| Whetstone | |
|---|---|
 Barnet House: previously Barnet council offices, originally the Ever-Ready building, dominates the centre of Whetstone. | |
  Whetstone Location within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ265935 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N20 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Whetstone /ˈwɛtstoʊn/ is a suburb of north London, in the London Borough of Barnet, bearing the postcode N20. It is served by an Underground station called Totteridge and Whetstone (Totteridge being to the west of Whetstone). Whetstone is around 7.8 miles North of Charing Cross and is a settlement in the London Borough of Barnet, previously part of the Borough of Finchley prior to the 1960s. The combined areas of Totteridge and Whetstone was, at the outset of the 21st century, found to be the 63rd-richest of the more than 9,000 wards of the United Kingdom.[1]
The High Road is the A1000, formerly known as the Great North Road, parts of it still bear this name.[2] Until the late 19th century its tiny developed area was one of two main settlements in the ancient parish of Friern Barnet, the other being Colney Hatch. It was thus the northernmost settlement in the Ossulstone hundred. Whetstone is also the northernmost part of the parish of Finchley.
- ^ "Living in Whetstone". Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "SABRE: A1000". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts. Retrieved 4 June 2021.