[4] The settlement was on the edge of Southaw (or Suthawe) wood which belonged to the Abbey of St Albans but which was cleared when Chipping Barnet was developed to the east.

[8] The Gate public house, originally The Bell, is on the corner of Barnet Road and Hendon Wood Lane and was built during the Victorian era.

[11] The associated barn for storing grain for the windmill is grade II listed in Brickfield Lane.

Immediately to the south of the wood is Moat Mount Open Space, a nature reserve that was originally part of the Forest of Middlesex before it was deforested.

[17] The Dollis Brook rises at Mote End Farm before running eastwards under Hendon Wood Lane[18][19] and the ten-mile Dollis Valley Greenwalk, which broadly follows the route of the brook, starts at Moat Mount Open Space.