The London Borough of Barnet, located on the northern periphery of London and having much of the area within its boundaries in the Metropolitan Green Belt, has a large number of parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries and golf courses, and part of Hampstead Heath.
Barnet describes its 16 main open spaces as 'premier parks', seven of which achieved a Green Flag Award for 2009/10:
Childs Hill Park and Basing Hill Park, Childs Hill
Cherry Tree Wood, East Finchley
Edgwarebury Park, Edgware
Friary Park, Friern Barnet
Hendon Park, Hendon
Lyttelton Playing Fields, Hampstead Garden Suburb
Mill Hill Park, Mill Hill
Oak Hill Park, East Barnet
Old Court House Recreation Ground, High Barnet
Sunny Hill Park, Hendon
Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone
Tudor Sports Ground, New Barnet
Victoria Park, Finchley Central
Victoria Recreation Ground, New Barnet
Watling Park, Burnt Oak
West Hendon Playing Fields, West Hendon
Other Parks and Green Spaces
The borough contains over 200 green spaces. Some of them are:
Bethune Park, Friern Barnet
Bittacy Hill Park, Mill Hill
Brent Park, Hendon
Highlands Gardens, New Barnet
Long Lane Pasture, Finchley
Whitings Hill Open Space, Chipping Barnet
Brent Reservoir (a Site of Special Scientific Interest which is partly in the London Borough of Brent)
Barent has 7 Local Nature Reserves
Big Wood and Little Wood, Hampstead Garden Suburb
Oak Hill Wood, East Barnet
Scratchwood and Moat Mount open space, Mill Hill
Coppetts Wood and Glebelands, Colney Hatch
Rowley Green Common, Arkley
Totteridge Fields, Totteridge
Brent Reservoir is a Local Nature Reserve as well as a Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Borough has 67 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation, and these are listed in Nature reserves in Barnet. Some of them are:
Hampstead Heath (only the Hampstead Heath Extension and Golders Hill Park are in Barnet)
Arrandene Open Space and Featherstone Hill, Mill Hill
Darland's Lake Nature Reserve, Totteridge
Golders Hill Park, Golders Green
King George's Fields, Monken Hadley
The Mill Field, Mill Hill
Monken Hadley Common, Monken Hadley
Stoneyfields Park, Edgware
The Dollis Valley Greenwalk, in Barnet is one of 11 green spaces throughout Greater London chosen to receive money for redevelopment by a public vote. The walk received £400,000 towards a variety of improvements, including better footpaths, and more lighting. It follows Dollis Brook, which is also Site of Importance for Nature Conservation.
