Edgware

Edgware
Edgware is located in Greater London
Edgware
Edgware
Location within Greater London
Population58,619 (2011 Census[1] Estimate)
OS grid referenceTQ195925
• Charing Cross10 mi (16 km) SE
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtHA8
Postcode districtNW7
Dialling code020
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51°37′07″N 0°16′22″W / 51.6185°N 0.2729°W / 51.6185; -0.2729

Edgware (/ˈɛwɛər/) is a suburban town in northern Greater London. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex east of the ancient Watling Street in what is now the London Borough of Barnet but it is often perceived to now cover a wider area including parts of the boroughs of Harrow and Brent.[2] The district is located 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross and has a generally suburban character. The urban-rural fringe includes some elevated woodland on a high gravel and sand ridge along marking the Hertfordshire border with Greater London.

Edgware is principally a shopping and residential area, identified in the London Plan as one of the capital's 35 major centres, and one of the northern termini of the Northern line. It has a bus garage, a shopping centre called the Broadwalk Centre, a library, a community hospital—Edgware Community Hospital, and two streams—Edgware Brook and Deans Brook which merge and become known as the Silk Stream, itself a tributary of the River Brent.

As of 2011, the town had a population of 58,619.[3]

  1. ^ Harrow’s Canons and Edgware wards and Barnet’s Burnt Oak and Edgware wards, 2011 census. "2011 Census Ward Population Estimates | London DataStore". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ Both Barnet and Harrow have Edgware wards. The HA8 postal area associated with Edgware includes parts of Barnet, Harrow and Brent.
  3. ^ "Edgware - Hidden London". Retrieved 18 January 2023.