Barnet Bypass, EN5

The Barnet Bypass, part of the A1, was opened in 1928.

The building of the Rowley Lane flyover over the Barnet bypass in the 1960s.

Previously, the lane had crossed over the A1 here beside the Thatched Barn (seen here in the background) at an increasingly congested and dangerous crossroads.
Credit: Barnet Post

The Barnet Bypass is the northern extension of the 1926-built Great North Way. From Fiveways Corner (Mill Hill), the A41 and A1 continue together as Watford Way to Apex Corner where they separate, with the A41 turning west, and the A1 turning to run straight north as the Barnet Way / Barnet Bypass. This dual carriageway was part of a 1920–4 road improvement programme that was mentioned in parliament in 1928 as being completed by the end of that summer.

This route of the A1 was built to provide a way around busy Barnet - the previous routing - with its difficult hill.

The northbound carriageway passes the entrance to Scratchwood, an area of ancient forest which is now a local nature reserve, then crosses the A411 from Watford to Barnet at the Stirling Corner roundabout.

Past Stirling Corner, the A1 as the Barnet Bypass skirts Borehamwood, before turning northeast and running through open countryside to Bignell’s Corner. At Bignell’s Corner the A1 crosses under the M25 motorway and then follows the Great North Road route, running north to Edinburgh.

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High Barnet

High Barnet is the name of the terminus of the Northern Line but is actually within the original Barnet - Chipping Barnet.

High Barnet station, though planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway), was originally opened on 1 April 1872 by the Great Northern Railway (which had taken over). It was the terminus of a branch line that ran from Highgate and was built over the original site of the Barnet Fair.

The High Barnet branch was incorporated into the London Underground network through the "Northern Heights" project begun in the late 1930s. High Barnet station was first served by Northern line trains on 14 April 1940.

The area was the site of the Battle of Barnet in 1471, where Yorkist troops led by King Edward IV killed the rebellious "Kingmaker" Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and Warwick’s brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.

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Mops and Brooms, Well End TUM image id: 1556828647 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Barnet grass speedway in operation (1930s) This track was situated beside the A1 Barnet By Pass in what is now Borehamwood, south of the Thatched Barn. Saffron Green primary school was built over the site in the 1950s. TUM image id: 1526569186 Licence:	Thatched Barn TUM image id: 1488372418 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Summerswood Primary School Credit: Eve Glover TUM image id: 1526567167 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Horses and a cart at Bullbaiters (Bullbeggar’s) Farm c1880 The area has been built over and the farm was approximately where Bullhead Road, Borehamwood is now. Bullbeggar meant "hobgoblin" or "scarecrow." TUM image id: 1469052965 Licence:
Farmer George King retired from running Bullbaiter’s Farm on 25 March 1905. The farm was the property of the Earl of Strafford of Wrotham Park, South Mimms. TUM image id: 1469056023 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Auction of farm goods from BullBaiters Farm. Boreham Wood after the retirement of farmer George King. TUM image id: 1469056803 Licence:	Thift Farm taken from stills in the TV series "The Prisoner" TUM image id: 1474208118 Licence: CC BY 2.0	MGM in Elstree Way when first built on a rural site. The first industry has moved in on the other side of the road. Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1510145333 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Looking northeast along the future path of Ashley Drive. Credit: Britain From Above TUM image id: 1515078058 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Still from the TV series "The Avengers" taken as one of the protaganists cycles towards Thrift Farm Lane from Thrift Farm Credit: ATV Studios TUM image id: 1489767774 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Ely Gardens (2009) Credit: Google Street View TUM image id: 1522760117 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Manor Farm and its outbuildings, c.1900 Credit: Elstree and Borehamwood Museum TUM image id: 1515070304 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hillside School Credit: Eve Glover TUM image id: 1522577725 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cranes Farm, lies towards the centre of this 1939 image. The Horses Home and Furzehill Road at the bottom with the chalk outline of the future Ashley Drive clearly visible. Delayed by the war, Borehamwood Estate’s housing covered the scene in the early 1950s. Credit: Aerofilms TUM image id: 1525280040 Licence:

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