Editing London Borough of Barnet (section)

==Geography==
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{{Main|List of districts in Barnet}} {{Further|Geography of London}}
[[File:Barnet London UK location map.svg|thumb|200px|Location map for Barnet]]

The borough covers a group of hills on the northern edge of the [[London Basin]]. The bedrock is chalk which is covered with clay. Some of the hills are formed from glacial [[till]] deposited at the farthest extent of glaciers during the [[Anglian glaciation]].

The pattern of settlement is somewhat diverse.

In the north of the borough on the eastern side is [[Chipping Barnet|Barnet]], also known as High Barnet or Chipping Barnet, [[Totteridge]], and [[Whetstone, London|Whetstone]]. In the north on the western side is [[Edgware]] and [[Mill Hill]]. The central northern part of the borough is largely countryside. This division is largely because the eastern side grew around what is now the High Barnet Underground branch of the [[Northern line]]. The western side grew around the [[Midland Railway]] and what is now the Edgware branch of the Northern line.

Further south, around the borough's centre, the development becomes steadily more intensive around the suburbs of [[Cricklewood]], [[Colindale]], [[Hendon]] and [[Finchley]]. [[Golders Green]] is renowned for its [[Jew]]ish minority ethnic population and forms part of the south of the borough, along with [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]] and [[Childs Hill]].

Much of the borough is within the [[Metropolitan Green Belt]], and it has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by [[cemetery|cemeteries]] and [[golf|golf courses]], and part of [[Hampstead Heath]], Hampstead Heath Extension and [[Golders Hill Park]]. Barnet describes its 16 main open spaces as 'premier parks', nine of which achieved a [[Green Flag Award]] for 2008–2009:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/environment-planning/parks-and-open-spaces/premier-parks.htm |title=Premier parks |date=2008-08-19 |publisher=Barnet Council |access-date=2009-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225220437/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/environment-planning/parks-and-open-spaces/premier-parks.htm |archive-date=25 December 2010 }}</ref>

The borough has sixty-seven [[Site of Nature Conservation Interest|Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation]], eight [[Local Nature Reserve]]s, and it is jointly responsible with the [[London Borough of Brent]] for the [[Brent Reservoir|Welsh Harp (Brent) Reservoir]], which is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]]. These are listed in [[Nature reserves in Barnet]].
[[File:Golders Hill Park in London Borough of Barnet.jpg|thumb|left|Golders Hill Park in Barnet]]

The A5 ([[Edgware Road]]) forms the border between Barnet and the boroughs of [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] and [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]], with an exception being the [[West Hendon]] area and part of the [[Welsh Harp, London|Welsh Harp]].