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{{Short description|Suburb of north London, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2014}}
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 | static_image_name        = Christ Church Cockfosters 2 Aug 2015.JPG
 | static_image_caption     = Christ Church, Cockfosters
 | country                  = England
 | region                   = London
 | official_name            = Cockfosters
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 | os_grid_reference        = TQ275965
 | population               = 13,788
 | population_ref           = (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688703&c=Cockfosters&d=14&e=62&g=6324205&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477071900700&enc=1|title=Enfield Ward population 2011|access-date=21 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022045207/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688703&c=Cockfosters&d=14&e=62&g=6324205&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477071900700&enc=1|archive-date=22 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | london_borough           = Enfield
 | london_borough1          = Barnet
 | post_town                = BARNET
 | postcode_area            = EN
 | postcode_district        = EN4
 | dial_code                = 020
 | constituency_westminster = [[Southgate and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Southgate and Wood Green]]
 | constituency_westminster1= [[Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)|Chipping Barnet]]
}}

'''Cockfosters''' is a suburb of [[north London]] to the east of [[Chipping Barnet]], lying partly in the [[London Borough of Enfield]] and partly in the [[London Borough of Barnet]]. Before 1965, it was in the counties of [[Middlesex]] and [[Hertfordshire]].

==Origins and popular attractions==
The name was recorded as far back as 1524 and is thought to be either the name of a family or that of a house which stood on [[Enfield Chase]]. One suggestion is that it was "the residence of the cock forester (or chief forester)".<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Harris
 | first = Cyril M.
 | year = 1977
 | title = '''What's in a name?'''
 | publisher = Capital Transport
 | location = London
 | isbn = 1-85414-241-0
}}</ref><ref>[http://christchurchcockfosters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Christ-Church-Cockfosters-125th-Anniversary-Booklet-1964.pdf ''Christ Church Cockfosters: 125 years''.] Franey & Co., London, c. 1964. p. 5.</ref>

Of note in Cockfosters is [[Trent Park]], now a [[country park]]. [[Christ Church, Cockfosters]], an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[evangelical]] church, was founded in 1839.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://christchurchcockfosters.co.uk/about/our-history/# |title=Christ Church Cockfosters |publisher=Christ Church Cockfosters |access-date=2015-12-07}}</ref> [[Christ the King, Cockfosters]] (Vita et Pax), a [[Catholic]] church, was founded in 1930. The [[Piccadilly line]] of the [[London Underground]] reached Cockfosters in 1933. The Cock Inn (formerly the Cock), off Cockfosters Road on Chalk Lane, opened in 1798.

==Geography==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Neighbouring areas'''
|width=auto
|state=expanded
|Northwest = [[New Barnet]], [[Hadley Wood]]
|North = [[Hadley Wood]]
|Northeast = ''[[Trent Park]]'', [[Botany Bay, London|Botany Bay]]
|West = [[East Barnet]], [[New Barnet]]
|Centre = Cockfosters
|East = [[Oakwood, London|Oakwood]]
|Southwest = [[Oakleigh Park]], [[Whetstone, London|Whetstone]]
|South = [[Osidge]], [[Brunswick Park]]
|Southeast = [[Southgate, London|Southgate]], [[Winchmore Hill]]
}}

==Education==
[[Southgate School]] is located on Sussex Way.

Trent C of E Primary School is located on Chalk Lane.

==Theatre and the arts==
The [[Chickenshed|Chickenshed Theatre Company]], founded in 1975 in a [[chicken coop|chicken shed]] before relocating to its current site, originated the concept of inclusive theatre.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

==Sport and leisure==
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[[File:Trent Country Park gate.JPG|thumbnail|Entrance to Trent Country Park from Cockfosters Road.]]
Cockfosters has a [[non-League football]] club, [[Cockfosters F.C.]], which plays at the Cockfosters Sports Ground.

The [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] used to play at Chase Side (also known as Clocktower Park); however, they are now based in [[Barnet Copthall|Hendon]]. The ground is still used for [[Enfield F.C.]] training and for the Saracens' 'B' team, Saracens Storm. It is also used as Saracens Amateurs' training ground.

Cockfosters Cricket Club and Southgate Compton Cricket Club play at Chalk Lane on fields adjacent to Christ Church, either side of Cockfosters Bowling Club.

Trent Country Park covers approximately {{convert|320|ha|acre mi2|abbr=off}} and features treetop [[adventure park]] [[Go Ape]].

==Demographics==
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Cockfosters has its own [[electoral ward]] in the Enfield borough. The 2011 census of Cockfosters ward counted a population of 16,137. The ethnic composition was 73.7% [[Caucasian race|white]] (51.7% [[British people|British]], 19.7% Other, 2.2% [[Irish people|Irish]]), 13.5% [[Asians|Asian]] (6.5% [[Indian people|Indian]]), and 8% [[Black (race)|black]] (2.9% [[African diaspora|African]]). The most spoken foreign languages were [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and [[Greek language|Greek]]. Fifty per cent of the population were [[Christians]], with [[Muslim]]s and [[Judaism|Jew]]s forming 10% and 9% respectively. Of the 5,215 households, 3,219 resided in a [[house|whole house]] or [[bungalow]]; 68.8% of home tenures were [[home ownership|owned]], with minorities of privately rented and socially rented homes. Of economically active people, 4.2% were unemployed. The [[median age]] was forty years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/cockfosters-e05000196|title=Cockfosters - UK Census Data 2011}}</ref> The part within the borough of Barnet is covered by the [[East Barnet]] ward.

== Culture ==
[[File:Cockfosters tube at night.JPG|thumbnail|Cockfosters tube station.]]
''Cockfosters'' is the name of a 2015 short-story collection by [[Helen Simpson (author)|Helen Simpson]]. One of the short stories features a visit to "[[lost and found|lost property]]" at [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters Underground station]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Cockfosters|publisher = Jonathan Cape|date = 2015-11-05|location = S.l.|isbn = 9781910702208|language = en|first = Helen|last = Simpson}}</ref>  The poet [[John Betjeman]], who taught at [[Heddon Court School]] in 1929–30, wrote "The Cricket Master" about his experiences there.

==People==
The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield Southgate]] from 2005 to 2017, [[David Burrowes]], was born in Cockfosters.  [[George Baillie Duncan]] ministered at [[Christ Church, Cockfosters]], and the cricketer [[Andrew Wingfield Digby]] was a [[curate]] there.  [[Cameron McVey]] grew up in Cockfosters. Other transient residents have included the footballers [[Tommy Docherty]] and [[George Eastham]] and [[Dave Davies]] of the [[The Kinks|Kinks]]. Professors [[John Stollery]] and [[Ian Jacobs (academic)|Ian Jacobs]] also grew up in Cockfosters.

==Transport==
Two tube stations are located within Cockfosters:
* [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters Station]] is the terminus of the Piccadilly line.
* [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood Station]] is the station before Cockfosters.

[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 298|298]], [[London Buses route 299|299]], [[London Buses route 307|307]], [[London Buses route 384|384]], [[London Buses route 692|692]], [[London Buses route 699|699]], [[London Buses route N91|N91]] serve Cockfosters.

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