Barnet: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Barnet on the mapWhat these local examples show
The Mill Hill East and Bittacy Hill Park examples share a supported station destination, while the Sentinel Shopping Centre example points towards Hendon Central. Mapped daytime road averages differ across the three reference positions even though all three fall in band 5 of this particular historical crime comparison. That shared band does not erase their different walking and noise evidence.
This page covers the official Barnet boundary (E09000003), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 13 supported station records, 82 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 30 supported supermarket records, 7 shopping-centre records and 170 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Northern. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Mill Hill East Underground Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.608229, -0.209986.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUMHL. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 50.18 dB Nighttime: 44.35 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 61.75 dB Nighttime: 58.04 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Mill Hill East Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Unnamed woodland 3.0 ha · woodland |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Barnet 017B · E01000257 163.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 939 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk Millbrook Park Primary School Primary · Academy sponsor led · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 2 min walk Waitrose Waitrose · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | No mapped route within 30 min No reliable shopping access estimate within the 30-minute routing cap. |
2. Bittacy Hill Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.610634, -0.215130.
Retained source ID: 55741464. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 44.96 dB Nighttime: 39.5 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 7 min walk Mill Hill East Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Bittacy Hill Park 2.7 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Barnet 017B · E01000257 163.3 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 939 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 10 min walk Dollis Primary School Primary · Academy converter · Legacy inspection relates to a predecessor; not assigned to this URN · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 6 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | No mapped route within 30 min No reliable shopping access estimate within the 30-minute routing cap. |
3. Sentinel Shopping Centre
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.587396, -0.219968.
Retained source ID: w201352042. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Road noise | Daytime: 42.91 dB Nighttime: 35.58 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 11 min walk Hendon Central Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 7 min walk Hendon Park 13.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Barnet 032E · E01000245 120.0 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 521 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 2 min walk Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls Not applicable · Other independent school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 9 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Sentinel Shopping Centre Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; missing readings do not establish quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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