Barnet Local Information
Practical local information for Barnet: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Edgware Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Edgware
Edgware roadworks: no temporary traffic orders in force within 3 km of Edgware right now. Checked every morning from the council's notices.
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Finchley
Finchley Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Finchley
Finchley roadworks: 701 Finchley Road NW2 (notice of 8 Oct) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Burnt Oak weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Colindale
Colindale Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Colindale weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Edgware
Edgware Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Edgware weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Finchley
Finchley Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Finchley weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Golders Green
Golders Green Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Golders Green weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph.
Hendon
Hendon Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Hendon weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Mill Hill
Mill Hill Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Mill Hill weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph.
North Finchley
North Finchley Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
North Finchley weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 13 mph.
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Barnet Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Barnet today: unleaded from 138.8p and diesel from 145.8p a litre, across 39 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
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Barnet Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Barnet weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 82% chance of rain and winds up to 12 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Hendon
Barnet Roadworks This Week: Brent Cross Contraflow and A411
Brent Cross flyover moves to a contraflow from Tuesday 3 November and the A411 is shut at Glebe Lane, Arkley, to 5 November. Plus Hendon's M1 night closures.
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Barnet Christmas Bin Collections: What Moves and When
Barnet moved five bin days last Christmas, some to a Saturday. Last year's full table, the garden waste pause, tree collections and when 2026 dates land.
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Barnet School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term 26 October
Barnet schools go back on Monday 2 November after half term and break up for Christmas on Friday 18 December. Every 2026/27 date, plus three that differ.
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Barnet Tip Opening Times: Summers Lane, 9am to 4pm Daily
Summers Lane recycling centre in N12 opens 9am to 4pm every day, gates shut 3.45pm. Cars need no booking; vans book 24 hours ahead. Shut 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan.
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Barnet Christmas Travel: Tube, Thameslink and Last Trains
No Thameslink, Tube or buses on Christmas Day 2026. Last year Thameslink also ran nothing on Boxing Day and was done by 9pm on Christmas Eve. 2026 plans due Dec.
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Barnet House Prices 2026: £592,892 Average, Down 4.4%
The average Barnet home sold for £592,892 in August 2026, down 4.4% in a year (Land Registry). Flats down 7.3%, prices by type and Britain's priciest street.
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Barnet to London Trains & Tube: Times, 2026 Fares, Last Trains
High Barnet to Bank takes 37 minutes on the Northern line, Mill Hill Broadway to St Pancras 19 on Thameslink. Zones, 2026 fares, caps and last trains.
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Things to Do in Barnet in 2026: Free Museums, Farms & Walks
Ten things to do in Barnet with costs and opening days: the free RAF Museum, Barnet Museum and Welsh Harp, Belmont farm, Saracens tours and artsdepot.
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Barnet Planning News: City Hall Forces Through 1,768 Homes
Barnet planning now: City Hall approved 1,768 homes the council refused, Edgware's 3,365-home Broadwalk scheme is cleared, and a new Local Plan is due in 2028.
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Barnet Bin Collection Days: Out by 6am, Crews Until 5pm
Barnet green bins are emptied fortnightly on Saturdays, with a six week winter pause. The postcode checker skips them, so here is how to get your own dates.
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Parking in Barnet: Car Parks, Tariffs, CPZs and Permits
Brunswick Road, Church Hill Road and Osidge Lane are free all day. Resident permits cost £19.52 to £240.26. Every car park tariff, CPZ rule and fine.
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Barnet Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Every Band, Up 4.8%
Band C is £1,895.64, Band D £2,132.60 and Band E £2,606.51 in Barnet for 2026/27. All eight bands, why bills rose 4.8% and the discounts worth claiming.
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Barnet Planning Search: Portal Links and 21 Days to Object
Search Barnet Council planning applications by postcode on Public Access, free and no login. Direct links to the weekly list, appeals and building control.