Visit East Barnet Places

Welcome to Visit East Barnet Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in East Barnet

  

East Barnet Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about East Barnet

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East Barnet history

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From 1894 until 1965 East Barnet formed part of the East Hertfordshire Urban District of Hertfordshire. In 1965, it was transferred from Hertfordsshire to Greater London. The area was amalgamated with Barnet and Friern Barnet Urban Districts, Finchley and Hendon Metropolitan Boroughs to form London Borough of Barnet.

You can visit East Barnet places with Walkfo East Barnet to hear history at East Barnet’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo East Barnet has 196 places to visit in our interactive East Barnet map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout East Barnet, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at East Barnet places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to East Barnet & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 196 audio facts unique to East Barnet places in an interactive East Barnet map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit East Barnet Places Map
196 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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East Barnet historic spots	East Barnet tourist destinations	East Barnet plaques	East Barnet geographic features
Walkfo East Barnet tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in East Barnet

  

Best East Barnet places to visit

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East Barnet has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied East Barnet’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo East Barnet’s information audio spots:

Colney Hatch Colney Hatch is the name of a small district within the London Borough of Barnet. The area is predominantly residential with a mixture of Victorian and Edwardian houses and much more recent development.

North Finchley North Finchley is situated 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Charing Cross. It is situated on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Church End, Friern Barnet and Whetstone. Church End is often known as Finchley Central, owing to the name of the tube station located there.

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 East Barnet or of East London. The name is a relatively modern invention, after the eponymous station which opened in 1873.

New Barnet New Barnet is located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfosters, south of the village of Monken Hadley and north of Oakleigh Park. 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 main commercial area is east of the railway station on East Barnet Road. The high street is dominated by a medium-sized Sainsbury’s supermarket.

Oakwood, London Oakwood is a suburban area of north London, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is situated within the Southgate postal area (London N14)

Hadley Wood Hadley Wood is a suburb in the north of Greater London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield, about 11 miles (17.7 km) north north-west of Charing Cross.

Woodside Park Woodside Park is a suburban residential area in Barnet, London. It is located in the North Finchley postal district of N12.

Greenhill estate Greenhill was a house and estate on the site of the former Pricklers estate to the south of Chipping Barnet, on the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, in what is now north London.

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