Tuesday, 08 October 2013 01:00
Archaeologists to find real site of Battle of Barnet
An application is to be made to the Heritage Lottery Fund to see if it would agree to pay for an archaeological dig to try to locate the precise site of the 1471 Battle of Barnet.
Glenn Foard, a landscape archaeologist who led the survey to determine the location of the Battle of Bosworth, would carry out the excavation on behalf of the Battlefields Trust.
Published in
Barnet History
Tuesday, 01 October 2013 16:58
“Terrific victory” for Friends of Barnet Market
Rarely has the presence of a mechanical digger been welcomed with such enthusiasm as greeted its arrival on the site of Barnet Market, heralding the start of a long-promised and much-delayed resurfacing and improvement.
Seeing contractors working on the site after so much disappointment in the past was in itself a “terrific victory”, says Chris Smith of the Friends of Barnet Market, who has campaigned so energetically on behalf of both stallholders and shoppers.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Saturday, 28 September 2013 18:40
Temporary home for Barnet Market
While work is underway resurfacing Barnet Market, its temporary home is the area around the bandstand outside Waitrose supermarket at the Spires shopping centre.
Shoppers visiting the market on Saturday morning (21.9.2013) were handed leaflets announcing that at last the William Pears property group is to start its £100,000 upgrade of the site.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Saturday, 21 September 2013 19:09
At Last! Barnet Market improvements
While work is under way resurfacing Barnet Market its temporary home will be the area around the bandstand outside the Waitrose supermarket at the Spires shopping centre.
hoppers visiting the market on Saturday morning (21.9.2013) were handed leaflets announcing that at last the William Pears property group is to start its £100,000 upgrade of the site.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Thursday, 12 September 2013 13:00
Road improvements planned at Wood Street accident black spot
A road realignment, a possible new zebra crossing and extra footpaths are being proposed at the junction of Wellhouse Lane and Wood Street to provide greater safety for both vehicles and pedestrians.
A bus terminus outside Barnet General Hospital for the 263 route – and also most recently for the 307 – has led to an even greater flow of traffic along Wellhouse Lane, and its junction with Wood Street, already busy with ambulances, has become increasingly hazardous for pedestrians including hospital outpatients and pupils at Queen Elizabeth’s Boys’ School.
Published in
Road Improvements
Tagged under
Thursday, 29 August 2013 13:25
Barnet’s multiplying wheelie bins...black, green and now blue
Barnet residents are about to face what looks like becoming a game of musical chairs among the wheelie bins and containers which proliferate in the frontages of houses and flats across the borough.
Out go the black and blue recycling boxes . . . to be replaced as from October 14 by a blue wheelie bin for all recyclable material.
Published in
Services
Tagged under
Thursday, 29 August 2013 13:18
Chaotic approach to High Barnet tube
Reorganise chaotic approach to High Barnet tube station to provide space for a bus service direct to the Spires and Barnet Hospital – plea by the Barnet Society.
Transport for London is being urged by the Barnet Society to carry out a full investigation into the possibility of running a bus service from High Barnet tube station to the Spires shopping centre and then on to Barnet General Hospital.
Published in
Road Improvements
Tagged under
Thursday, 15 August 2013 10:56
Council enforcement notice on 'Swiss Chalet'
After a rising chorus of protest from local community and residential groups, Barnet Council has finally issued an enforcement notice requiring the removal of timber cladding to the frontage of a former cafe and shop in Church Passage, just off the High Street.
Published in
Planning
Tagged under
Monday, 05 August 2013 12:34
Barnet Council finally backs down after High Court defeat
After having originally threatened to appeal against a High Court ruling that it had acted unlawfully in doubling charges in controlled parking zones, Barnet Council has now agreed to make refunds and take no further legal action.
Published in
Petition
Tagged under
Wednesday, 31 July 2013 12:36
Clamped! how petition spurred council to give up fight
A successful petition has helped to stop Barnet Council from appealing against the High Court ruling on controlled parking zones.
Published in
Petition
Tagged under
Tuesday, 30 July 2013 14:13
Sad café: Old Court House park in need of refreshment
High Barnet’s most popular children’s playground in the Old Court House recreation ground could become even more inviting if a new tenant can be found for the vacant park café.
Published in
Restoration & Rejuvenation
Tuesday, 16 July 2013 15:20
Know any famous people born in Barnet's maternity hospital?
For well over 60 years the Victoria Maternity Hospital served the people of the Barnets, but today there is scant recognition of the vital role it once played in the area.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Friday, 05 July 2013 14:21
Barnet Market improvements ready by September
Barnet Market’s improved site should be open for business by September, ready to attract new stall holders.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Friday, 05 July 2013 14:08
The Spires shopping centre: will the twin spires have to go?
The Spires' new owner wants to create a more 'enticing' entrance from the High Street that would attract more shoppers - and that may include the removal of the twin spires.
Published in
High Street The Spires
Tagged under
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:46
Barnet market: now it’s up to Spires’ new owners to deliver
Resurfacing the site of Barnet market and installing basic facilities for the stallholders is the first test of the William Pears Group, new owners of the Spires shopping centre.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 14:18
Barnet and Southgate College: 'Our doors are open'
High Barnet residents have been invited to come up with ideas to use the facilities at the Wood Street campus of Barnet and Southgate College, which was rebuilt two years ago at a cost of £48 million.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:00
Barnet Football Club
Barnet Football Club’s departure going ahead as planned. Barnet Football Club’s match against Wycombe Wanderers in the npower League 2 on Saturday 20 April will be the Bees’ last fixture at Barnet’s Underhill stadium.
Published in
Barnet Football Club
Tagged under
Monday, 20 February 2012 00:00
Barnet Countryside Centre
Noah’s Ark Childrens’ Hospice has received planning consent for reserved matters for their proposed redevelopment of Barnet Countryside Centre (the former Curriculum Centre) in Byng Road.
Published in
Planning
Monday, 10 September 2012 01:00
Barnet Museum
Barnet Museum has been fighting for its life since December 2010 when the Council announced that it would be withdrawing its funding.
Published in
Barnet History
Tagged under
Monday, 10 September 2012 01:00
Barnet’s town hall: an inspiring conversion
Barnet’s former town hall, opposite St John’s Church, provides a positive reminder of the imaginative uses which can be found for redundant municipal property. This iconic building has now completed three years as the home of the North London Coroner’s Court and its future seems assured.
Published in
Restoration & Rejuvenation
Tagged under
Page 17 of 18
