August 19, 2019 6
Plans for attracting High Street shoppers and visitors
in General News
Construction work has started on the pavement build outs in Barnet High Street – an improvement which community groups have campaigned for and which could be backed up by other measures proposed in Barnet Council’s draft growth strategy plan for the borough.
August 19, 2019 2
Classic car show with a view
in General News
Barnet’s annual classic car show has a new venue this year – the vast open top deck of the NCP car park at the Spires shopping centre.
August 15, 2019 1
Eyesore on point of demolition
in General News
High Barnet’s long-standing blot on the landscape, the derelict nurses’ home on the Marie Foster Centre site, is finally about to be demolished.
Aug 06, 2019
Boosting High Barnet’s bat population
Barnet Environment Centre is planning to install three bat boxes to help increase the biodiversity of the Byng Road nature reserve.
Jul 31, 2019 4
Barnet’s knife bin for saving lives
A large bin for the safe disposal of all bladed weapons and instruments has been installed in Union Street, High Barnet, in support of the drive to curb the…
Jul 28, 2019
Healthy walks exploring Barnet’s historical heritage
Councillor Caroline Stock, Mayor of Barnet – and the borough’s wellbeing champion – launched the first of six healthy heritage walks which are being promoted…
Jul 23, 2019
High Barnet SOS: Save Our Swifts
Swifts swooping and squealing high overhead have always been a regular sight in parts of High Barnet, but some local ornithologists fear these summer visitors…
Jul 22, 2019 1
Hadley Woodland Bathing
It's 6pm on a Friday evening, the week has been a challenge, I’m tired and looking forward to the calm of the weekend and my wife asks if I would like to go…
Jul 14, 2019 8
Proposed Playing Fields Hubs are serious threat to green belt
The Council’s proposed master plan for Barnet and King George V Playing Fields, and especially its building on Barnet Playing Fields, would be a gross…
