London Borough of Barnet
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The London Borough of Barnet (
Barnet borders the Hertfordshire district of
The local authority is Barnet London Borough Council, based in Colindale.
History
The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 from the Municipal Borough of Finchley, Municipal Borough of Hendon and the Friern Barnet Urban District of Middlesex and the East Barnet Urban District and Barnet Urban District of Hertfordshire. The Act did not include a name for the new borough. A joint committee of the councils due to be amalgamated suggested "Northgate" or "Northern Heights".[4] Keith Joseph, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, eventually chose Barnet.[5] The place name Barnet is derived from the Old English bærnet meaning "Land cleared by burning".[6]
The area covered by the modern borough has a long history. Evidence of first-century Roman pottery manufacturing has been found at Brockley Hill
Hendon is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086,[9] but the districts of Barnet, Edgware and Finchley were not referred to, possibly because these areas were included in other manors.[10][11][12]
In 1471 the
When the present borough was created, it included part of Elstree. On 1 April 1993 Barnet's northern boundary was altered and some of its more rural northern parts, including Elstree, were transferred to Hertfordshire (and its district of Hertsmere).[13]
Individual articles describe the history and development of the districts of
Governance
Parliamentary constituencies
The residents of London Borough of Barnet are represented at
Chipping Barnet is represented by Theresa Villiers.[14] Finchley and Golders Green is represented by Mike Freer.[15] Hendon, in 2010 the most marginal Conservative-held seat in London with a majority of 106 votes,[16] is represented by Matthew Offord.
Barnet Council
The borough is divided into 21
Barnet had £27.4 million invested in Icelandic banks
- Conservative: 22 (−16)
- Labour: 41 (+16)
Service delivery
On 6 May 2008, the Borough's Cabinet requested that the Chief Executive "lead a review of the organisational form of the Council and ... report back to Cabinet with options for change by December 2008. This process was identified as the "Future Shape programme".[21] In 2009, the authority started to introduce a new "Future Shape" model of service delivery in the borough which was characterised by three principles:
- "a new relationship with citizens",
- "a one public sector approach", and
- "a relentless drive for efficiency".[22][23][24]
Introduction of the model commenced after Barnet commissioned a six-month external study.
The programme has been dubbed "easyCouncil" because of its similarity to airline EasyJet's business model.[30] Delivery of the strategy set out by "Future Shape" was undertaken as the "One Barnet Programme",[31] and is referred to [where?] as the commissioning council.
Greater London representation
For elections to the Greater London Council, the borough formed the Barnet electoral division, electing four members. In 1973 it was divided into the single-member Chipping Barnet, Finchley, Hendon North and Hendon South.[32] The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986.
Since 2000, Barnet Council along with the 31 other London boroughs and the City of London Corporation share local government powers with Greater London Authority. The Barnet and Camden London Assembly constituency covers the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Camden and is represented on the London Assembly by one constituency Assembly Member.
Year | Member | Party | |
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2000 | Brian Coleman | Conservative | |
2012 | Andrew Dismore | Labour | |
2021 | Anne Clarke | Labour |
Geography
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The borough covers a group of hills on the northern edge of the
The pattern of settlement is somewhat diverse.
In the north of the borough on the eastern side is Barnet, also known as High Barnet or Chipping Barnet, Totteridge, and Whetstone. In the north on the western side is Edgware and Mill Hill. The central northern part of the borough is largely countryside. This division is largely because the eastern side grew around what is now the High Barnet Underground branch of the Northern line. The western side grew around the Midland Railway and what is now the Edgware branch of the Northern line.
Further south, around the borough's centre, the development becomes steadily more intensive around the suburbs of
Much of the borough is within the Metropolitan Green Belt, and it has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries and golf courses, and part of Hampstead Heath, Hampstead Heath Extension and Golders Hill Park. Barnet describes its 16 main open spaces as 'premier parks', nine of which achieved a Green Flag Award for 2008–2009:[33]
The borough has sixty-seven
The A5 (
Landmarks
Barnet has two Grade I listed buildings,[34] both designed by Edwin Lutyens: the Church of St Jude, the parish church of Hampstead Garden Suburb with a Gothic spire and on the opposite side of Central Square, the Free Church, of similar design but with a concrete dome.[1]
The Royal Air Force Museum is a large multi-building museum built on part of the site of Hendon Aerodrome, dedicated to the history of aviation, and the British Royal Air Force in particular.
