Landmarks
See also: List of public art in BarnetSt Mary's at Finchley is the parish church, with parts dating from the 13th century. Avenue House, built in 1859, is a large Victorian house (Grade II listed) with ten acres of parkland situated on East End Road. It was formerly the home of ink magnate and local MP Henry Charles Stephens and houses a small museum relating to the Stephens family, the Stephens company and the history of writing materials.
College Farm is the last farm in Finchley; it was a model dairy farm, then a visitor attraction. The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley with its 1930s art deco facade is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas in the UK.
The Sternberg Centre for Judaism located in the old Manor House (formerly the convent and school of St Mary Auxiliatrice) at 80 East End Road in Finchley is a Jewish cultural centre. It was founded to facilitate a number of important Reform and Liberal Jewish institutions, attached to the Movement for Reform Judaism.
The Archer, located on East Finchley tube station, is a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) statue by Eric Aumonier of a kneeling archer depicted as if having just released an arrow. The statue La Délivrance depicts a naked women holding a sword; it stands at the approach to Finchley from the south, in Regent's Park Road, just north of Henly's Corner.
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