Broadfields Estate

Area in London, England

Human settlement in England

Broadfields Estate

A view of the Broadfields estate

Broadfields Estate

Location within Greater London

London borough|

* Barnet

Ceremonial county| Greater London
Region|

* London

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| EDGWARE
Postcode district| HA8
Dialling code| 020
Police| Metropolitan
Fire| London
Ambulance| London
London Assembly|

* Barnet and Camden

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London

51°37′36″N 0°16′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.6268°N 0.2732°W﻿ / 51.6268; -0.2732

Broadfields or the Broadfields Estate is a neighbourhood of Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet in northwest London, UK.

## History and geography

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See also: History of Edgware

Broadfields occupies the northwestern corner of Edgware and the wider London Borough of Barnet. It is located 10.5 miles (16 km) northwest of Charing Cross and the nearest London Underground station is Edgware tube station, located a short distance to the south. It is on the urban-rural boundary of the London suburban built-up area.

The area mostly consists of 1930s, 1960s and 1970s housing, started in small part in 1927 but mostly John Laing's Edgware houses with gardens built from 1936.[1]

Ranging in elevation from 69 to 86 metres above sea level, Broadfields is west of the Midland Main Line immediately beyond which is the M1 motorway (these section off a small part of east Edgware and the higher Mill Hill suburb). Two small headwaters rise here, one of which is named the Dean's Brook.

Broadfields is north of the A41 road which is a long-distance feeder to the M1 and the main road to Bushey and Stanmore from central London. The area has two primary schools, a playground, and a sports ground.[1] To the west is Edgwarebury Park, and to the north Edgwarebury and Bury farms, the former of which was not a manor but was documented as a notable farm in the customary taxation records (such as feet of fines) from 1216. These farms sold a similar area of land to their present size to enable the estate to be built.

It has a shopping parade including a chain grocery shop, Post Office and pharmacy.

Bus route 288 terminates at Broadfields.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Edgware and Burnt Oak" Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine London Borough of Barnet. Retrieved 2015-02-23
2. ^ Bus tender results Route 288 Transport for London 13 January 2006

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London Borough of Barnet

Districts|

* Arkley
* Barnet Gate
* Brent Cross
* Brunswick Park
* Burnt Oak
* Childs Hill
* Chipping Barnet
* Church End, Finchley
* Colney Hatch
* East Barnet
* East Finchley
* Edgware
* Finchley
* Friern Barnet
* Golders Green
* Grahame Park
* The Hale
* Hampstead Garden Suburb
* Hendon
* The Hyde
* Mill Hill
* Monken Hadley
* New Barnet
* North Finchley
* Oakleigh Park
* Osidge
* Temple Fortune
* Totteridge
* West Hendon
* Whetstone
* Woodside Park

| Partly in the London Borough|

* Cockfosters
* Colindale
* Cricklewood
* Muswell Hill
* New Southgate

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Abolished in 1965|

* Barnet
* East Barnet
* Finchley
* Friern Barnet
* Hendon

Attractions|

* artsdepot
* Avenue House
* Barnet Gate Mill
* Barnet Market
* Barnet Museum
* La Délivrance
* Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
* Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
* RAF Museum

Parks and open spaces|

* Arrandene Open Space
* Barnet Gate Wood
* Basing Hill Park
* Bethune Park
* Bittacy Hill Park
* Brent Park
* Brent Reservoir
* Cherry Tree Wood
* Childs Hill Park
* Clitterhouse Recreation Ground
* Coppetts Wood
* Darland's Lake Nature Reserve
* Dollis Valley Greenwalk
* Edgwarebury Park
* Friary Park
* Golders Hill Park
* Greenhill Gardens
* Hendon Park
* King George's Fields
* Long Lane Pasture
* Lyttelton Playing Fields
* The Mill Field
* Mill Hill Park
* Moat Mount Open Space
* Princes Park
* Monken Hadley Common
* Oak Hill Park
* Oak Hill Wood
* Old Court House Recreation Ground
* Princes Park
* Rowley Green Common
* Scratchwood
* Stoneyfields Park
* Sunny Hill Park
* Swan Lane Open Space
* Totteridge Fields
* Tudor Sports Ground
* Victoria Park
* Victoria Recreation Ground
* Watling Park
* West Hendon Playing Fields
* Whalebones Park
* Whitings Hill Open Space

Constituencies|

* Chipping Barnet
* Hendon
* Finchley and Golders Green

Tube and rail stations|

* Brent Cross
* Burnt Oak
* Colindale
* Cricklewood
* East Finchley
* Edgware
* Finchley Central
* Golders Green
* Hendon
* Hendon Central
* High Barnet
* Mill Hill Broadway
* Mill Hill East
* New Barnet
* New Southgate
* Oakleigh Park
* Totteridge & Whetstone
* West Finchley
* Woodside Park

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