Church Farmhouse Museum on Greyhound Hill in Hendon is a grade II* listed 17th-century farmhouse used by Barnet Council as an exhibition space and museum until the Council closed it to save money on 31 March 2011. Early in 2014 it was given the classification of "vulnerable" by English Heritage after having stood abandoned for almost three years.[35] It now houses units of Middlesex University.
Sport
The borough is traditionally home to a professional football club,
Since 2013 rugby union Premiership outfit Saracens F.C. have called the borough home, playing matches at StoneX Stadium at Barnet Copthall which was previously a community sports stadium and is still used in this capacity thanks to Saracens using movable stands for their matches. As well as athletics facilities, the complex also has a swimming pool.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1801 | 6,404 | — |
1811 | 7,502 | +17.1% |
1821 | 9,578 | +27.7% |
1831 | 11,343 | +18.4% |
1841 | 12,436 | +9.6% |
1851 | 13,232 | +6.4% |
1861 | 22,675 | +71.4% |
1871 | 32,119 | +41.6% |
1881 | 41,563 | +29.4% |
1891 | 58,432 | +40.6% |
1901 | 84,784 | +45.1% |
1911 | 123,023 | +45.1% |
1921 | 169,204 | +37.5% |
1931 | 232,722 | +37.5% |
1941 | 272,356 | +17.0% |
1951 | 318,770 | +17.0% |
1961 | 311,951 | −2.1% |
1971 | 305,338 | −2.1% |
1981 | 290,204 | −5.0% |
1991 | 299,934 | +3.4% |
2001 | 314,561 | +4.9% |
2011 | 356,836 | +13.4% |
2021 | 389,300 | +9.1% |
Source: A Vision of Britain through time |
In 1801, the
According to the 2001 census the borough then had a population of 314,564
As of 2011, 13.3% of the borough's population is over 65 - the sixth-highest of London's boroughs. The 65+ population is 47,400, the second-highest after Bromley. The Jewish population is 54,084 and represents 15.5% of the population - the highest in the United Kingdom.[39] 41.2% identify themselves as Christians, and 16.1% with no religion.
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 census in Barnet.
Ethnicity
Ethnic Group | 1981 estimations[40] | 1991[41] | 2001[42] | 2011[43] | 2021[44] | |||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
White: Total | 247,854 | 87.2% | 239,549 | 81.6% | 232,868 | 74.03% | 228,553 | 64.13% | 224,762 | 57.8% |
White: British | – | – | – | – | 188,301 | 59.86% | 162,117 | 45.49% | 140,777 | 36.2% |
White: Irish | – | – | – | – | 10,545 | 3.35% | 8,685 | 2.44% | 7,644 | 2.0% |
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller
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– | – | – | – | – | – | 151 | 0.04% | 179 | 0.0% |
White: Roma | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,554 | 0.4% |
White: Other | – | – | – | – | 34,022 | 10.82% | 57,600 | 16.16% | 74,608 | 19.2% |
Asian or Asian British : Total
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– | – | 37,553 | 12.8% | 45,174 | 14.36% | 65,918 | 18.50% | 74,972 | 19.2% |
Asian or Asian British: Indian | – | – | 21,572 | 27,130 | 8.62% | 27,920 | 7.83% | 30,389 | 7.8% | |
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | – | – | 2,297 | 3,965 | 1.26% | 5,344 | 1.50% | 6,687 | 1.7% | |
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | – | – | 1,180 | 1,448 | 0.46% | 2,215 | 0.62% | 2,873 | 0.7% | |
Asian or Asian British: Chinese | – | – | 3,895 | 6,379 | 2.03% | 8,259 | 2.32% | 9,434 | 2.4% | |
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | – | – | 8,609 | 6,252 | 1.99% | 22,180 | 6.22% | 25,589 | 6.6% | |
Black or Black British: Total | – | – | 10,472 | 3.5% | 18,859 | 6.00% | 27,431 | 7.70% | 30,651 | 7.9% |
Black or Black British: African | – | – | 6,042 | 13,651 | 4.34% | 19,392 | 5.44% | 22,670 | 5.8% | |
Black or Black British: Caribbean | – | – | 2,969 | 4,113 | 1.31% | 4,468 | 1.25% | 4,951 | 1.3% | |
Black or Black British: Other Black | – | – | 1,461 | 1,095 | 0.35% | 3,571 | 1.00% | 3,030 | 0.8% | |
Mixed or British Mixed: Total | – | – | – | – | 9,508 | 3.02% | 17,169 | 4.82% | 20,889 | 5.4% |
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | – | – | 1,670 | 0.53% | 3,097 | 0.87% | 3,505 | 0.9% |
Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | – | – | 1,590 | 0.51% | 3,112 | 0.87% | 3,747 | 1.0% |
Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | – | – | 3,218 | 1.02% | 5,882 | 1.65% | 6,032 | 1.5% |
Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | – | – | 3,030 | 0.96% | 5,078 | 1.42% | 7,605 | 2.0% |
Other: Total | – | – | 5,990 | 2% | 8,155 | 2.59% | 17,315 | 4.86% | 38,070 | 9.8% |
Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,210 | 1.46% | 7,383 | 1.9% |
