Good morning, back out on the Tube
of course we are
we're up to Episode 12 now
yes i think so, of End of the Line
i'm out today, on a rather cold day
i've got so many t-shirts on
i've got six layers on, because that's how chilly it is
as I head north ...
... up the Northern Line to Zone 5, not Zone 6!
as we tick off, High Barnet
High Barnet station was opened by the Great Northern Railway company in 1872
and was built on the site of the Barnet Fair
it didn't become part of the London Underground and serviced by tube trains until 1940
and it retrains much of its victorian architeture today
with numerous platform buildings pre-dating the London Transport era
ok, so three platforms
a little bit like edgware, three and two here with the nice canopy
train shed roofd, platform one over there
an intruiging, sort of step free ramp
level area, at the end, we'll get to in a minute
just watch this train depart first, get a shot of the train departing
now there are some toilets back there
that are unfortunately locked, but there's a waiting room here
and weird ly slash excitingly
i've never been in the waiting room at High Barnet, again
it pertains to tube challenge the many times i've been to High Barnet station
generally always because i was trying to connect quickly to Cockfosters
Tube Challenge tip if you're interested, my preferred way of doing it
was always to come to here, High Barnet
go out the side entrance hope for a 307 bus
a swift connection there, to take you straight down to Oakwood station
and then double back - Oakwood, Cockfosters
back down through Oakwood and back down i nto the centre of town
that to me was always the best and fastest way of doing it, so i've never just
hung out ... here, at High Barnet
now High Barnet on the Tube Map has got a full blue
accessible blob meaning that it is step free, and it does that
not with lifts but with this rather protracted
walkway? walk around? area
which goes all the way around the buffers
of all the trains that allows you to connect to the platforms from the entrances
but the entrances as we'll see in a second, i don't think are particularly
flat, they're quite slopely we'll mention that in a second but also
i like coming here, there's even a little
bench at half way for the photographer to rest
their wary feet, yes! photographer because this is a really good place to sit
and get a cool photo of the train, in there
on platform one
it's a cool place to come and take a picture undisturbed
the grilled fencing too, allows for a nice soft focus shot
so when you come to High Barnet
do come and snap an 'End of the Line' picture here
outisde, the side entrance leads to an access road, and a roundabout
and our favourite thing here on End of the Line
yes! a car park
and we will be playing with an official Bingo Sheet
in later episodes, so do be prepared for that
there is also, by the car park this most
un-tube like tube map
on this information point here
yes there's a regular tube map down here but look at that, there's this like
non-Johnston font
grey bits, weird colours, there's a map of the northern line
hasn't got the Battersea Power Station extension either
this needs updating
it does feel odd how the station is down in a cutting
with no grand station building leading directly out onto the main road
just the sloped entrance
that leads up here, to Barnet Hill
now in a minute im going to take you on an exciting magical mystery tour of my
six favourite things to do in Barnet
because, the station is here
in a cutting, and the rest of the town the actual town centre
is up a hill, and obviously when they were building
the railway, they thought we won't take it any further
otherwise we're going to have to negotiate a gradient
but because it's in a cutting, that means that
this path here
is on a slope, and then the other entrance there
is also on an even longer, steeper slope
but if you were actually trying to get to the station
this bit! this bit here
the slope is like, is like that. come on.
that's really steep
that's quite a lot of slopes i think they should turn that slope= - TfL if you're watching
why not turn that slope over there
into a travellator. that would be amazing.
and by the incredibly steeped ramped entrance
Chesham of course, had it's lovely garden
high barnet has sort of got
well, it's got something, it's definetely
what's that? i don't know what that is!
can someone in the comments explain
someone's carved a bear, is that a bear?
i need to know, why is there a carved bear
at High Barnet?
i then tried to walk up the nearby Mount Everest-
-sorry, i mean
the steep entrance ramp to the station
and whilst doing so, it occured to me that
some of you are very kind and often ask in the comments
do i ever fear my camera getting stolen
when i do those walk away shots
so here's a little exclusive behind-the-scenes insight
i do indeed, occassionaly
look back ...
... there we go ... yup, hello Geoff
just to make sure, that everything's ok
now, there's a rule
in video making, that says
never video yourself
eating food, or other people eating food because
it just doesn't look good *laughs*
however ...
mmm nice chips hot chips on a cold day
i'm prepared to make an exception to this rule today
for a terrible pun that is coming up, and that is
i should point out, i do do my research when making these videos i'm just about to do
six amazing things to look at and see and do in barnet when that happens
what i'm quite enthused about, is
well, the tube station is called high barnet
but just over there on the church
there's a sign over there that refers to chipping barnet and there is of course
just barnet the borough of London, that is
Banet, and ...
so is it Barnet, or High Barnet, or Lower Barnet?
i think somewhere on a map, i saw an East Barnet you know
if you live in Barnet ...
what. do you. call it?
and so basically, youtube. comments! this is ...
and i don't often say this, your time to shine
if you live in Barnet, or High Barnet, or ... wait for it
Chipping Barnet!
see what i did there?
please ... leave me a comment
and tell me what you call it, and tell what the difference is
between High Barnet, regular Barnet
Chipping Barnet
and all other variations of Barmet, i'd love to know!
so whilst i eat my chips
we'll do the Sponsor
and we will do six brilliant things, to do
in High Barnet
So when you come to Barnet there are six brilliant things you need to see and do
quickfire, here we go
first up, is the old Mitre pub
an old coaching here that's been here since 1553
with it's splendid wood beams
and exposed brickwork inside
there's also a plaque outside detailing the battle of barnet too
if you like pubs, come here
second, is the nearby Spires shopping centre
so called, because it was literally an old church
where the Spires have been retained
and that's what's at the front of the shopping centre today
everytime you walk inside
third, is where i was eating my chips a moment ago this is the impressive parish church of St John the baptist
historical records suggest that there was a chapel in Barnet
on this site, dating back to 1272
this church was obviously rebuilt in more recent times
fourth, a visit to the Barnet museum is time well spent
i particularly like that they've got the football
that was used in 1946
that's the year that Barnet FC
won the amateur FA cup
staffed by lovely volunteers
they're open everyday, except Monday
fifth, get yourself up to Barnet Road
and find this entrance to Whalesbones Park
where the entrance, is an archway
literally made up of Whalesbones
and then finally sixth, and best of all
an extension of the museum, is the Barnet Physic Well
spring mineral water is here
which was thought to have therapeutic qualities
it's housed inside this Tudor style building
which was erected by the council in 1937
later restored, and now open
on select dates of the year, with support
from the Heritage of London trust
so those are your six brilliant things to do in Barnet
i'm just wandering back from the shopping centre, back down
to the Tube Station
keep seeing all these buses, and it reminded me to tell you
of course, that Barnet
is the place where i came before
to do London's least used bus
so if you want to check out the video on the 389
and the 399, do go and watch that
because it leaves from here, from the back
of the bus station, behind the shopping centre
but! High Barnet tube station ... awaits
there you go! that's episide 12, come to High Barnet
East Barnet, Friern Barnet, Chipping Barnet
whatever Barnet you want to call it
End of the Line, Zone five, Northern Line
playlist coming up, press subscribe, see you soon ... bye