Hadley Wood
| Hadley Wood | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 West Lodge Park Hotel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ265975 |
| Location: | 51°39’43"N, 0°10’21"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Barnet |
| Postcode: | EN4 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Enfield |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Enfield Southgate |
Hadley Wood is a village in northern Middlesex close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located between Barnet in the latter county and Potters Bar in the former.
Transport
Rail
Hadley Wood railway station is located at the meeting of Crescent East and Crescent West in the centre of Hadley Wood. It is served by stopping services from Welwyn Garden City to Moorgate.
Underground
There is no underground station in Hadley Wood. The closest are Cockfosters (Piccadilly line) and High Barnet (Northern line).
Buses
London Buses routes 298 and 399 serve Hadley Wood.
Places of interest
Trent Park - A country house, now open to the public. It was once part of Enfield Chase, a royal hunting ground for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James I.
History
Hadley Wood borders onto the village of Monken Hadley, now effectively a suburb of Barnet, and the two settlements share some features of social life. However, in modern history the two communities are distinct and separate, belonging to different parishes (both civil and ecclesiastical.
Hadley Wood has historically been linked to Cockfosters in municipal terms and in ecclesiastical administration, Hadley Wood remains part of the parish of Cockfosters, and the Deanery of Enfield.[1]
The large railway station at Hadley Wood, with four long platforms, seems out of proportion to the size of the community. Local folklore suggests that the station was enlarged at the behest of resident Sir Nigel Gresley, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, who lived in Hadley Wood during the 1920s and 1930s before moving closer to St Albans,[2] although there seems to be little or no evidence to support the theory.
References
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wood Hadley Wood) |
- The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 10, No. 267, 4 August 1827, from Project Gutenberg
- http://www.hadleywood.org.uk/, Hadley Wood Association