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East Barnet
Barnet, London
PocketsNew Barnet Town & East Barnet (Pymmes Brook · Victoria Recreation Ground · Cat Hill · Church Hill Road · Oak Hill Park)Oak Hill (Monken Hadley Common · east · Pymmes Brook · Cat Hill)Hadley Wood
East Barnet sits on the outer northern edge of Barnet, tucked between Cockfosters and New Barnet in a landscape of suburban streets, playing fields and wooded valleys. The ward is quiet and domestic in feel, with the Pymmes Brook threading through it. Nature is the strongest card: more than 90 hectares of green space, anchored by the 28-hectare Oak Hill Park, plus Grade II listed Oak Hill College in its own wooded grounds. The East Barnet War Memorial and Danegrove School add smaller heritage notes, and fourteen outstanding-rated schools sit within reach, which is unusually deep for outer London. Air quality is good and safety scores are high. The catches are transport and connection. There is no Tube station in the ward, leaving residents on bus routes to Cockfosters or Oakleigh Park rail, and only around eight percent of the ward falls inside a conservation area, so the domestic streetscape protections are relatively light.
- Strongest74Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong71Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 6 listed buildings
- 8.1% covered by a conservation area
- 2 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Oak Hill Park (28.3 hectares)
- 122 open venues (70 food and drink, 52 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
52Better than 58% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability50
- Rent affordability65
- Price momentum (5yr)40
- Activity (turnover)60
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For East Barnet: 187 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
68Better than 85% of London
- Personal safety73
- Property crime63
- Anti-social behaviour72
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Connectivity
33Better than 21% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
71Better than 85% of London
- Air quality88
- Quietness45
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
15Better than 22% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene29
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
122 open venues nearby — 70 food & drink, 52 other.
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Education
54Better than 55% of London
- Primary schools52
- Secondary schools56
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School inspection history
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For East Barnet: 6 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
9Better than 24% of London
6 listed buildings · 8% under a conservation area
- Danegrove SchoolGrade II
- Oak Hill CollegeGrade II
- East Barnet War MemorialGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
74Better than 88% of London
- Green spaces99
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Oak Hill Park (28 ha). ~91 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is East Barnet safe?
- East Barnet scores 68 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — safer than most of London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is East Barnet a good place to live?
- East Barnet scores 42 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are nature access (74) and air & quiet (71); its weakest is area development (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is East Barnet?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in East Barnet 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 33 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is East Barnet expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, East Barnet is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 10/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near East Barnet?
- East Barnet scores 54 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 2 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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