Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park
Brunswick Park
	Brunswick Park Road
	Brunswick Park Location within Greater London
Population	16,394 (2011 Census. Ward)
OS grid reference	TQ2893
London borough	Barnet;
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N11
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Chipping Barnet;
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden;
	List of places UK England London 51°37′34″N 0°08′53″W / 51.626°N 0.148°W

Brunswick Park is a neighbourhood, public park and electoral ward^[2] in the London Borough of Barnet.^[3] It is north of New Southgate and to the south of Oakleigh Park.

Amenities

Its park consists of a playground, sports field and tennis courts. The southwest has the access to and is bounded by the North London Business Park. The many surrounding roads include Brunswick Park Road, Brunswick Avenue and Brunswick Crescent.

Amenities include Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School,^[4] St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox School and Osidge library.

New Southgate Cemetery and the North London Business Park front Brunswick Park Road. The former, opened in 1861, began as the Great Northern Cemetery. A modern housing estate has taken part of its grounds, in the vicinity of the original main entrance.

History

The business park was the site of a large Northern Telecom factory, built for Standard Telephones and Cables (STC). Opened in 1922, the factory became a major local landmark and for many years was referred to by its workers and the local population as 'The Standard'. During World War II a German bomb fell on the factory, killing 33 people.^[5] Previously in the 1860s the site had been the location of a railway terminus, operating on a single track to Colney Hatch (now New Southgate) station on East Barnet Lane (now Brunswick Park Road), serving the then-named Great Northern London Cemetery.^[6]

Brunswick Park had parish status between 1896 and 1972.^[7] St Michael's church was built in 1902 and demolished in 1973 after which the site was developed for housing.

Previously within the East Barnet Urban District, Hertfordshire, with the transfer of the area to the London in 1965 the borders of Brunswick Park electoral ward expanded to include Osidge, previously its own ward.