North Finchley
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| North Finchley | |
| Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| London borough | Barnet |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N12 |
| Dial code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | Finchley & Golders Green |
| London Assembly | Barnet and Camden |
| European Parliament | London |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
North Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated 7 miles (11.3 km) north north-west of Charing Cross.
North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Finchley Central and Whetstone.
It is primarily a residential and shopping area, with several supermarkets and many restaurants. The artsdepot arts centre opened on October 23, 2004, in an attempt to revitalise the area and to fill a gap created by the demolition of the Gaumont cinema, and what had become an open air market.
The area has mainly 19th century housing ranging from quaint Victorian cottages to substantially larger Victorian double-fronted houses. There is also a dominant Edwardian style toward Woodside Park and Nether Street but with some modern houses, probably built between 1930's and 1960's, towards Friern Barnet. On Friern Barnet Lane there are some mansion style properties and on Tally-Ho corner, a development of luxury flats, above the artsdepot with views over Mill Hill and Hertfordshire. There are few Local Authority estates in the area but the largest, but still pleasant, is in Woodside Park where ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton grew up.
The North Finchley bus station opened in 2004, but closed several months later due to safety issues, after a pensioner walked into the shelter through the wrong entrance, was hit by a bus, and killed. The bus station is still closed, pending developments to make exits and entrances clearer and the inner area safer.
In late 2006, an unknown woman committed suicide by jumping from the roof of the artsdepot.
[edit] Balfour House Bombing
On 26 July 1994 a bomb exploded outside Balfour House, a prominent building on North Finchley high street, which, although it does not contain any shops, does exist as the headquarters of an Israeli charity. Earlier, on the same day, a bomb had exploded outside the Israeli embassy. [1] As of mid-2006, much of the time a police guard was still mounted in front of Balfour House.
[edit] History
Finchley was created an urban district of Middlesex in 1894. In 1932 it was created as the Municipal Borough of Finchley, but in 1965 the municipal borough was abolished and its area became part of the London Borough of Barnet.
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