Is your road being resurfaced this year? The full list of scheduled road repairs in the London Borough of Barnet

 BArnet Council have announced the full list of planned roadworks for the forthcoming financial year.

Is your road on the list?

2025/2026 work programme - updated weekly

Road name and ward	Details of work	Status
Alexandra Road, Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Approach Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Baring Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Barnet Hill, Barnet Vale/Underhill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Bohun Grove, East Barnet	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Bridge Lane, Golders Green	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Brockley Hill, Edgware	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Brookhill Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Chase Way, Brunswick Park	Pavement patching	Scheduled to start 1 April 2025
Church Road, Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Church Road, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Church Road, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Church Terrace, Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Colindeep Lane, Colindale South	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet	Pavement resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Cool Oak Lane, West Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Deans Lane, Edgware	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Deans Lane, Edgware	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
East Barnet Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Scheduled to start 11 April 2025
East Barnet Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Scheduled to start 16 April 2025
East End Road, Finchley Church End	Road resurfacing	Scheduled to start 7 April 2025
Edgeworth Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Edgware Road Slip Road, Cricklewood	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Edgware Road Slip Road, Cricklewood	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Edgwarebury Lane, Edgware	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Ellesmere Avenue, Edgwarebury	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Elm Close, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Fernhurst Gardens, Edgware	Pavement resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Finchley Road, Golders Green	Pavement resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Friern Barnet Lane, Whetstone	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Friern Barnet Road, Brunswick Park	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Friern Watch Avenue, Woodhouse	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Garden City/ Manns Road, Edgware	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Golders Green Road, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Goldsmith Avenue, West Hendon	Pavement resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Gravel Hill, Finchley Church End	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Greyhound Hill, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Greyhound Hill, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Grove Road, East Barnet	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Hale Lane, Edgware	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Hammers Lane, Mill Hill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Hermitage Lane, Childs Hill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
High Road, West Finchley/Woodhouse	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
High Road, Whetstone	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
High Road, Woodhouse	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Highfield Avenue, Golders Green	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Holcombe Hill, Mill Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Holders Hill Road, Finchley Church End	Pavement patching	Scheduled to start 1 April 2025
Hutton Grove, West Finchley	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Lanacre Avenue, Colindale North	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Leslie Road, East Finchley	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Lodge Lane, West Finchley	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Meadway, Garden Suburb	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Midholm Close, Garden Suburb	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Millway, Mill Hill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Milton Road, West Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Norrice Lea, Garden Suburb	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Oakleigh Road North, Whetstone	Road patching	Awaiting scheduling
Orange Hill Road, Burnt Oak	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Osidge Lane, Brunswick Park	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Priestley Way, West Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Prince Of Wales Close, Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Purley Avenue, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Queens Road, Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Simmons Way, Whetstone	Pavement resurfacing	Scheduled to start 1 April 2025
Somercoates Close, East Barnet	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Somerton Road, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Scheduled to start 7 April 2025
St Davids Place, West Hendon	Pavement patching	Scheduled to start 8 April 2025
St Margarets Avenue, Whetstone	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Stanhope Road, Woodhouse	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Station Road, West Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Sturgess Avenue, West Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
The Drive, Edgware	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
The Hyde, Colindale South	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
The Ridgeway, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
The Ridgeway, Mill Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
The Riding, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
The Vale, Childs Hill	Pavement resurfacing	Scheduled to start 1 April 2025
The Vale, Childs Hill	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Vivian Avenue, West Hendon	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Warwick Road, Barnet Vale	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Water Brook Lane, Hendon	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Wellhouse Lane, High Barnet/Underhill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Wellhouse Lane, High Barnet/Underhill	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Westbury Road, Totteridge & Woodside/West Finchley	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling
Western Parade, Barnet Vale	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Wolsey Grove, Burnt Oak	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Wolsey Grove, Burnt Oak	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Wood Street, High Barnet	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
Woodfield Avenue, Colindale South	Pavement patching	Awaiting scheduling
York Road, Barnet Vale	Road resurfacing	Awaiting scheduling

 

We will share more info when we have it. This info was taken from Barnet Council's website - Programmed road and pavement works | Barnet Council

The 2025 London International Ska Festival

What are you doing this Easter? If you have no plans, why not go to the 2025 London International Ska Festival? My company, Mill Hill Music Complex has been proudly been festival sponsors for many years. When we started the business in 1979, it was always a key part of what we did to support promoters, venues and artists making great music and staging amazing events. The Ska festival is the best known, longest lasting and most internationally recognised of the many festivals we support. 

This years sees an amazing line up of artists and events, as you'll see from the poster >>>>>

15 events across 4 days over Easter Weekend 17-20 April 2025. 

Here is the full line up. Of you fancy going, please buy your tickets early. The festival is independenly run and itr eally helps organisers balance the books and get a good nights sleep to see the tickets selling and the bilills being paid!

Day 1 - Thursday 17th April 2025

MAROON TOWN

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of their debut album - High & Dry

+ Hugo Lobo (Argentina)

+ Travelers All Stars (Mexico)

+ DJ Alan Handscombe

+ DJ Ronnie King

+ DJ Anna Vodka (Netherlands)

+ DJ Henry Mack

At Camden Assembly, NW1. 7pm-late.

Free entry downstairs (all night)

Tickets for live acts (upstairs) available https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1369934

Day 2 - Good Friday 18th April

1000 VOLTS OF HOLT LIVE THAMES CRUISE

An unbeatable tribute to John Holt starring

WINSTON REEDY (The Cimarons)

+ Natty Bo (Ska Cubano/Top Cats)

+ True Identity

+ DJ Keith Lawrence (Mi-Soul)

+ DJ Sean Flowerdew (Pama Int'l)

On the Dixie Queen paddle steamer, EC3N. 1pm-5pm.

