Blog Posts

  • Litterpicking 2023

    Meet by Cherry Tree Wood Cafe

  • Extend Cherry Tree Wood!

    Extend Cherry Tree Wood!

    The Friends have put forward a plan to Barnet Council to extend Cherry Tree Wood at the Station Road gate to the High Road taking in the current tarmacked area of Brompton Grove. See area 26a in blue above. Site 26 outlined in red is Park House, currently occupied by Monkey Puzzle nursery which Barnet…

  • Opinion Survey Results

    The Survey Between 26th June and 12th August 2019, the Friends of Cherry Tree Wood undertook a survey (of 11 questions) of users of Cherry Tree Wood a Barnet owned slice of Ancient Woodland in East Finchley North London. The questionnaire was available in hard copy on the Friends stall at the East Finchley Community…

  • Did you know?

    Finchley District Council purchased Cherry Tree Wood in July 1915 for £3050 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. There was opposition to the purchase. One person desribed the Wood as “… a more unsuitable piece of land for a recreation ground cannot easily be found near Finchley.” It is “..virtually a clay heap.”

  • Cherry Tree Wood – Opinion Survey 2019

    We Want to Hear from You The Friends of Cherry Tree Wood want to hear what you think could be improved in the short and longer term in Cherry Tree Wood. We will publish the results locally, on our website and Facebook page, and use them or to work with Barnet Council to bring about…