High Barnet Area Guide
A locals' guide to High Barnet
Where do High Barnet locals go?
Fantasy Nails
I go here for my manicure and pedicure every two weeks, I love it because it's a family run salon very personal and the prices are very reasonable. They are very accommodating with appointments, which is great for busy lives. You also get endless amounts of tea and coffee - easily the best manicure in Barnet!Read more
Room 89
A hidden gem just off the main Barnet high street, it is a lifestyle boutique that has very unique vintage items for your home, unusual pieces of jewellery, natural beauty products and really adorable pieces of children's clothing. They also do craft workshops every month with local and very talented craftsmen.Read more
Did you know?
"Charles Dickens was thought to have been inspired by the Barnet Union Workhouse when he wrote Oliver Twist, with Oliver meeting the Artful Dodger on Barnet's High Street."Explore High Barnet
What locals say about High Barnet
“The Black Horse is great but we're spoilt for choice with lots of pubs and bars in the area. To name a few, The Reks bar, The Arkley Village Inn and Dining and the fully refurbished The Gate are all fantastic too.”
Local resident
“The new Bar & Grill restaurant on Church Passage is exciting, and Bel Gelato, the delicious ice cream parlour in Spires shopping centre, opened just in time for the sunny weather.”
Adrian
“One of the benefits of not being in central London is that we have some fantastic commons and parkland to explore; my two favourites are Hadley Green and Monken Hadley Common. Oakhill Park is also a great place to stretch your legs and even hosts a free festival in the summer.”
Andrew
Activities near High Barnet
The Silencerz
Nine-piece ska and reggae band.Between the Lines
Between the Lines- Dickens comes to Barnet Blue Door Theatre Company dive into the fascinating life of Charles Dickens with their usual flair of irreverence, pithiness and invention. Blending a lush selection of original live songs by local songsmith Nick Godwin (from The Silencerz) with an original script by Sarah Munford and Claire Fisher, that exploits a Dickensian array of Barnet characters from the 1860s and explores lesser-known stories of the great man himself. Directed by Siobhan Dunne and building on the resounding success of their last show Macbeth, Blue Door Theatre Co. aim to produce one devised or original script and a published one per year. If you have any interest whatsoever in Dickens, local history or just enjoy an evening of great tunes..this show is not to be missed. Some of the characters in this fiction are real!Read more
About High Barnet
High Barnet (or Chipping Barnet) is a suburban development built around a twelfth-century settlement and is located 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Charing Cross. Its name is very often abbreviated to Barnet, which is also the name of the London Borough of which it forms a part. Chipping Barnet is the name of the Parliamentary constituency covering the local area - the word "Chipping" denotes the presence of a market (one was established here in the thirteenth century and persists to this day). Since the opening of the railway, development has increased considerably, especially in the west of the area near Arkley.
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