April 01, 2020
Reduced height for New Barnet tower blocks
in Planning
After feedback from a public exhibition in January, the Victoria Quarter housing development on the former gas works site in New Barnet has been scaled back slightly by lowering the height of the proposed blocks of flats and by making a small reduction in the…
March 31, 2020
More tree planting on Barnet Hill
in General News
Planting trees on Barnet Hill has been one of the great achievements of the Barnet Society -- and it is still work in progress with a row of Hawthorn being the lastest. A working party succeeded -- a few weeks before the introduction of coronavirus…
March 31, 2020
Battle of Barnet: beaten by coronavirus
in Events
Barnet's highly successful medieval festival, due to have been staged during the last weekend in May, is just one of the many local events that are having to be postponed or cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis. Organisers have rescheduled this year's…
Mar 31, 2020
Shutters down and closed shop doors in Barnet High Street
Only around 20 shops and retail outlets are still open for business along the entire length of Barnet High Street during the second week of the tightening…
Dec 27, 2019
Wood Street’s eyesore is no more
A massive pile of rubble, beams and planks was all that was left of Barnet’s blot of the landscape – the derelict nurses’ home for the former Victoria…
Dec 23, 2019
Top-of-the-table fixture for Hadley Football Club
Hadley Football Club, which is aiming to become a regular home attraction for many more Barnet football fans, faces two critical New Year fixtures in its bid…
Dec 23, 2019
Portrait of Tracey Emin on show
A triptych featuring Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst – which was on display at the Barnet Guild of Artists’ annual exhibition – has pride of place in the entrance…
Dec 18, 2019
Barnet’s Secret Santa appeal for children in need
An appeal to provide a Christmas present for children living in poverty across the Borough of Barnet is hoping to distribute well over 300 parcels each…
Dec 18, 2019
Medical care and advice over festive season
A new leaflet has been published that brings together all the contact details and opening times for urgent medical attention and hospital care that will be…
