Broadfields or the Broadfields Estate is a neighbourhood of

Edgware Edgware () is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with small parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent. Edgware is centred north-northwest of Charing Cros ...

in the

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in northwest

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, UK.

History and geography

Broadfields occupies the northwestern corner of Edgware and the wider

. It is located 10.5 miles (16 km) northwest of

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and the nearest

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station is

Edgware tube station Edgware Station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in North London. The station is the northern terminus of the ''Edgware branch'' of the Northern line and the next station towards south is . Edgware ...

, located a short distance to the south. It is on the urban-rural boundary of the London suburban built-up area. The area mostly consists of 1930s, 1960s and 1970s housing, started in small part in 1927 but mostly John Laing's

houses with gardens built from 1936."Edgware and Burnt Oak"
London Borough of Barnet. Retrieved 2015-02-23 Ranging in elevation from 69 to 86 metres above sea level, Broadfields is west of the

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immediately beyond which is the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, whic ...

(these section off a small part of east

and the higher

Mill Hill Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around northwest of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, when it became part of Greater London. Its population counted 18,45 ...

suburb). Two small headwaters rise here, one of which is named the Dean's Brook. Broadfields is north of the

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which is a long-distance feeder to the M1 and the main road to

Bushey Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It has a population of over 25,000 inhabitants. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow re ...

and

Stanmore Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in London. It is centred northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at high. The district, whi ...

from central London. The area has two primary schools, a playground, and a sports ground. To the west is Edgwarebury Park, and to the north Edgwarebury and Bury farms, the former of which was not a

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but was documented as a notable farm in the customary taxation records (such as feet of fines) from 1216. These farms sold a similar area of land to their present size to enable the estate to be built. It has a shopping parade including a chain grocery shop,

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and

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. Bus route 288 terminates at Broadfields.Bus tender results Route 288
Transport for London 13 January 2006

References

{{LB Barnet Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Barnet Edgware