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The London Borough of Barnet, located on the northern periphery of London and having much of the area within its boundaries in the Metropolitan Green Belt, has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries and golf courses, and part of Hampstead Heath.

Parks

Premier Parks

Barnet describes its 16 main open spaces as 'premier parks', 7 of which achieved a Green Flag Award for 2009/10:

• Childs Hill Park and Basing Hill Park, Childs Hill
• Cherry Tree Wood, East Finchley
• Edgwarebury Park, Edgware
• Friary Park, Friern Barnet
• Hendon Park, Hendon
• Lyttelton Playing Fields, Hampstead Garden Suburb
• Mill Hill Park, Mill Hill
• Oak Hill Park, East Barnet
• Old Court House Recreation Ground, High Barnet
• Sunny Hill Park, Hendon
• Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone
• Tudor Sports Ground, New Barnet
• Victoria Park, Finchley Central
• Victoria Recreation Ground, New Barnet
• Watling Park, Burnt Oak
• West Hendon Playing Fields, West Hendon

Other parks and green spaces

The borough contains over 200 green spaces. Some of them are:

• Bethune Park, Friern Barnet
• Bittacy Hill Park, Mill Hill
• Brent Park, Hendon
• Highlands Gardens, New Barnet
• Long Lane Pasture, Finchley
• Whitings Hill Open Space, Chipping Barnet

Nature reserves

Site of Special Scientific Interest

• Brent Reservoir (a Site of Special Scientific Interest which is partly in the London Borough of Brent)

Local Nature Reserves

Barent has 7 Local Nature Reserves

• Big Wood and Little Wood, Hampstead Garden Suburb
• Oak Hill Wood, East Barnet
• Scratchwood and Moat Mount open space, Mill Hill
• Coppetts Wood and Glebelands, Colney Hatch
• Rowley Green Common, Arkley
• Totteridge Fields, Totteridge
• Brent Reservoir is a Local Nature Reserve as well as a Site of Special Scientific Interest

Sites of Nature Conservation Interest

The Borough has 67 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation, and these are listed in Nature reserves in Barnet. Some of them are:

• Hampstead Heath (only the Hampstead Heath Extension and Golders Hill Park are in Barnet)
• Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill, Mill Hill
• Darland's Lake Nature Reserve, Totteridge
• Golders Hill Park, Golders Green
• King George's Fields, Monken Hadley
• The Mill Field, Mill Hill
• Monken Hadley Common, Monken Hadley
• Stoneyfields Park, Edgware

Dollis Valley Greenwalk

The Dollis Valley Greenwalk in Barnet was one of 11 green spaces throughout Greater London chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote in 2009; the walk received £400,000 towards a variety of improvements, including better footpaths and more lighting. The walk follows Dollis Brook, which is also Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.

See also

• Nature reserves in Barnet
• East Finchley Cemetery
• St. Pancras and Islington Cemetery

References

1. "Premier parks". Barnet Council. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
2. "Parks and open spaces". Barnet Council. 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
3. Highlands Gardens, London Gardens Online
4. Long Lane Pasture web site
5. "London parks get £6m for revamp". BBC News. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.

External links

• List of premier parks on the London Borough of Barnet's website
• "Parks and open spaces in the Barnet area". London Borough of Barnet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
• List of sports facilities in Barnet parks
• List of parks and open spaces in Barnet on the London Parks & Gardens Trust's London Gardens Online
• Finchley Society, Finchley and Friern Barnet Green Spaces List

v t e London Borough of Barnet
Districts	Arkley Barnet Gate Brent Cross Brunswick Park Burnt Oak Childs Hill Chipping Barnet Church End, Finchley Colney Hatch East Barnet East Finchley Edgware Finchley Friern Barnet Golders Green Grahame Park The Hale Hampstead Garden Suburb Hendon The Hyde Mill Hill (including Mill Hill East) Monken Hadley New Barnet North Finchley Oakleigh Park Osidge Temple Fortune Totteridge West Hendon Whetstone Woodside Park Partly in the London Borough Cockfosters Colindale Cricklewood Muswell Hill New Southgate Abolished in 1965 Barnet East Barnet Finchley Friern Barnet Hendon
Attractions	artsdepot Avenue House Barnet Gate Mill Barnet Market Barnet Museum La Délivrance Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture RAF Museum
Parks and open spaces	Arrandene Open Space Barnet Gate Wood Basing Hill Park Bethune Park Bittacy Hill Park Brent Park Brent Reservoir Cherry Tree Wood Childs Hill Park Clitterhouse Recreation Ground Coppetts Wood Darland's Lake Nature Reserve Dollis Valley Greenwalk Edgwarebury Park Friary Park Golders Hill Park Greenhill Gardens Hendon Park King George's Fields Long Lane Pasture Lyttelton Playing Fields The Mill Field Mill Hill Park Moat Mount Open Space Princes Park Monken Hadley Common Oak Hill Park Oak Hill Wood Old Court House Recreation Ground Princes Park Rowley Green Common Scratchwood Stoneyfields Park Sunny Hill Park Swan Lane Open Space Totteridge Fields Tudor Sports Ground Victoria Park Victoria Recreation Ground Watling Park West Hendon Playing Fields Whalebones Park Whitings Hill Open Space
Constituencies	Chipping Barnet Hendon Finchley and Golders Green
Tube and rail stations	Brent Cross Burnt Oak Colindale Cricklewood East Finchley Edgware Finchley Central Golders Green Hendon Hendon Central High Barnet Mill Hill Broadway Mill Hill East New Barnet New Southgate Oakleigh Park Totteridge & Whetstone West Finchley Woodside Park
Other topics	Brent Cross Cricklewood Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings Nature reserves People Public art Schools
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Commons	Barnes Blackheath Bostall Heath Clapham Ealing East Sheen Eel Brook Eltham Hackney Marshes Hainault Forest Ham Hampstead Heath Hayes Keston Mitcham Monken Hadley Peckham Rye Plumstead Stanmore Streatham Sutton Tooting Tylers Wandsworth Wimbledon and Putney Winn's Woolwich Wormwood Scrubs
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Marshes and wetlands	Crayford Erith Hackney Hornchurch Ickenham Ingrebourne Leyton Rainham, Wennington, and Aveley Tottenham Walthamstow Woodberry Wetlands WWT London Wetland Centre
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Entry-fee charging	Kew Gardens London Wetland Centre
Community gardens	Phoenix Garden

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• Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet
• Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet