Friary Park

The site was home to the Knights Hospitaller in the Middle Ages, and of Friern Barnet Manor House from the sixteenth century.

Notable residents included Sir John Popham (d. 1607), Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

[2] The name Friary Park was adopted in the 1870s and after Richardson's death, the land was acquired by Middlesex County Council, and opened to the public in 1910.

[3] It is owned and managed by Barnet Council, and has a children's playground, tennis courts, a bowling green, a pitch and putt, a skatepark,[4] outdoor gym equipment and a cafe.

Palmate newts, which are rare in London, breed in the ponds, which are a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II.