Welcome to Barnet and London Walks

If you live in Barnet, you’ll know that it’s an area full of surprises.
If you don’t, you’ll want to find out more about this most fascinating of London boroughs.
Either way – you’re in for a treat!

Paul also offers London walks, and walks in French: details below.

Please phone or email Paul if you are planning to come on a walk. Walks normally last about two hours. You can also contact him to organise a tailor-made walk (or talk) for your group.

All walks cost £15 - Accompanied under 12s £5 (except walks in French - see below).

We have the following walks planned for 2024 - Click on the name of each walk to find out more!

For the interim 2024 calendar up to July, please see the Walks Calendar.

Please note that the website will not contain updates on walks beyond July 2024.

Please email Paul on to receive regular monthly updates on walks during the rest of the year. And get weekly updates on Paul’s Facebook page: Barnet and London Walks.

• ‘Bedford Park’
  London’s first garden suburb, begun in the 1870s – absolutely stunning.
• ‘The Battle of Barnet’
  Explore the famous battlefield of the Wars of the Roses, 1471.
• ‘Borehamwood and Elstree Studios’
  A tour of the world-famous Elstree studios.
• ‘Young V & A Museum’ *NEW WALK*
  Formerly the Museum of Childhood – redesigned and reopened in 2023 to excite not just the young, but everyone.
• ‘Fitzrovia’ *NEW WALK*
  Just east of Marylebone, and just about the most unspoilt area in the West End.
• ‘Dickens in North London Birthday Tour’
  Looking at the huge number of links with North London in Dickens's life and work - and his remarkable birthday celebrations.
• ‘Muswell Hill’
  A late-Victorian suburb of great beauty.
• ‘Morden Hall Park and Morden Hall’ *NEW WALK*
  Undoubtedly one of the prettiest spots in south London – and easy to get to from north London!
• ‘Golders Green’
  The development of this once rural backwater over the course of a little more than 100 years is quite astonishing.
• ‘Stanmore’ *NEW WALK*
  A lovely place, surrounded by woodlands and commons.
• ‘Canons Park’ *NEW WALK*
  A former country estate, Canons Park is now a grade-2 listed park, and a real beauty.
• ‘Barnet Churches and Pubs’
  The sacred and the profane.
• ‘The Battle of Barnet – two anniversary walks’
  Explore the famous battlefield of the Wars of the Roses, fought on Easter Sunday, April 14th 1471.
• ‘Crouch End’
  A beautiful Victorian development, and today a hugely desirable area.
• ‘Edgware’
  Ancient Eggeswere still retains its charm in and around the old village centre.
• ‘In the Footsteps of the Famous in High Barnet and Monken Hadley’
  Hear about the many famous and infamous people who have managed to get their feet under the table of Barnet history over the past 500 years.
• ‘The Heart of High Barnet’
  A walk through 1000 years of history. This walk forms a pair with Monken Hadley below.
• ‘A Meander through Monken Hadley’
  A historical walk through beautiful unspoilt Monken Hadley. This walk forms a pair with High Barnet above.
• ‘Totteridge’
  One of the loveliest of London suburbs.
• ‘Tower Hamlets Cemetery’
  Once a hugely crowded and important cemetery, now a Nature Reserve of considerable beauty and fascination.
• ‘New River, Woodberry Wetlands, Clissold Park, and Abney Park Cemetery’
  Two restful oases of water, an award-winning park, and a famous woodland cemetery.
• ‘Knole House’ *NEW WALK*
  All-day excursion A National Trust property in Kent, partly Tudor, and of supreme beauty.

Other dates for May, June and July will be added to the programme in due course. Please contact Paul for details.

All walks cost £15, under 12s £5.

‘Exploring London and Beyond’

Paul is a member of this group, which organizes fascinating walks in areas of London and around. For more information, please contact Paul, or see: exploringlondonandbeyond.org.uk

Walks in French

(With A Nous Deux Londres!) £15 per adult. Children under 15 accompanied by their parents £6.

• ‘Jacques L'Eventreur’ (en français)
• ‘Westminster’ (en français)
• ‘La City’ (en français)
• ‘Street Art (L'Art Urbain)’ (en français)

Veuillez visiter www.anousdeuxlondres.co.uk pour plus de détails et réserver par email (de préférence) - info@anousdeuxlondres.co.uk.

We welcome enquiries about private group bookings and illustrated talks on Barnet or London.

Paul also specialises in:

• Walks and talks for schools (Over 30 years’ experience as a schoolteacher).
• Walks and talks on French topics, such as the history of the French in London, the Huguenots, Spitalfields, Westminster, The City, Covent Garden and French artists and writers in London. These can be delivered in French or English.

For more information about Barnet and London Walks please phone/text 07506 761294
or e-mail