Whetstone, London

Whetstone
Barnet House: previously Barnet council offices, originally the Ever-Ready building, dominates the centre of Whetstone.
Whetstone is located in Greater London
Whetstone
Whetstone
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ265935
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtN20
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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UK Parliament
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51°37′34″N 0°10′17″W / 51.6260°N 0.1715°W / 51.6260; -0.1715

Whetstone /ˈwɛtstn/ 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.

  1. ^ "Living in Whetstone". Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. ^ "SABRE: A1000". www.sabre-roads.org.uk. The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts. Retrieved 4 June 2021.