The main charge on the shield is a mythological animal sometimes used in heraldry.

This beast is called an enfield, thus making the arms canting.

Like many medieval mythological creatures, the enfield is composed of parts from different real animals: the enfield has the head of a fox, the forelegs of an eagle, the chest of a hound but the rest of the body like a lion and the hindlegs and tail of a wolf.

The crest contains a stag's head with a wreath of red roses, derived from the supporters in the coat of arms of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, where the stag represented the forests of the area and the roses stood for the Duchy of Lancaster, the well-known red rose of Lancaster.

[1][2] The arms can be seen in relief, in full colour, on the façade of Enfield Civic Centre.