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1385710

THE BEAT ft. RANKING JNR

+ The Kubricks Just announced!

+ DJ Nanker P (Time Tunnel)

At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1515532

ZION TRAIN album launch

+ DJ NFinnerty & more

At Camden Assembly, NW1. 6pm-10pm.

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1515532

Buy now and save £10 per ticket (only 10 available at this price)

Day 3 - Saturday 19th April

2 TONE THAMES CRUISE

DJ Liam Curtin

DJ Skanking Steve

On the Dutch Master party boat, EC3N. 1pm-5pm

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1450998

Buy now and save £10 per ticket (only 10 available at this price)

PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY film

at London's iconic 100 Club on Saturday 19th April 2025 (1pm)

Followed by a Q&A with Pauline Black, presented in partnership with Doc’n Roll Film Festival.

PAMA INT’L TROJAN SONGBOOK

+ THE CHOSEN FEW (Jamaica)

+ MARCIA AITKEN (I'm Still In Love With You Boy)

+ ROY PANTON & YVONNE HARRISON (Jamaica)

+ Hugo Lobo (Argentina)

+ Travelers All Stars (Mexico)

+ DJ Melvina Moves

At Electric Ballroom, NW1. 7pm-11pm.

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1334090

JAH WOBBLE METAL BOX IN DUB

DJ Wrongtom

At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm

SOLD OUT

Day 4 - Easter Sunday 20th April

LISF's social club & record shop

POTATO 5 meets INTENSIFIED

+ Poisonivies & The Steady

+ Horsebox

+ DJ Rikette Genesis

+ DJ Madam Scorcher

+ DJ Baba (Singapore)

+ DJ Sally Brown

At Camden Assembly, NW1.

Free entry downstairs (all day/night) from 1pm-late

Tickets for live acts (upstairs from 6pm) available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1547832

MACKA B & DENNIS BOVELL

+ Roots Ragga Band

+ Open The Gate sound

At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm

Tickets available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1501360

Ticket box office fromhttps://www.skiddle.com/.../the-london-international-ska.../

I will be at most of the events, so why not come down and have a beer and a skank with me!

Announcement: Station Road, Edgware to be renamed

 The Barnet Eye has learned through sources at Barnet Council, that following the passing of the Edgware development plan, Barnet Council has decided to rename Station Road Edgware to Edgware Towers Way. The council believes this reflects the changing face of Edgware and is a more modern and marketable name, as there is more to Edgware than a tube station. More to follow.

*** Noon update ***

For the absence of doubt, this is an April Fool Joke (for the moment)

The Sunday Reflection #48 - My favourite day of the year!

 What were you doing at 7.30pm on Friday? I can tell you exactly what I was doing. We were just about to jump in the car, to drive to the Builders Arms, to watch my mate Andy and The Peace and Love Reggae band at The Builders Arms. Andy has been a studio customer for almost as long as I can remember, at least 20 years, if not longer. Andy is my favourite sort of musician. He does it because he loves it. He keeps going. I've no idea how many musicians he's played with over the years, but he keeps doing what he's doing. He is the embodiment of what a grassroots musician should be.

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But anyway, that's not the point I was really discussing here. At 7.30 on Friday, it was a beautiful evening. Our road, Millway runs North to South and as we got in the car and looked northwards, I commented to Clare that the sky in the north still had some daylight in it. Above our heads, we had the Plough constellation. It was quite beautiful. My observation was that spring is here and things are getting better. Today is the day the clocks go forward. Much as I hate getting up an hour earlier, I love the fact that there will still be some light in the sky at 8,30pm. As I write this, the sun is shining. The cherry blossoms are out on the cherry trees in Millway. On days like this, all seems right with the world. I know that if I switch on the news, I will be rudely awakened, but it is nice to be in my little bubble, pretending that all is good. 

I bumped into one of the readers of the blog yesterday, who had a bit of a moan at me. He was saying that I don't spend enough time slagging off Barnet Council anymore. He suggested that since the Tories were booted out, I've gone easy on the Labour administration, who are probably worse than the Tories. He is right on this account. Yes, I spend far less time writing about Barnet Council and yes, Barnet Labour are probably worse than the Tories in some ways. They are as incompetent and they are far less willing to engage than even the Tories were. The reason why I am less inclined to moan is nothing to do with the politics. The events in my life over the last five years have changed me. I am no longer motivated to spend hours trawling obscure committee papers to write blogs showing how mean spirited and useless the council are.  If there is a specific issue that concerns me I will, but right now, the things in my life that I want to spend the time on are my family, my band and my business. I enjoy writing blogs and I think it is time well spent, but given the choice in local politics is between a weak, useless and incompetent Labour party or a mean spirited and bumbling Conservative party, I can see little point simply ranting in the wind like a looney. 

I realised, around the time that I was recovering from cancer surgery, that whilst it is almost pointless trying to pursuade the council to be competent, there are plenty of things that interest me enough to blog about and if I am interested, surely other people will be? So, if the fact that there was a bit of light in the sky and a beautiful constellation above our heads on Friday makes me happy, maybe it will make you happy as well. So yes, the fact that today is my favourite day of the year interests me, maybe it will interest you. So if you were wondering why this blog is about a bit of light in the sky, rather than why Barry Rawlings, Leader of Barnet Council wants to bulldoze Edgware and transform it into a new Moscow, this is why.

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