Our founding in 1945 was prompted by the threat to build on the green space that surrounds Chipping Barnet on three sides. Seventy-five years on, it is appropriate to celebrate that countryside – and to review threats and opportunities for its future.
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 challenges today to the landscape in which each walk is set.
June 2020
Fasten your Green Belt – and prepare for new buildings to land!
How green is our valley – but for how much longer?
May 2020
May blossom celebrating 75 years of the Barnet Society
Barnet’s hidden rhododendron spectacle