Barnet, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
🏴 The London Borough of Barnet is a suburban London borough in North London. The borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It forms part of Outer London and is the largest London borough by population.
Barnet borders the Hertfordshire district of Hertsmere to the north and five other London boroughs: Camden and Haringey to the south-east, Enfield to the east, as well as Harrow and Brent to the west of the ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road). The borough's major urban settlements are Hendon, Finchley, Golders Green, Friern Barnet, Chipping Barnet, Whetstone, and Edgware; there are also village settlements notably Totteridge and Arkley along with rural areas and countryside part of the Green Belt.
The local authority is Barnet London Borough Council, based in Colindale.
Economy 🏴 Chipping Barnet has been a market town since the thirteenth century, the rest of the area was agricultural. In 1588 Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the Manor of Barnet to hold a twice yearly horse fair. The first example of an American style out-of-town shopping centre was built at Brent Cross in the 1970s. McDonald's has its UK headquarters at East Finchley. Argonaut Games once had its head office in Edgware.
Hendon Town Hall, Barnet
Barnet has a population of over 392,140 people. Barnet also forms one of the centres of the Greater London metropolitan area which has a population of over 14,372,596 people. For the location of Barnet see: Chipping Barnet.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Barnet has links with:
🇺🇸 Barnet, USA 🇫🇷 Chaville, France 🇺🇬 Jinja, Uganda 🇫🇷 Le Raincy, France 🇺🇸 Montclair, USA 🇨🇾 Morphou, Cyprus 🇳🇵 Pokhara, Nepal 🇮🇱 Ramat Gan, Israel 🇩🇪 Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany🇵🇱 Ostrów Wielkopolski 51.65
🏴 Borehamwood 51.65
🏴 Rickmansworth 51.638
🏴 Welwyn Garden City -0.193
🏴 Wandsworth -0.192
🏴 Kensington -0.19
🏴 Huntingdon -0.184
Locations Near: Barnet -0.1933,51.6518
🏴 Finchley -0.187,51.599 d: 5.9
🏴 Borehamwood -0.267,51.65 d: 5.1
🏴 Colindale -0.248,51.593 d: 7.5
🏴 Wood Green -0.117,51.6 d: 7.8
🏴 Cricklewood -0.218,51.555 d: 10.9
🏴 Hatfield -0.217,51.75 d: 11
🏴 Kilburn -0.204,51.537 d: 12.8
🏴 Harringay -0.099,51.582 d: 10.1
Antipodal to: Barnet 179.807,-51.652
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18963.1
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19078.8
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 18783.8
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18796.5
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18796.5
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18800
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18790.6
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18924.1
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 18785.6
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 18718.6