Potters Bar is a town in Hertfordshire, England,[1] 13 miles (21 km) north of central London.

[3] Within the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, the town dates to the early 13th century but remained a small, mainly agricultural, settlement until the arrival of the Great Northern Railway in 1850.

[6] The Bar is thought to refer to the gates leading from the South Mimms parish and into the Enfield Chase parish; it could possibly hail from a toll on the Great North Road,[6] said to have been by what is now the disused Green Man pub or at the current entrance to Morven House.

[14] Wrotham Park estate, home of the Byng family, sits within Potters Bar and Barnet on 2,500 acres of land.

[15] In the early hours of 1 October 1916, Lieutenant Wulstan Tempest shot down Germany's most famous zeppelin, the L31.

[1] Potters Bar railway station is sited on the East Coast Main Line.

Govia Thameslink Railway operates services on the Great Northern Route under two sub-brands: Potters Bar was the location of two major rail accidents in 1946 and 2002.

The nearest London Underground station is at Cockfosters, on the Piccadilly line; it is approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south on the A111 from junction 24 of the M25.

[23] The Church contains stained glass including some "fine portraits" of several saints as well as tributes to John Keble, and Randall Davidson.

There is a Madonna Window in memory of John Goodacre, a long-time schoolmaster at Potters Bar.

The Wyllyotts Centre is a theatre, cinema and events venue, and is also the location of the town's museum.