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Thinking of living at EN5 3BS? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitings Hill Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 77% met the expected standard |
| Underhill School | Primary | 1.1 km | 68% met the expected standard |
| Foulds School | Primary | 1.5 km | 84% met the expected standard |
| Christ Church Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 77% met the expected standard |
| St Catherine's RC School | Primary | 2.0 km | 85% met the expected standard |
| Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 85.6 · 86.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Totteridge Academy | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 58.2 · 25.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 58.6 · 21.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ark Pioneer Academy | Secondary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 56 · 26.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Mill Hill County High School | Secondary | 2.5 km | Attainment 8: 61.2 · 23.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Susi Earnshaw Theatre School | Independent | 1.9 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Mill Hill Schools | Independent | 3.0 km | 51.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Ravenscroft Lawn Tennis Club | 1.3 km | 25 |
| Golf | The Arkley 9 | 1.1 km | 15 |
| Swimming | Queen Elizabeth'S School | 1.4 km | 11 |
| Football | Hadley Football Club | 1.4 km | 3 |
| Cricket | The Mill Hill Cricket Club | 2.6 km | 3 |
| Bowls | Mill Hill Bowling Green | 3.7 km | 3 |
| Shooting | A1 Shooting Ground | 2.0 km | 2 |
| Squash | Hertswood Academy | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Rugby union | Mill Hill Rugby Football Club | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Athletics | Saracens (Stonex Stadium) | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Fencing | Fighting Fit Fencing | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Table tennis | Barnet Table Tennis Centre | 2.0 km | 1 |
| Basketball | Hackney Close Basketball Court | 2.1 km | 1 |
| Gaelic games | St. Kiernan's GFC | 2.1 km | 1 |
| Pilates | Beyond Move | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Virgin Active | 4.3 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 19. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is High Barnet Underground station, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km). The nearest rail station is New Barnet, 3.5 km away, with 1.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Aitken Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 384); 18 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
Central London is 16 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Whitings Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 85.6 · 86.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Totteridge Academy (1.5 km) and Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet (1.9 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (3.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 1.5 km away, with Quinta Local closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Old Court House Surgery (1.7 km), with Prima Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Nonno's Barber's is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Barnet General Hospital, 1.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 70% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 3 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Bells Hill Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Arkley the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 46 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Whitings Hill Open Space, 150 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.8 km).
14 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| Lyonsdown School | Independent | 3.2 km | – |
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A swim is a short trip away: Hampstead Heath (Ladies Pond), 9.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 24 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 40% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.