Record temperatures and an unprecedented red alert heatwave warning are claimed to be further justification for opposition to a scheme to build high-rise blocks of flats on the former gas works site at New Barnet.
For the first time in a decade Tudor Park Pavilion was brought back to life hosting a Picnic for the Pavilion for the residents of Barnet Vale…well almost! Supporters of the campaign to refurbish the dilapidated pavilion could still only look in from the outside at what used to be a much-loved focal point for the community.
Continue reading Abandoned Tudor Park pavilion a step nearer being repaired and re-opened
Barnet Council has intervened on planning and licensing grounds to ensure a full hearing of the views of local residents before a decision is made on whether to allow an adult gaming centre to open in Barnet High Street.
A concert by pupils at Queen Elizabeth’s Boys School was another first for the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival which is now in its second year.
A planning inspector has given the go ahead for Barnet House, the twelve-storey vacant office block in High Road, Whetstone, to be converted into 260 flats with affordable workspace on the ground floor.
Continue reading Developers win planning appeal to convert Barnet House tower block into flats
An artist’s impression illustrates how Green Belt fields off Mays Lane, Barnet, are to be transformed into London’s first purpose built equine therapy centre where challenged youngsters will be able to interact with specially trained horses.
Barnet parish church is to host the first concert of this year’s High Barnet Chamber Music Festival — and the two soloists on the opening night, French horn player Annemarie Federle and tenor Brenton Spiteri have been busy rehearsing.
Barnet Council, now under Labour control, is intent on building a new relationship with the borough’s residents to ensure improvements in key areas such as planning, public amenities, bus services and the protection of the Green Belt and open spaces.
London’s first purpose built equine therapy centre — where challenged youngsters interact with specially trained horses — is to be established at derelict stables in Mays Lane, Barnet.
Barnet Council has rejected plans for the installation of a 20-metre high 5G network telephone mast on the approach road to Barnet Hospital, close to the mini roundabout at the junction of Wellhouse Lane and Wood Street.
An application is being made under the Gambling Act to open a bingo hall on Barnet High Street in the historic building that was most recently a branch of the TSB bank and which was formerly the offices of the Barnet Press weekly newspaper.
Continue reading Bid to offer bingo games on Barnet High Street angers Town Team
Barnet Medieval Festival’s spectacular re-enactments, attracting ever-loyal audiences, are generating increased interest in the role played by the two Battles of St Albans, as well as the Battle of Barnet.
Displays by mounted knights in armour and men at arms were another first at the increasingly popular Barnet Medieval Festival, now in its fourth year.
Continue reading Plenty of action and lots to see at opening day of Barnet Medieval Festival
The Barnet Society is collecting photographs and stories that captured the fun and friendliness of the many street parties held over the four-day Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
A veteran High Barnet motorcycling enthusiast, 86-year-old Peter Biles — who bought his first motorbike just before the Coronation in 1953 — was one of the veterans taking pride of place in the pageant The Times of Our Lives on the final day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Whitehall and The Mall.
With fine weather on bank holiday Friday, Platinum Jubilee street parties were the order of the day, and the party planners were delighted with the turn out.
Continue reading Platinum Jubilee street parties get celebrations off to a flying start
Objectors to a plan to install a 20-metre high 5G network phone mast on the main approach road to Barnet Hospital say it would have an overbearing impact on residents in nearby roads and perhaps become a potential health hazard.
Continue reading Plan for a 5G phone mast in High Barnet as high as the Angel of the North
With so few outlets available for small shopkeepers and with so little space for new businesses and shared working, Chipping Barnet Town Team has decided to take the initiative and open temporary accommodation for budding entrepreneurs in a prime location.
A newly opened recital hall at Queen Elizabeth’s School for Boys is to host three concerts to be held in July as part of the second annual High Barnet Chamber Music Festival.
Opening the new £4 million Signature care home in Wood Street, High Barnet, was the first official duty for the newly installed Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Alison Moore.
What is being billed as The Big Picnic on Saturday 4 June on the lawn beside Barnet Parish Church will be one of the highlights of local celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend.
Hadley FC, the oldest football club playing in Barnet, have won promotion to a higher league.
Continue reading Football fans have something to cheer about as Hadley FC celebrate fresh success
Hadley Green’s pink marble drinking fountain — out of order for the last 50 years — might possibly secure a new lease of life and once again offer walkers and even their dogs a refreshing drink of water.
Barnet High Street is to lose one of its convenience stores — the Sainsbury’s Local at 146 High Street is to close later this year.
Barnet Council is to charge £790 during the summer months to remove grass clippings from High Barnet’s two bowling greens — way above the £210 that was charged last year.
Continue reading Hefty bill for taking away grass cuttings causes consternation at Barnet Bowls Club
After investing £22 million in building a 100-apartment luxury care home in Wood Street, High Barnet, the Signature Care Homes group has now embarked on a marketing drive to attract future residents.
Continue reading Barnet’s high-end new care home seeks to attract residents for 100 apartments
Golfers with disabilities assembled at The Shire golf course in St Albans Road, Barnet, for the launch of the Cairns Cup, a new international disability golf competition between teams from Europe and the USA.
Continue reading Disabled golfers stage new international tournament at Barnet’s 18-hole course
Labour has taken overall control of Barnet Borough Council for the first time since the London boroughs were created in the 1960s — and High Barnet is one of the former Conservative strongholds that now has two Labour councillors.
Barnet High Street is busily adapting to changes in trading patterns that developed during lockdown, and which seem to be here to stay given the ability of so many employees to work from home.
Transport for London has rejected a plea for out-of-service buses to offer a skeleton 84 service when heading back and forth between Potters Bar bus garage and stops where services start and terminate in High Barnet.
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