Things to do
Visit High Barnet, a medieval town packed full of history, shops, entertainment, festivals, and parks & open space.
The 2024 “beating of the bounds” can be found on the link. If you want to recreate this walk then, please avoid the private path (in step 7) that goes through Hyde Close. Instead walk up Wyburn Avenue and walk through the alley way at the end of Hadley Ridge to get on to the High Street.
The Maize Maze at our local Ice Cream Farm usually opens during August and a few days in July and September.
Good Friday: Walk of Witness. The cross is carried from St Mary the Virgin, Monken Hadley along the High Street to the churchyard at St John the Baptist’s, followed by a service on the green outside St John the Baptist. (Part of Churches Together Barnet. See https://www.monkenhadley.church https://www.barnetparishchurch.org.uk for details)
Easter Day: Sunrise Service on King George’s Field. (Part of Churches Together Barnet. See https://www.monkenhadley.church https://www.barnetparishchurch.org.uk for details)
Easter Monday Pilgrimage from St John the Baptist to St Albans Cathederal. (See https://www.barnetparishchurch.org.uk)
Photo: Theresa Villiers MP.
In the front garden of the house next door to the Enterprise Rent-A-Car centre on St Albans Road, Barnet.
Enjoy five short walks in our local countryside recommended by Owen Jones.
Barnet Museum volunteers have created over 90 replica banners representing nobles who fought at the Battle of Barnet. View the battle of Barnet Banners, along the High Street and in the Spires. Download the list of Banners from the Barnet Museum website and see which ones you can spot (2023). In 2024, a booklet “Battle of Barnet – Set forth on a Quest” was created and is available from the museum.
“The [banners] on the right [of the high street] are the Yorkists, and on the left are the Lancastrians. this is because the roads diverge at Hadley, York to the right, and Lancaster to the left.” (source)
This walk through High Barnet and Hadley is filled with history; it has more than 10 heritage points of interest. Including how “Chipping Barnet” got its name, to the Battle of Barnet in Hadley Green. This walk really gives a sense of the boroughs past. It is mainly an urban trail.
Self guided walks are available in the form of pamphlets and books. Available from Barnet Museum, and their online shop.
There’s a number of little fairy house doors on Monken Hadley Common.
To get you started, here are the locations of a couple of them.
https://w3w.co/tips.refers.left
https://w3w.co/guitar.moved.gown
https://w3w.co/assume.filer.early
Photo’s by London Matt.
Grow works with schools and communities delivering bespoke programmes in sustainable food growing and outdoor learning.
“Penny Baxter from the Ramblers has been in touch with details of some of their favourite local walks.”
The only golf course designed by Seve Ballesteros in the U.K.
Annual, family friendly soul music festival in Barnet, north London, with proceeds going to Cherry Lodge Cancer Care & other local causes.
London’s largest medieval weekend marks the 1471 Battle of Barnet with living-history encampments, market stalls, and family activities. Visitors can watch full-scale battle re-enactments alongside gunnery, archery, music and dance, bringing Wars of the Roses history vividly to life.
