Brookmans Park Hertfordshire

[LydiaFlower]

Hello,

I live in Brookmans Park Hertfordshire with my hubby and three kids.

I really want to get out of the area but wondered if anyone had any suggestions for other locations where I could still access schools local to BP.

I was looking at Barnet, but wondered how that compares as I don't know it very well.

It may sound a bit snobby but BP feels like a cross between The Only Way is Essex and the Stepford wives. It feels like my kids are growing up in an area with attitudes from the 1970s.

Thanks

Very nice part of Barnet. Lovely green spaces and nice primary schools.

Once again TinaHerts has zero clue at all. How is the High Road a complete failure? It’s a lovely safe area with great shops and lovely community feel. TinaHerts is just jealous because she can’t afford the house prices in High Barnet ! 😘

I wouldn’t say High Barnet is expensive. Certainly not in the same price bracket as where I live. It’s very much starter home territory and is a place you can still get value whilst living on the Tube network.

Barnet High Road is a pitiful place. The Mayor is looking to pedestrianise it in order to resurrect it. It used to have a Carluccios. Now gone. All the Banks. Gone. Many other shops and restaurants have been and gone. Most of the pubs have closed apart from a few. The Spires is a literal white elephant with Poundland as one of the more upmarket shops in there. You know this full well.

You seem incredibly sensitive to living somewhere that has declined so fast. I grew up there so I know the ins and outs of it as a place.

Carluccios is hardly something to shout about! High Barnet is a lovely place and I think you are clearly bitter you can't afford a big house round here. There is no need to be so negative and put people off such a great area.

You’ve disagreed with Carluccio’s but are strangely silent on the rest of the things I mentioned. Barnet High Road is a joke even amongst the locals.

What are these big houses you talk about in High Barnet? It’s mostly semis and tiny terraces. The big houses are on Hadley Highstone which is not High Barnet. If you mean Ravenscroft Park then yes that is in my price budget. But I wouldn’t want to live in area devoid of stuff to do, clinging on to the edges of London.

I know the area well, partner has roots in Hadley Wood.
I agree with @TinaHerts assessment of High Barnet, it has nose dived rather spectacularly and imo has nothing to offer the casual visitor let alone living in the place!
The only reason to recommend is the northern line station for going into London.

Most high streets have nose dived. They are chicken shops and nail bars and people in black puffa jackets. This thread is very spiky!

I have only just seen this, back after we finally got away from the area,

I did live in one of the best roads in BP. I personally found it insufferable, a hub for Reform voter types, and weirdly snobby with it. It was like living in the 1970's in a bad way. That was my personal experience and I was not alone in that thinking.

Your assumptions are awful. I moved away because I didn't want my kids to live in that environment, I wanted them to have a more multicultural outlook on life.

Let's face it, it isn't even a village. It calls itself that to feel superior, most of the houses are new builds. And the oldest house is about 1939, which are all being knocked down. When I think of a village, it's more of a picturesque scene, not a red brick church built in 1972, and Ye Olde Co-Op circa 2000.

The Gobions is very nice though.

We are actually looking at BP now, and seen a nice detached house for sale. But debating if we make the move from Slades Hill EN2 area. It seems really nice up there. Quiet and green.