The Future of Transport in Finchley

 March Meeting - The Future of Transport In Finchley

The Finchley Society, Environment and Transport Committee, March meeting at Avenue House will be a discussion evening entitled The Future Of Transport In Finchley. We Have invited a panel of experts to field your questions and, we hope, stimulate a lively debate on all aspects of local travel. 

Nowadays the motor car is often regarded as an indispensable accoutrement of modern

living. But is it so absolutely necessary? And what is the true cost? There are now over 150,000 cars in the borough, more than 10 times the number that we had 50 years ago and we now have more cars here than homes. Without doubt cars have brought about huge changes to the face of Finchley in the last half century. Our once practically empty roads are now often jam packed and fume filled. Pollution is now at dangerously high levels. Priority has been given to motor traffic at all costs, and as roads have expanded, greenery has disappeared.

 But what about more sustainable forms of transport? Are we here in Finchley doing enough? Have we joined the Mayor’s ‘Cycling Revolution‘? Could we be walking more? What about new technology like electric cars and hydrogen fuel cells? Are we planning a public transport infrastructure for future generations. Is the Council doing enough for sustainable future transport? If you have any views or questions, please come along for what promises to be a interesting and stimulating discussion evening.

The Future of Transport In Finchley, Avenue House
Thursday March 21^st 2013 7-30pm for an 8-00pm start.

Please submit specific questions or queries in writing by 15^th March

Greenacre Project 2013 Calendar

(East Finchley Cemetery, Formerly Marylebone Cemetery, End Road, East Finchley, London, N2 0RZ)

A few copies will be available at the 
Greenacre Film Club:

 The Secret Spaces of Finchley

 A brand new slide show with Mr Greenacres looking at some fascinating local green spaces

  Thursday 17th January, 7-30pm

Trinity Church Centre, 15 Nether Street 
North Finchley, London N12 7NN

email: greenacreproject@gmail.com

Greenacre Film Club

A brand new slide show with Mr Greenacres, looking at some fascinating local green spaces.


This show features some of the less well known and more hidden green spaces to be found in Finchley. This presentation will take you off the beaten track on a voyage of discovery visiting parks, gardens, woodland, meadows, waterways, green spaces, nature reserves, allotments, sports fields, golf courses, and an archery field. I’m not going to give anything else away here, but prepared to be amazed at what we have right here on our doorstep. 

Thursday 17th January, 7-30pm

Trinity Church Centre, 15 Nether Street 
North Finchley, London N12 7NN

Tel: 020 346 5503
email: greenacreproject@gmail.com

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk, Part III

The third and final part of The Waterways of Finchley Walk is scheduled for 16th September when things will still be beautiful. We will venture across the boundary of Finchley towards Totteridge and then back into Finchley and Friern Barnet for a finish at Friary Park. This is another very pretty walk.

Part Three - Sunday 16th Sept. at 12-00pm
A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley’s water features
Meet outside Woodside Park station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.

Join us for this lovely tour of the north western part of Finchley. We will follow Folly Brook to Totteridge Green to see the picturesque pond and follow Dollis Brook through Whetstone Stray to Swan Lane Open Space for our lunch stop at The Redwood Café. After lunch we will visit the lakes at Baxendale and the North Middlesex Golf Club, St James Church and then follow Blacketts Brook for a finish in the Friary Park tea house.

2.7 miles to Redwood Café. Total distance to Friary Park - 5.0 miles

Bring packed lunch or buy food at the Redwood Café. At Friary Park there are buses to Woodside Park, Whetstone and Friern Barnet.

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk, Part II

The second part of our Waterways of Finchley tour takes us to the western and northern part of Finchley where Dollis Brook forms the western boundary. We will venture as far north as Totteridge Lane and our walk will take in several little known water features on our journey north along Dollis Brook. By the end of this tour you will have seen over 40 bridges.

Part Two - Sunday 22nd July at 12-00pm

A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley’s water features
Meet outside Finchley Central station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.
We will head for Finchley Weir at the bottom of Hendon Lane and continue
north along Dollis Brook, through Windsor Open Space and Finchley Garden
Village, continue past the magnificent viaduct in Dollis Road, to Rocklands
Lake, Lovers Walk and Nether Court House, on to explore Folly Brook, back to
Dollis Brook, through Whetstone Stray with a grand finale at The Redwood
Café in Swan Lane Open Space.

3.6 miles to Woodside Park tube. Total distance to finish - 5.1 miles.
Another pretty walk well worth missing Sunday lunch for. Bring packed lunch, Tasty food available at The Redwood Café.

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk

Waterways of Finchley - The Walk

The recent Waterways of Finchley slide shows where we looked at all of Finchley’s waterways and water features proved to be very popular. Many people were amazed at what we have right here in Finchley and there were many requests to do a walk of The Waterways of Finchley, so bowing to popular request, here it is, spread over two Sunday afternoons.
Part One - Sunday 15^th July at 12-00pm
A fascinating and picturesque tour of Finchley‘s water features

Meet outside East Finchley tube station at 11-45am for a 12 noon start.

We will follow Mutton Brook through Lyttleton Playing Fields and Northway Gardens to Brookland Rise. Then we will visit the water cascade at Willow Tree Gardens, The Garden of Hope, Briarfield Green Square, Pentland Centre lake and fountain and stop at Avenue House Café. After lunch we will follow Mutton Brook to Brookdales for a quick look at The Decoy lakes before setting off along Dollis Brook, to Finchley Weir for a finish at the bottom of Hendon Lane where we can catch the 143 bus back to Finchley Central and East Finchley tubes.

4.2 miles to Avenue House. Total distance to finish - 6.4 miles.

This is a very pretty walk and well worth missing Sunday lunch for. Bring packed lunch or buy food at Avenue House café. 

Update on Private Events in Parks

A revised policy will go before Cabinet on July 17 with recommendations to remove Victoria Park, Lyttelton Playing Fields and Highlands Gardens from the proposal.

Over one thousand people originally objected to the council’s Events in Parks consultation and opposed the plans.

Council reported that people were worried about increased crime, noise pollution, litter and parking problems as well as damage to the parks in the borough. But the main reason for the objection was succinctly put, 'The proposals go against all principles of public open space being open and accessible to all members of society at all times and are hugely unpopular with local residents.'

The Greenacre Project will continue to campaign to have parks for public use only and get those which could still be affected by the policy, including Edgwarebury Park, Hendon Park, Scratchwood, Oak Hill Park and Princes Park removed from the list.