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Southbourne Crescent, LONDON, NW4 2JX

Along the River Brent path

Bridge carrying the A1 over Dollis Brook. The bridge carries the Middlesex coat of arms, although the area is firmly part of the London Borough of Barnet.

It seems strange to be talking about the Barnet Bypass here on the border between Finchley and Hendon. By a strange quirk of the traffic lights at the A406 Junction, which this view is looking towards, and those at the Junction with the A504 there isn't a single car in view! There's always one street lamp that thinks it's still night. The road on the left is Highview Gardens whilst in the distance on the right are Southbourne Crescent and Greenbank Crescent, the houses of which are visible following the line of the dual carriageway.

The houses are on Southbourne Crescent, a short street with the North Circular at one end and the A1 Barnet Bypass at the other.

This bridge with wrought iron railings crosses Mutton Brook at its confluence with the larger Dollis Brook. Dollis Brook is behind the trees on the right of this photo. From here the two become the River Brent. It is also the point at which the Parkland Walk and the Dollis Valley Green Walk meet.

Looking from the North Circular Road. Mutton Brook is on the left. Behind the trees in the distance is Dollis Brook. The two meet behind the tree in the centre at Image and form the River Brent. The decking over Mutton Brook in the foreground is provided for workmen currently working on the tunnel under the North Circular - see Image

The Capital Ring follows Brookside Walk, so named after the Mutton Brook which is to the left here, beyond the path which is followed by the Capital Ring. The Mutton Brook rises near Highgate Wood and flows into the Dollis Brook just ahead, which then becomes the River Brent. Much of the Mutton Brook flows in culvert through formal gardens but there are also some more natural sections. The busy and noisy North Circular Road is just behind, crossing the Capital Ring and the Mutton Brook on a bridge. One other point of interest is that this was the furthest point south reached by any of the recent Ice Ages in Britain (the Anglian around 400,000 years ago). Gravel hereabouts has been found to contain stones carried by the ice from as far away as Scandinavia. The Mutton and Dollis Brooks are remnants of periglacial features which were the means by which melt water was conveyed to the River Brent and thence to the Thames at Brentford.