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Friern Barnet
Barnet, London
PocketsColney Hatch (south-east · east · Bounds Green Brook · Halliwick Recreation Ground · north)Friern Barnet (Bethune Park · Friary Park · Bounds Green Brook · Friern Park · Colney Hatch Lane)Whetstone East
Friern Barnet sits between Muswell Hill and Whetstone in north Barnet, a quiet residential belt of Victorian and Edwardian villas with a strong civic core around the old Friern Barnet Town Hall. The Grade II* Church of St John the Evangelist is the heritage anchor, with a further listed church at Christchurch and a statue in Friary Park. Coppetts Wood Local Nature Reserve stands on the eastern edge, and total green space runs to roughly sixty hectares. Twenty outstanding-rated schools fall within walking range, and the ward carries a solid family-oriented food and retail scene. Transport, though, is middling: there is no Tube in the ward itself, with the nearest stops at Arnos Grove and Bounds Green a fifteen-to-twenty minute walk to the east, and bus connections southbound toward central London are slower than comparable wards one tube stop closer in. Air quality is only moderate, and there is no conservation area cover.
- Strongest73Nature Access
Strong access to green space and waterways
- Also strong54Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Watch out2Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 8 listed buildings
- 4 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Coppetts Wood Local Nature Reserve (13.1 hectares)
- 109 open venues (60 food and drink, 49 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
51Better than 56% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability55
- Rent affordability80
- Price momentum (5yr)29
- Activity (turnover)52
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Friern Barnet: 169 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
52Better than 57% of London
- Personal safety53
- Property crime46
- Anti-social behaviour56
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Connectivity
39Better than 36% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
41Better than 39% of London
- Air quality58
- Quietness15
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
19Better than 36% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining14
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene36
- Vitality (openings, diversity)50
109 open venues nearby — 60 food & drink, 49 other.
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Education
54Better than 55% of London
- Primary schools44
- Secondary schools64
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For Friern Barnet: 7 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
11Better than 28% of London
8 listed buildings
- Church of St John the EvangelistGrade II*
- ChristchurchGrade II
- Statue in Friary ParkGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
73Better than 86% of London
- Green spaces93
- Waterways35
Largest green space: Coppetts Wood Local Nature Reserve (13 ha). ~61 ha of green space in total.
Area development
2Better than 43% of London
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- Is Friern Barnet safe?
- Friern Barnet scores 52 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for 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 Friern Barnet a good place to live?
- Friern Barnet scores 38 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 (73) and education (54); its weakest is area development (2). 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 Friern Barnet?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Friern Barnet 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 39 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Friern Barnet expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Friern Barnet is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 11/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Friern Barnet?
- Friern Barnet scores 54 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 4 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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