Edgware

Edgware
St Margaret of Antioch, Edgware
Edgware Location within Greater London
Population	58,619 (2011 Census[1] Estimate)
OS grid reference	TQ195925
• Charing Cross	10 mi (16 km) SE
London borough	Barnet
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	HA8
Postcode district	NW7
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Hendon
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
List of places UK England London 51°37′07″N 0°16′22″W / 51.6185°N 0.2729°W / 51.6185; -0.2729

Edgware (/ˈɛdʒwɛər/) 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 know as the Silk Stream, itself a tributary of the River Brent.

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