Barnet Society 75th anniversary walks
Enjoy five short walks in our local countryside recommended by Owen Jones.
In May the Barnet Society celebrated its 75th birthday. Since our founding in 1945 was prompted by the threat to build on the green space that surrounds Chipping Barnet on three sides, it also seems appropriate to celebrate that countryside. The following five articles are a collaboration between Owen Jones, a longstanding member of the Society and editor of Rambles Round Barnet Parts 1 & 2, and Robin Bishop, who write about the threats today to the landscape in which each walk is set.
Walk no.1 – Whitings Hill Open Space & Whitings Wood: /may-blossom-celebrating-75-years-of-the-barnet-society
Walk no.2 – Barnet Gate Wood: /barnet-s-hidden-rhododendron-spectacle
Walk no.3 – Arkley to Highwood Hill: /barnet-s-new-regional-park
Walk no.4 – Galley Lane to Saffron Green: /fasten-your-green-belt-and-prepare-for-new-buildings-to-land
Walk no.5 – The Dollis Valley: /how-green-is-our-valley-but-for-how-much-longer
Related News Items
- US tech firm reveals more about its plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centres in green belt land just to the south of Potters Bar
- Rambles Round Barnet Update 23rd December 2020
- Rambles Round Barnet Update 17th June 2020
- Rambles Round Barnet Update 29th June 2019
- Rambles Round Barnet Parts1 and 2 Updated 20 December 2018

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