London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet is a suburban London borough in north London, England.
The London Borough of Barnet is a suburban London borough in north London, England. Forming part of Outer London, the borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It is one of London's two most populated boroughs, with 405,050 inhabitants as of 2024, also making it England's 19th largest district that year. The borough covers an area of 86.74 square kilometres (33 sq mi), the fourth largest area of the 32 London boroughs, and has a population density of 46.7 people per hectare, which ranks it 25th.
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Worth seeing in and around London Borough of Barnet
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in north London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. A Grade II listed building, it is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm.
3.8 km · entertainment venue in Alexandra Park, London · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People
Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People is a wooden church in Woodside Park, London. It is the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire.
2.4 km · church in London, UK · Wikipedia - 03Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park is a 200-acre, Green Flag Award, and Green Heritage winning, diverse-landscape park, in the Borough of Haringey in north London adjacent to Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green. Laid out on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm, the park and palace were named in 1863, the year of the marriage of Alexandra of Denmark to the Prince of Wales who became King Edward VII. Alexandra Park is split between hilly and flat ground.
3.9 km · park in the London Borough of Haringey · Wikipedia - 04Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in north London, England, is the only library outside Belarus to collect exclusively in the field of Belarusian studies. It was formally established as an independent institution in 1971 and is owned by a charitable trust.
2.4 km · library · Wikipedia - 05St Pancras and Islington Cemetery
St Pancras and Islington Cemetery is a large cemetery in East Finchley, North London. Although it is situated in the London Borough of Barnet, it is run as two cemeteries, owned by two other London Boroughs, Camden and Islington.
2.9 km · cemetery in the London Borough of Barnet · Wikipedia - 06Hornsey College of Art
Hornsey College of Art, also known as HCA, founded in 1880 as the Hornsey School of Arts, was an art school in Crouch End, part of Hornsey, Middlesex, England. From 1965 it was in the London Borough of Haringey.
2.1 km · Art college in England · Wikipedia - 07Bethune Park
Bethune Park or Bethune Recreation Ground is a public park in Friern Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. Most of it is mown grass, and it also has a large nature reserve area, a children's playground, a basketball court and a tennis court.
600 m · park in Friern Barnet, London, England · Wikipedia - 08Friary Park
Friary Park is a 9-hectare formal Edwardian park in Friern Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. The park opened to the public in 1910, and the facilities include a cafe, playground and skatepark.
1 km · park in Friern Barnet, London · Wikipedia - 09Swan Lane Open Space
Swan Lane Open Space is a public park in Whetstone in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the smallest of Barnet's sixteen "Premier Parks".
1.8 km · public park in Whetstone, London · Wikipedia - 10St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet
St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church for East Barnet within the Diocese of St Albans. It is located on Church Hill.
1.1 km · church in East Barnet, London · Wikipedia
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Getting to London Borough of Barnet
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 27 km · London Luton (LTN), 31 km · London Stansted (STN), 39 km
- Stations
- Arnos Grove tube station, 1.7 km · Cockfosters tube station, 2.9 km · Oakwood tube station, 2.9 km · Bounds Green tube station, 2.8 km · Southgate tube station, 1.9 km
- London → London Borough of Barnet13 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £1.5–2
- Birmingham, West Midlands → London Borough of Barnet151 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £16–21
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → London Borough of Barnet162 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for London Borough of Barnet
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for London Borough of Barnet. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMore entertainment than transport really, rickshaws run in Soho and the surrounding areas.
From Wikivoyage: London/Soho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in London Borough of Barnet – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet is 10 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Haringeyborough in the London Region in England4 km
- Finchleyarea of North London, England in the London Borough of Barnet3.8 km
- Barnetarea in the London Borough of Barnet, England, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Cockfosterssuburb of North London, England3 km
- Southgatesuburban area of north London, England1.9 km
- Muswell Hillsuburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey3.8 km