Potters Bar

Worth seeing in and around Potters Bar

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.

1. 01
   Trent Park

   Trent Park is an English country house in north London, accompanied by its former extensive grounds. The original great house, along with several statues and other structures within the grounds, such as the Orangery, are Grade II listed buildings.

   5.4 km · park in the London Borough of Enfield, UK; in WW2 Camp for highranking enemy officers · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wrotham Park

   Wrotham Park is a neo-Palladian English country house in the parish of South Mimms, Hertfordshire. It lies south of the town of Potters Bar and 12.2 miles north of Hyde Park Corner in central London.

   2.5 km · country house in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Barnet Museum

   Barnet Museum is in the London Borough of Barnet. It has displays on topics including the Battle of Barnet, Barnet Fair and Barnet Market.

   5 km · local museum in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Spires Shopping Centre

   The Spires Barnet is a shopping centre in Chipping Barnet, north London, England. It is located in the centre of the town, on the High Street, and incorporates the twin spires of the former High Barnet Methodist Church which stood on the site until the late 1980s.

   4.9 km · shopping centre in Chipping Barnet, north London · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St John the Baptist Church

   St John the Baptist Church is the Church of England parish church of Chipping Barnet, Greater London. It forms part of the Chipping Barnet Team Ministry, comprising St Mark's, Barnet Vale, St Peter's, Arkley and St Stephen's, Bell's Hill.

   5.1 km · church in Chipping Barnet, London · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Susi Earnshaw Theatre School

   The Susi Earnshaw Theatre School is a full-time private school specialising in academics and performing arts in Barnet, North London. The school was established in 1989 by former actress and journalist Susi Earnshaw and her husband David Earnshaw, who was a producer, touring and session musician.

   5.1 km · Theatre School · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Christ Church, Cockfosters

   Christ Church, Cockfosters, is a conservative evangelical Anglican church in Chalk Lane, in the north London suburb of Cockfosters. It is about 200m from Cockfosters Underground station.

   5.6 km · church in Cockfosters, London · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Paul's Church, Hadley Wood

   St Paul's Church is a Church of England proprietary chapel in Hadley Wood, London.

   3.6 km · church building in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Monkenhurst

   Monkenhurst is a house in the Victorian Gothic style at 15 The Crescent on the north edge of New Barnet in London, England. It overlooks Monken Hadley Common.

   4.5 km · building · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hollybush

    Hollybush is a grade II listed building on Hadley Green Road to the north of Chipping Barnet. The main house was built around 1790 and the adjoining small buildings on the left even earlier.

    4.2 km · house in Monken Hadley, London · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Oakmere Park
2. 02
   Parkfield Open Space
3. 03
   WW2 Pillbox

   Crossoaks Ln, EN6 3LH (Next to the Old Guinea Pub).

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Things to do

Play Cricket at

1. 01
   Potters Bar Cricket Club

   The Walk, Potters Bar EN6 1QE,.

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Harringtons Fish & Chips

   39 Darkes Lane, EN6 1BJ,.

2. 02
   The Oakmere House
3. 03
   The Old Manor

   Wyllyott's Place, Darkes Lane, EN6 2JD (go on Darkes Lane west 1/2 block from the railway station and then north 1/2 block on Wylliott's Place),.

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Getting to Potters Bar

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 23 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 32 km · London Stansted (STN), 35 km

Stations

Cockfosters tube station, 5.7 km · High Barnet tube station, 5.3 km · New Barnet railway station, 5.5 km · Hadley Wood railway station, 3.3 km · Crews Hill railway station, 5.4 km

• London → Potters Bar

  21 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £3–3.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Potters Bar

  147 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £16–21
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Potters Bar

  155 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £17–22
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