It is part of the London Borough of Enfield, 11 miles (17.7 km) north of Charing Cross, close to Chipping Barnet.

Jack's freehold property, Beech Hill Park Mansion, became dilapidated and the site was sold off in the early 1920s, becoming Hadley Wood Golf Club.

The large, four-platform railway station at Hadley Wood seems somewhat out of proportion to the size of the community; local folklore suggests that the station was enlarged at the behest of local resident Sir Nigel Gresley, the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway who lived in Hadley Wood during the 1920s and 1930s before moving away to near St Albans.

[4] In reality, the enlargement from 2 to 4 platforms took place in 1959 during the widening of the East Coast Main Line (ECML), long after Gresley passed away in 1941.

Public transport access is limited and relies largely on the north–south railway link that runs from Welwyn Garden City into London Kings Cross and Moorgate.