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The London Loop LDP and Dollis Valley Greenwalk share route and signage along this section.

The Dollis Valley Greenwalk is about ten miles long and runs from Hampstead Heath to join the Dollis Brook near the North Circular Road and then follows the Brook to beyond its source at Moat Mount. The Dollis Brook rises at Moat Mount near Arkley, firstly flowing eastwards through the open countryside of Totteridge Fields to Chipping Barnet and then through the suburbs of Barnet to Hendon. Its route can be traced by the thin strip of woodland along the riverbank and ribbon of open land on either side which provides a valuable green corridor. At Hendon the Dollis Brook meets the Mutton Brook and becomes the River Brent which then flows into the Welsh Harp Reservoir and subsequently the River Thames at Brentford. Here the London LOOP also follows the Dollis Valley Greenwalk. The Dollis Brook is to the right in the trees.

Looking along the Dollis Valley Green Walk as it is crossed by a footpath from Totteridge to Chipping Barnet. The bridge on the right carries the path towards Totteridge across Dollis Brook.

New housing development underway on what were, I believe, allotments. View taken from the Dollis Valley Green Walk looking towards Dollis Valley Way housing estate.

At Totteridge Fields you could still be in the traditional countryside that was so common before the Second World War, and has been destroyed in so many places since. It is a fine survival of the English pastoral landscape, one of the best in Greater London. The London LOOP passes through Totteridge Fields on its way from High Barnet but turns off just past here and goes westwards to meet Hendon Wood Lane and carry on to Moat Mount Open Space. The Dollis Brook rises at Moat Mount near Arkley, firstly flowing eastwards through the open countryside of Totteridge Fields to Chipping Barnet and then through the suburbs of Barnet to Hendon. Its route can be traced by the thin strip of woodland along the riverbank and ribbon of open land on either side which provides a valuable green corridor. At Hendon the Dollis Brook meets the Mutton Brook and becomes the River Brent which then flows into the Welsh Harp Reservoir and subsequently the River Thames at Brentford. This looks downstream. The London LOOP and the Dollis Valley Greenwalk are on the other side of the brook here.

At Totteridge Fields you could still be in the traditional countryside that was so common before the Second World War, and has been destroyed in so many places since. It is a fine survival of the English pastoral landscape, one of the best in Greater London. The London LOOP passes through Totteridge Fields on its way from High Barnet but turns off west of here and goes on to meet Hendon Wood Lane and then on to Moat Mount Open Space. The Dollis Brook rises at Moat Mount near Arkley, firstly flowing eastwards through the open countryside of Totteridge Fields to Chipping Barnet and then through the suburbs of Barnet to Hendon. Its route can be traced by the thin strip of woodland along the riverbank and ribbon of open land on either side which provides a valuable green corridor. At Hendon the Dollis Brook meets the Mutton Brook and becomes the River Brent which then flows into the Welsh Harp Reservoir and subsequently the River Thames at Brentford. The brook is just to the right in the trees and this looks upstream. The London LOOP and the Dollis Valley Greenwalk are on the other side of the brook here.