Chipping Barnet or High Barnet is a market town in the London Borough of Barnet, England.
It is a suburban development built around a 12th-century settlement, and is located 10 1⁄2 miles (17 km) north north-west of London Charing Cross.
It is a residential, calm and green neighbourhood with a nice high street with lots of shops, cafes and eateries.
High Barnet is home to an Everyman cinema, the Barnet Museum, the All Saints Art Centre, the traditional annual Barnet Fair, which was chartered in Medieval times, the Ravenscroft local park and Barnet recreational park, a now disused well that was frequented by, among others, Samuel Pepys, and many restaurants and public houses.

Cuisines on offer include Italian, French, Indian, Chinese and south east Asian. Amongst the most popular restaurants are branches of Melange and Pizza Express. High Barnet also has a number of coffee/snack outlets, both independent ones such as The Coffee Bean, as well as branches of Caffè Nero and Costa Coffee. There are vegan options available, e.g. The Antica Pizzeria has a vast vegan menu, YouMeSushi has great vegan options and more and more follow.

The public houses and bars in High Barnet include: the Butchers Arms, The Red Lion, the King's Head, the Monk, the Black Horse, Ye Olde Mitre Inn, the Hadley Oak, the Nelson, and the Sebright Arms. The large number of inns in Barnet was a matter of note in Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist; it was here that Oliver met the Artful Dodger.

The big and pretty shopping centre “The Spires” lies conveniently across the road. There is also a big supermarket in it called Waitrose.
If High Barnet is too quiet for you, hop on the London tube (10 mins walk or bus stop outside the house), and after only ten stops (30 mins) you are in central London!
We like it here because it feels almost like living on the country side but we are still so well-connected to London.

London centre is only a short tube-ride away!
Even closer is Camden Town with its vibrant music scene, pubs and night clubs, colourful markets and houseboat canals. And if you will be blessed by the typical London rain, why not visit one or two of the endless numbers of London museums? The best: They are all free! It is easy to spend days if not weeks in them.