Barnet during any given month of the year.

View of St John the Baptist Church, in Barnet.

Barnes Pond is an area designated for model boating enthusiasts to use their own boats on one of three ponds within this man-made site located near Barnes Bridge Railway Station (Zone three). It was built between 1892–1894 by local businessman Thomas Williams Tealby after whom one of its ponds is named after him.

You can hire out rowing boats there too!

If you love sports then Barnes is the place for you as it has a number of sports clubs that welcome new members. The Barnes Club on Albert Road is home to an array of activities from football, cricket and rugby union teams who play at various levels within their leagues.

A green space near central London

Barnet also features several green spaces such as Queen’s Wood located near Chipping Barnet town centre – this ancient woodland covers approximately 40 acres/16 hectares with walking trails leading through its beautiful landscape.

There is also Hendon Park (roughly 25 acres/11 hectares), Colney Hatch Lane Recreational Ground (15 acres/six hectares) and East Finchley Cemetery.

Barnet has a lot to offer, especially for young professionals or families that are looking to get the most out of their money. There’s plenty of things you can do in your downtime and also great educational opportunities for children!

Reviews in Borough of Barnet

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Promising but unfinished and disappointing.

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Review Date Mar 2024

There aren’t any local bars or restaurants unless you walk to the main highstreet, however this does make the estate quiet. Good transport links into central. Parking has been a bit of a nightmare where people park where they want despite being told when purchasing the properties no street parking. Also, bins regularly don’t get collected due to naive residents and it’s residents that have taken action against other residents to try and stop extra charges been applied not the management company.

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Overall good location and has the necessity’s and also great views of london. Design wise could have been better: stingy on kitchen cabinets for the couple of apartments that have straight kitchens instead of L shapes – only given 2 30cm wall cabinets with 1200cm open wall space, heating is not efficiently place – all radiators placed centrally and not near windows to trap cold air, could have been more thought out and had underfloor heating put in. Silly to put neighbours window right next to terrace railing – no privacy for either, room layout of windows and sockets poor – why would you put a bed headboard against a window? Building/ property management quite poor, no leeway to those who follow the rules and no enforcement to those who don’t. Response not always given and a lot of times seem to be giving false answers to avoid responsibilities.

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Be prepared to be cold in winter unless you are okay with spending lots of money on heating.

What is the best feature of your home:

The amount of nature light from the windows, which ultimately gives the best views surrounding the property, especially the terrace over looking North West London.

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Decent first buy but could be better

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Review Date Feb 2024

Locals shops are around 10min walk with Edgware city centre about 30 mins walk. There is a single bus running past the development. A great range of shops and restaurants. I like the quietness of the area and greenery directly surrounding the area

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The design is good. Kitchen could have been better designed. They should have installed a second hard water pipe to kitchen sink or even better installed a water softener as standard due to geographical location. There is a nice little park/open area within the development. However this is ruined by thoughtless dog owners who don’t pick up after. Parking is an issue as everyday visitors park in other peoples bay. Our intercom doesn’t work so it’s a pain. Our gate scrapes the ground when been opened as closed. Management company says it’s because the ground is not level and won’t instruct Fairview to fix it. They oven make claims about damage to gate without any evidence then charge us for repairs. I feel management company is very good

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I wasn’t expecting there to be 100 plus points for snagging. Poor quality control and then ask owner to go through each point and turn developers takes months to remedy it

What is the best feature of your home:

Mainly the location. Rooms are decent size as well

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The design of the property is quite attractive

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Review Date Feb 2024

The nearest supermarket around the estate takes 15 mins drive, so it’s not a convenient site for daily shopping. Regarding the public transport, the bus stop is within abfew minutes walk but the tube station takes 25mins which is not so desirable especially in winter time.

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The design of the property is quite attractive but the quality of facilities in the bathroom,toilet and also those windows and doors in the house is quite low. The building management is responsive in making reply whereas the property management, there is room for improvement.

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No water tap for garden in the original plan which was later to be installed by the developer but I had already paid someone else to fix one for me.

What is the best feature of your home:

The kitchen cabinet is the best, especially the material of the cabinet doors, which is easy to clean and care.

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Love the area just don’t like being lied to

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Review Date Feb 2024

Love the area just don’t like being lied to about visitor parking before we bought our home the sales team gave you all the things you wanna hear but didn’t live up to any promises. 2-year warranty doesn’t have any grounds literally after 1 year they will fob you off as much as they can.

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Property management company are not as independent as they say and don’t live up to anything continuous problems with the gate. they are badly installed but they don’t fight it fairview. 2 year warranty isn’t a warranty at all soon as its above 1 year they do anything to get of doing anything simple as that.

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I i wish had known there was no visitor parking as I would have chosen a different option or a different home.

What is the best feature of your home:

home, in general, is a nice size and generally oh k

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