Hadley Football Club, which is aiming to become a regular home attraction for many more Barnet football fans, faces two critical New Year fixtures in its bid to gain promotion to the next level of the National Football League.
Continue reading Top-of-the-table fixture for Hadley Football Club
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 for a walk in the woods.
Hadley Common, thought to be the seventh largest stretch of common land in Greater London, might soon be freed from archaic legal constraints that date back over 250 years to the reign of George III.
Continue reading A new Act of Parliament needed to safeguard Hadley Common
Michael Portillo, presenter of the tv series Great Railway Journeys, unveiled a plaque at Hadley Wood station to commemorate the great steam locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, who was a former Hadley Wood resident.
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NEW: Work ongoing at The Black Horse
NEW: Planning refused for new home in Barnet woodland
Happy International Women’s Day!
On Monday, we celebrated Barnet’s most inspiring women and girls at our annual InspirationAll Awards!
See the full list of winners here: https://bit.ly/4bl8Kvq
Here's to the women who break barriers, spark ideas, and inspire change! #IWD2026
NEW: Barnet Residents’ Association powers litter clean-up in the town centre
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