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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Friern Barnet

  

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

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Friern Barnet history

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Friern Barnet was an ancient parish in the Finsbury division of Ossulstone hundred, in the county of Middlesex. The area was originally considered to be part of Barnet, most of which was in Hertfordshire. The opening of Colney Hatch paupers’ lunatic asylum in 1851 prompted its development as an outer London suburb. The “Friern” part of the parish’s name derives from the French for “brother”

Notable people

In order of birth: Lawrence Campe (died 1613), citizen of the City of London, funded the building of almshouses in “Fryan Barnett” Charlotte Maria Tucker (1821–1893), pseudonym A.L.O.E. (A Lady of England), was born at Friern Hatch. Jack Cohen, founder of the Tesco retail chain, funded with his wife Lady Sarah Cohen House in Friern Barnet. Dorothy Lawrence (1896–1964), a reporter who posed as a man to join the army in World War I, was later confined in Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum.

You can visit Friern Barnet places with Walkfo Friern Barnet to hear history at Friern Barnet’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Friern Barnet has 224 places to visit in our interactive Friern 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 Friern 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 Friern Barnet places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Friern Barnet & the surrounding areas.

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224 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Friern Barnet places to visit

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

Oakthorpe Park Oakthorpe Park is a small park and a larger, informal and transiently used neighbourhood name denoting a small fraction of the south of Enfield in Palmers Green, north London, UK. It is situated next to the North Circular. The neighbourhood corresponds to part of the 2004 to date Bowes ward and its nearest train or underground stations are at Wood Green.

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.

East Finchley East Finchley is situated 5.4 miles (8.7 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It is separated from the rest of Finchley by the North Circular, with North Finchley and West Finchley to the north, and Finchley Central (Church End) to the northwest. It has the greenest high road in London, with most of the area falling into the London Borough of Barnet.

Church End, Finchley Church End is an old village, now a suburban development, centred 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. Aside from its church it centres on Finchley Central Underground station.

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

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