Other: Any other ethnic group | – | – | 5,990 | 2% | 8,155 | 2.59% | 12,105 | 3.40% | 30,687 | 7.9% |
Ethnic minority: Total | 36,465 | 12.8% | 54,015 | 18.4% | 81,696 | 25.97% | 127,833 | 35.87% | 164,582 | 42.2% |
Total | 284,319 | 100% | 293,564 | 100% | 314,564 | 100.00% | 356,386 | 100.00% | 389,344 | 100% |
Economy
Chipping Barnet has been a
Transport
Transport policy
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone said once said that Barnet's transport agenda is "recklessly anti-public transport, anti-pedestrian and anti-cycling" and that Barnet has become a "laboratory experiment for some very ill-thought out policies".[46] In 2004 cycle lanes were removed and cycle training funding cut by the controversial pro-motorist councillor Brian Coleman.[47]
Road
The
The
The
Rail
The borough is served by the northernmost sections of the
The Edgware branch emerges at Golders Green station; the line continues on a series of viaducts through Brent Cross station to Hendon Central station. Here it goes through a tunnel before continuing above ground through Colindale and Burnt Oak stations to the terminus at Edgware station. The Piccadilly line, although in the Borough of Enfield, is very close to the border, with buses in Barnet connecting people to the stations.
There are two
There was a railway line joining the two sides of the borough, part of the
Travel to work
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents aged 16–74 used to travel to work were (expressed as percentages of all residents aged 16–74):
Method of transport | Percentage |
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not in employment | 33.9% |
driving a car or van | 24.1% |
underground, metro, light rail, tram | 17.3% |
bus, minibus or coach | 7.9% |
work mainly at or from home | 4.9% |
on foot | 4.1% |
train | 3.9% |
passenger in a car or van | 1.4% |
bicycle | 0.9% |
Public services
Health
Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group commissions NHS services for Barnet residents. Health care providers active within Barnet include the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and some clinics at Edgware Community Hospital, and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Finchley Memorial Hospital and other services at Edgware Community Hospital.
Emergency services
The
Education
The London Borough of Barnet has 86 primary schools, 22 secondary schools and four special schools.
Libraries
There are 15 council-run libraries in the London Borough of Barnet, mobile library and home library services, and a local studies and archives library.[52]
Twin towns and sister cities
- Montclair Township, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
- Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
- Le Raincy, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
- Morphou, Cyprus
- Pokhara, Nepal[53]
- Ramat Gan, Israel[54][55]
- Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
Freedom of the Borough
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Barnet.
Individuals
- Margaret Thatcher: 6 February 1980.[56][57]
Military units
- HMS Musketeer, RN: 20 December 1941. (Awarded by the East Barnet Urban District Council)
- HMS Cromer, RN: 14 March 1942. (Awarded by the East Barnet Urban District Council)
- HMS Fantome, RN: 28 March 1942. (Awarded by the Friern Barnet Urban District Council)
- The Queen's Regiment: 16 April 1970.
- 240 (Hertfordshire) Squadron Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers): 21 October 1979.
- B Company 6/7 (Volunteer) Battalion Queen's Regiment: 1979.
- 3 Company 10th (Volunteer) Battalion Parachute Regiment: 1979.
- The Corps of Royal Engineers: 24 July 1982.
- RAF Hendon: 29 July 1986.
- Royal Logistic Corps, Postal and Courier Services: 19 April 1994.
- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: 23 February 1998.
- The Royal Air Force Museum: 26 October 2018.[59]
Sports teams
- Saracens Rugby Club: 20 February 2018.[60]
See also
- List of churches in the London Borough of Barnet
- List of people from Barnet
- Nature reserves in Barnet
- Parks and open spaces in Barnet
- Barnet London Borough Council elections
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- Hewlett, Janet; et al. (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. ISBN 1-871045-27-4.
External links
- Barnet Council web site
- "Parks and open spaces in the Barnet area". London Borough of Barnet. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- Barnet parks and gardens, London Gardens Online
- Barnet Society web site