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Meet new people in Barnet
Barnet is London's most populous borough, stretching from Golders Green and Brent Cross up to the green belt at High Barnet. It is a borough of town centres (Finchley, Hendon, Edgware, Chipping Barnet), each with its own high street, and plenty of open space between them.
PingMee helps you meet the people in it. Post a status saying what you're up for (a film at the Phoenix, a walk on the Heath Extension, coffee in North Finchley before work), see who's around in Barnet right now, and send them a ping. If they ping back, a private chat opens for the two of you. It's for new friends, relationships and networking, and it's free.
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How PingMee works in Barnet
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Post a status
Say what you're up for: "Coffee in North Finchley?"
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See who's nearby
People around you, within the distance you choose.
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Send a ping
If they ping back, a private chat opens for the two of you.
Neighbourhoods in Barnet
North Finchley
A busy town centre round Tally Ho Corner, with the borough's main arts centre right in the middle of it.
artsdepot · Tally Ho Corner · Finchley High Road
East Finchley
A friendly high street on the Northern line, home to one of the oldest working cinemas in the country.
Phoenix Cinema · Cherry Tree Wood · East Finchley High Road
Church End (Finchley Central)
Finchley's original centre, with a long shopping street and a historic house whose gardens are open to everyone.
Ballards Lane · Stephens House and Gardens · Victoria Park
Golders Green and Hampstead Garden Suburb
A lively high road of bakeries and restaurants, with the quiet, planned streets of the Suburb and the edge of Hampstead Heath just behind it.
Golders Green Road · Golders Hill Park · Hampstead Heath Extension · Central Square
Hendon
A university town within the borough: students, young professionals and a couple of well-used parks.
Middlesex University · Hendon Park · Sunny Hill Park
Colindale
One of London's fastest-growing neighbourhoods, full of new flats and new arrivals, next to a national museum of flight.
RAF Museum London · Colindale Avenue
Mill Hill
Green and hilly, with a village feel up on the Ridgeway and a broadway of shops and cafés below.
Mill Hill Park · Mill Hill Broadway · Arrandene Open Space · The Ridgeway
Edgware
The end of the Northern line and a big town centre, with open countryside surprisingly close by.
The Broadwalk · Station Road · Moat Mount Open Space
Chipping Barnet and High Barnet
An old market town at the top of the Northern line, with a historic high street and open common land on its edge.
Barnet High Street · Barnet Market · The Spires · Monken Hadley Common
Whetstone and Totteridge
A busy stretch of the High Road beside some of the most rural-feeling fields in London.
Whetstone High Road · Totteridge Fields · Dollis Valley Greenwalk
Friern Barnet and New Southgate
A residential corner known for its community-run library and a park that locals use all year round.
Friern Barnet Library · Friary Park · Friern Barnet Road
Brent Cross and Cricklewood
Barnet's southern edge, around the shopping centre and the new neighbourhood growing up beside it.
Brent Cross Shopping Centre · Clitterhouse Playing Fields · Cricklewood Broadway
Good places to meet people in Barnet
artsdepot, North Finchley
Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley
Golders Hill Park
Hampstead Heath Extension
Stephens House and Gardens
Dollis Valley Greenwalk
Regular things on
Films at the Phoenix
Shows and classes at artsdepot
Barnet Market
Walks on the Dollis Valley Greenwalk
Your privacy, by design
- Nobody sees your exact location: only an approximate distance.
- Nothing private opens up until you both accept each other.
- You choose whether you appear to people nearby, and you can block or report anyone.
More in our privacy policy.
Questions about meeting people in Barnet
Where can I meet new people in Barnet without going to a bar?
artsdepot, the Phoenix Cinema, Golders Hill Park and the Hampstead Heath Extension all work well: public, easy to reach and mostly free. On PingMee you can post a status like 'Coffee in North Finchley this morning?' and see who nearby is up for it.
Can I use PingMee for networking in Barnet?
Yes. Networking is one of the three goals you can choose on PingMee, alongside new friends and relationships. Set it, post a status like 'Working from a café in Finchley today', and see who nearby is open to the same.
Which parts of Barnet does PingMee cover?
All of it: Finchley, Golders Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Hendon, Colindale, Mill Hill, Edgware, High Barnet, Whetstone, Totteridge, Friern Barnet and Brent Cross. PingMee shows people within the distance you choose, so you can stay hyper-local or widen it.
Can people on PingMee see exactly where I am?
No. Nobody sees your exact location. PingMee only ever shows an approximate distance, and nothing private opens up until you both accept each other.
Is PingMee a dating app?
No. PingMee is for meeting people nearby, whatever you're looking for: new friends, a relationship or networking. It's free on iPhone and Android.
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