Games Road is a road in Cockfosters, London, that runs from Chalk Road in the east into Monken Hadley Common in the west. The road falls into the Monken Hadley Conservation Area.
Games Road is a road in Cockfosters, London, that runs from Chalk Road in the east into Monken Hadley Common in the west. The road falls into the Monken Hadley Conservation Area.
The road was originally part of an ancient bridleway that ran from Cockfosters to Monken Hadley. [1] Gates halfway down Games Road mark the transition from public road to land that is part of the Common and Games Road continues westwards onto the common as a single track tarmacked way, the border of the Common being marked by white posts. The gates are grade II listed by Historic England. [2]
Three cottages (1750) adjacent to the white gates are locally listed with the London Borough of Barnet. [1]
Ludgrove Hall, a former private home, then a school, now flats, is located at the western end of Games Road on the south side.
In addition to pathways on the Common, the London Loop passes along Games Road. [3]
New Barnet is a neighbourhood on the north east side of the London Borough of Barnet. It is a largely residential North London suburb located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfosters, south of the village of Monken Hadley and north of Oakleigh Park.
East Barnet Valley was a local government district from 1874 to 1965 around the town of East Barnet. It was partly in the counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex until 1889, when the Middlesex part was transferred to Hertfordshire. It was renamed East Barnet in 1935.
Monken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. An ancient country village north of Barnet, it is now a suburban development on the very edge of Greater London 11 miles (18 km) north north-west of Charing Cross, while retaining much of its rural character.
The London Borough of Barnet, located on the northern periphery of London and having much of the area within its boundaries in the Metropolitan Green Belt, has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries and golf courses, and part of Hampstead Heath.
Hadley Wood is suburb of north London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is part of the London Borough of Enfield, 11 miles (17.7 km) north of Charing Cross, close to Chipping Barnet.
Ludgrove, or Ludgrave, or Ludgraves, was an estate and farm in Middlesex between Monken Hadley in the west and Cockfosters in the east in what is now north London. It was centered on Ludgrove Farm near to Cockfosters.
The Pymmes Brook Trail is located in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and is just under 13 miles (21 km) long. The brook is named after William Pymme, a local landowner.
King George's Fields is a 28-hectare (69-acre) Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Monken Hadley in the London Borough of Barnet.
Monken Hadley Common lies within the Monken Hadley Conservation Area, and is listed as a “Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I,” by the London Borough of Barnet. It is registered common land, and it is owned by the Trustees of Monken Hadley Common.
Tudor Sports Ground is a public park between Clifford Road and the East Coast Main Railway Line in New Barnet in the London Borough of Barnet. It is one of Barnet's 'Premier Parks'.
Covert Way is the only Local Nature Reserve in the London Borough of Enfield. It is also part of the Hadley Wood Golf Course and Covert Way Field Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, and it has an area of 7 hectares. It is on the southern border of Enfield between the road named Covert Way and Monken Hadley Common in Barnet.
The Gate House and Gate, Monken Hadley, in the London Borough of Barnet, are grade II listed buildings The house is in the Gothic style, early nineteenth century. The gates are of timber and are one of a number of white timber gates that mark the main access points to Monken Hadley Common.
Pagitts Almshouses, 1–6 Hadley Green Road, Monken Hadley, in the London Borough of Barnet, are grade II listed buildings. The almshouses are on the north side of the road between St Mary, Monken Hadley church and the Monken Hadley Common Gate House and Gates.
Hadley Lodge is a house in Hadley Green Road, Monken Hadley. The current house was completed around 1995 and replaced an earlier listed building of the same name that was destroyed by fire in 1981.
Ludgrove Hall is an historic manor house in the parish of Monken Hadley, formerly within the county of Middlesex. Today the property has been overtaken by the suburbs of North London, and is situated on Games Road, Cockfosters, on the edge of Monken Hadley Common. It was originally a private home but then became Ludgrove School and has now been converted to flats. Additional buildings have since been constructed in the grounds.Following compulsory purchase it was used as residential accommodation for students at Trent Park College of Education in 1960s and 70s. This was later taken over by Middlesex University.
Church View and Church Cottages are grade II listed buildings in Hadley Green Road, Monken Hadley, to the north of Chipping Barnet, London Borough of Barnet, England. They face directly on to St Mary the Virgin church, hence the name. Church View dates from the late 17th or early 18th centuries while the three adjacent terraced Church Cottages were built in the mid 19th century.
Folly Farm, originally Folly House, on the southern edge of Monken Hadley Common, was a farm that dated from 1686 and became a popular recreation site in the early 20th century. The site is now occupied by the Jewish Community Secondary School.
Monkenhurst is a house in the Victorian Gothic style at 15 The Crescent on the north edge of New Barnet in London, England. It overlooks Monken Hadley Common. The house was built in 1880 to a design by Peter Dollar and was once the home of the comedian Spike Milligan.
Hadley is a district of the London Borough of Barnet between Chipping Barnet in the south and Monken Hadley in the north. It was formerly a civil parish of Barnet Urban District.
Barnet Common was an area of common land to the south of the town of Chipping Barnet in what is now north London. The Common was created after a wood was cleared in the 16th century and was mostly used by local people to graze their animals. It was the location of a Digger colony and of the Barnet Physic Well at which mineral water was consumed. Part of the Common was enclosed in 1729 and the rest in 1815, leading to development on the north and south sides, and later infilling.
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