Mill Hill
Categories: Districts of London | Barnet
- For other places with the same name, see Mill Hill (disambiguation).
| Ordnance Survey | |
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| OS grid reference: | Maps for TQ225925 |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Barnet |
| Area: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Nation: | England |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Traditional county: | Middlesex |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | LONDON |
| Postcode: | NW7 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| London Assembly: | Barnet and Camden |
| European Parliament: | London |
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Mill Hill is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated 9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Charing Cross.
There are four areas in Mill Hill: Mill Hill Village, Mill Hill Broadway, Mill Hill East, and Partingdale. A further part of Mill Hill, The Hale, is now considered part of Edgware.
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Districts
Mill Hill Village
Mill Hill Village is the ancient heart of the district, a ribbon development along an ancient route called The Ridgway. It is bounded both north and south with Green Belt land Its close proximity to London made it popular as a country retreat from the 17th century onwards. There are a number of large houses, and quaint cottages. William Wilberforce and Stamford Raffles, both briefly resided here; the former being the patron of Mill Hill’s first church Saint Paul’s. There are a number of large institutions including: Mill Hill School, The National Institute for Medical Research, the motherhouse of The Daughters of Charity, and Saint Joseph’s College, a large seminary. There is a cemetery Mill Hill Cemetery. To the southwest is a small suburban district called Poets Corner, and to the north an old estate, now a recreation ground, called Moat Mount.
Mill Hill Broadway
Mill Hill Broadway is a suburban district that developed from the 1900s onwards. The Broadway itself is an important local retail area. There is the railway station (Mill Hill Broadway) on the Thameslink, a bus station. University College London has an Observatory here.
Partingdale and Burtonhole
Partingdale and Burtonhole are properly rural and form a distinct valley north of Ridgeway. North is Folly Brook, a tributary of the river Brent, running west to east, a boundary between both the suburb of Totteridge and Mill Hill, and the ancient counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex. Along Partingdale Lane is Seafield House, originally a nuclear bunker to protect the London North Group of regional government, between c1951 – 1958. To the west is Burton Hole Farm, the last proper farm in Mill Hill specialising in blond continental cattle, a small nursery garden called Finchley Nurseries, and a number of sports grounds. Between Partingdale and Burton Hole there is large electrical station, built in 1961.