Oakleigh Park
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| Oakleigh Park | |
  Oakleigh Park shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| London borough | Barnet |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N20, EN5 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Chipping Barnet |
| London Assembly | Barnet and Camden |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Oakleigh Park is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It adjoins Whetstone, and is often regarded as part of it. However it has its own identity and its own railway station.
The principal road is Oakleigh Road North. Turnings off this road include Oakleigh Park North, Oakleigh Avenue and Oakleigh Park South. There is also a small shopping parade on Netherlands Road just to the north of the railway station. The name is a relatively modern invention, possibly influenced by Oakwood.
Nearest places:
- Totteridge
- Woodside Park
- Brunswick Park
- Whetstone
- Friern Barnet
- North Finchley
- East Barnet
- New Barnet
- Osidge
- Southgate
- Cockfosters
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[edit] Transport links
[edit] Bus
Transport for London bus route 383 stops directly outside Oakleigh Park railway station, as well as operating a Hail and Ride service along Netherlands Road and Oakleigh Park North/Athenaeum Road. Buses run towards Barnet (the Spires) or towards Woodside Park tube station, every 30 minutes Mondays to Saturdays except late evenings. There is currently no service on this route on Sundays or public holidays, though there is some local demand for one that may be catered to in the future.
[edit] Railway station
[edit] Tube station
Nearby:
[edit] Schools
[edit] Primary
- All Saints
- Sacred Heart
[edit] The Betjeman connection
In John Betjeman’s poem, ‘The Outer Suburbs’ (1932), there is a reference to Oakleigh Park as ‘Oakley Park’: ‘The weary walk from Oakley Park/Through the soft suburban dark’. This is not a spelling that occurs elsewhere, but may be personal idiosyncrasy, rather than a simple mistake, given that Betjeman was, at the time, a schoolmaster in the area. (It could possibly be childhood association. The Betjemans became acquainted with a family called Oakley during holidays in Cornwall; see Bevis Hillier (1988) Young Betjeman. The person universally associated with that name – the American sharp-shooter, Annie Oakley, who died in 1926 – also spelt her name thus.)
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