Grand Arcade (Barnet)

{{short description|Shopping arcade in North Finchley, London}}

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The Grand Arcade is a 1930s art deco shopping arcade in North Finchley in London, England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk//what-we-do/regeneration/regeneration-project-north-finchley|title=Regeneration project: North Finchley|date=2015-11-12|website=London City Hall|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-27}} The arcade contains a jewellers, a bric-a-brac shop, an immigration legal service, a craft shop and a photo studio.

{{As of|2019|08}}, plans were being made to demolish the arcade and replace it with multi-storey flats and offices, with new shops on the ground floor. Dave Davies of The Kinks has campaigned for its preservation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/27/kinks-dave-davies-grand-arcade-finchley-london|title=Kinks guitarist backs calls to save art deco shopping arcade|first=Robert|last=Booth|date=2019-08-27|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-27|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} In response to a consultation by the London Borough of Barnet, Historic England has suggested that the Arcade be identified as a building of merit.{{Cite web|url=https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s44946/Appendix%20B%20-%20Consultation%20representations%20report.pdf|title=Consultation Report on the Draft North Finchley Town Centre Framework SPD|last=|first=|date=February 2018|website=|publisher=London Borough of Barnet|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-27}}