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The London Borough of Barnet (
[edit] DistrictsMain article: List of districts in Barnet 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, the development becomes steadily more intensive around the suburbs of Cricklewood, Colindale, Hendon and Finchley. Golders Green is renowned for its Jewish minority ethnic population and forms part of the south of the borough, along with Hampstead Garden Suburb and Childs Hill. [edit] HistoryThe 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. Individual articles describe the history and development of the districts of Church End, East Finchley, Edgware, Golders Green and North Finchley. [edit] GovernanceThe borough is divided into 21 wards, each with 3 councillors. Following the Barnet local government election on 4 May 2006 the Conservative party gained a working majority and full control of the council. Mike Freer became leader of the council on 11 May 2006, replacing Brian Salinger as Conservative group leader, having previously been Salinger's deputy.[2] Barnet had £27.4 million invested in Icelandic banks Glitnir and Landsbanki when they collapsed October 2008.[3] A report showed that Barnet Council failed to follow correct procedures when depositing the money.[4]  1. Hendon North (Con) 2. Hendon South (Con) 3. Chipping Barnet (Con) 4. Finchley (Con)  1. Chipping Barnet (Con) 2. Hendon (Lab) 3. Finchley and Golders Green (Lab) The current political composition of the Council is:
For administrative purposes, such as planning committees, the borough is divided into three areas. They match the respective parliamentary seats and each contains seven council wards.
Barnet Council along with the 31 other London boroughs and the City of London Corporation share local government powers with Greater London Authority. The area covered by London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Camden is jointly represented in the London Assembly by Brian Coleman, a Conservative from Barnet. The area covered by London Borough contains three Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies, each is represented by an MP in the House of Commons: [edit] Service deliveryIn 2009, the authority started to introduce a new model of local government delivery in the borough, called 'Future Shape',[5][6] after commissioning a six-month external study.[7] The first stages of 'Future Shape' were agreed by the council's cabinet in July 2009[8][9][10] The mainly public-sector union UNISON commissioned its own report on the issues involved in 'Future Shape'.[11] [edit] Places of interest
[edit] Parks and open spacesMain article: Barnet parks and open spaces The borough has a large number of parks and open spaces. The Borough also has controls five Local Nature Reserves (LNR), and is jointly responsible with the London Borough of Brent for the Welsh Harp reservoir. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries and golf courses; part of Hampstead Heath; as well as smaller recreation grounds. [edit] SportThe borough is home to a professional football club, Barnet F.C. and Barnet Copthall leisure complex. [edit] Demographics
In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 6,404; and the area was characterised by farming and woodland — with settlement principally around the Great North Road. By 1830, a new turnpike, the Finchley Road was constructed and horse-drawn omnibuses introduced. The population rose dramatically with the arrival of the trams and railways in the middle of 19th century, and new estates were built to house commuters. As industry relocated away from London during the 1960s, the population entered a decline, that has begun to reverse with new housing developments on brownfield sites. According to the 2001 census the borough has a population of 314,564 though the most recent ONS projection for 2007 is 338, 600. 67% of householders are owner-occupiers. The borough has the highest percentage (14.8%) of Jewish residents of any local government area in the United Kingdom. Many more people in Barnet have some Jewish ancestry, but don't consider themselves Jewish.[citation needed] Barnet has the largest Chinese population of any London borough population wise, and ranks 5th by percentage of Chinese people.[citation needed] [edit] EducationMain article: List of schools in the London Borough of Barnet [edit] Transport[edit] BicycleFormer mayor of London, Ken Livingstone said "Barnet's transport agenda is recklessly anti-public transport, anti-pedestrian and anti-cycling. Barnet has become a laboratory experiment for some very ill-thought out policies".[12] In 2004 cycle lanes were removed and cycling proficiency funding cut by the pro motorist Cllr Brian Coleman.[13] [edit] BusThe borough is served by a large number of bus routes managed by Transport for London. [edit] RoadThe following major roads run through the borough:  [edit] TubeThe borough is served by the northern-most sections of the London Underground's Northern Line, including all three of the line's northern termini (Edgware, High Barnet, and Mill Hill East):
The Piccadilly Line skirts around the north eastern edge of the Barnet. Four stations are close to the borough border. [edit] Train National Rail services in Barnet are operated by First Capital Connect on two routes. There was a railway joining the two sides of the borough, part of the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway which was going to be part of the Northern Line "Northern Heights" expansion, but steam passenger services beyond Mill Hill East ended in 1939, and the completion of the electrification of this railway was abandoned in the 1950s. The track was removed in the 1960s, and part of the route was used for the M1 motorway in the 1970s. There have been various proposals to re-establish the rail link between the two sides of the borough. The latest was in early 2008, when the London Group of the Campaign for Better Transport (UK) published a plan[14] for a North and West London Light railway, as part of an orbital light railway across north London. [edit] Public servicesThe primary care trust for the borough is NHS Barnet. The trust runs: Barnet Hospital, Edgware Community Hospital and Finchley Memorial Hospital. The London Ambulance Service responds to medical emergencies in the area. Home Office policing in the borough is provided by the Metropolitan Police Service. Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade. There are four fire stations that operate in the Borough of Barnet. These are mobilised to protect around 330,000 people. The main risks identified in the borough include Barnet FC's stadium, Underhill Stadium, Brent Cross shopping centre, Coppetts Wood Hospitals and Barnet General Hospital. There are also several busy roads that run through the borough such as the A1 and A406.Between the four stations; five pumping appliances, two equipment lorries, a bulk foam unit, a breathing apparatus support unit, a damage control support unit and a hazardous materials support unit are operated.[15] [edit] Twinning
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