New Barnet

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Location
New Barnet

OS grid reference:	TQ265955


Administration
London borough:	Barnet
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town:	BARNET
Postal district:	EN4, EN5
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Chipping Barnet
London Assembly:	Barnet and Camden
European Parliament:	London
London \| List of places in London

New Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential north London suburb with a variety of shops, public houses, restaurants and services. It is close by to the M25, A1 and M1.

New Barnet owed its birth to the building of the Great Northern Railway in 1850, when a station serving Barnet was built, but located about a mile away from the town centre of Barnet. The main road (A110), Station Road and East Barnet Road, connects Barnet to East Barnet and is well served by buses.

From 1894 to 1965 New Barnet formed part of the East Barnet Urban District of Hertfordshire. The former town hall still stands in Station Road. Local government use ended in the early 1990s and the property was sold off for use as a restaurant. In 2006 the building was being converted into flats.

The main commercial area in New Barnet is on East Barnet Road, near the railway station. A large Sainsbury's supermarket (built 1978/79) is surrounded by a cluster of small independent shops. A number of office blocks were built in Station Road in the 1960s & 70s. Some have now been converted to flats.

Public houses in New Barnet include: The Railway Tavern, The Railway Bell (Wetherspoons), The Builders Arms, The Lord Kitchener, The Alexandra, and The Buck & Bailey.