Edgware is a district of north west
London, mainly in the
London Borough of Barnet. Edgware is centred north-northwest of
Charing Cross and has its own commercial centre. Edgware has a generally
suburban character, typical of the rural-urban fringe. The community benefits from some elevated woodland on a high ridge marking the
Hertfordshire border of gravel and sand. Edgware is identified in the
London Plan as one of the capital's 35 major centres. In 2011, Edgware had a population of 76,056. Edgware is principally a shopping and residential area and one of the northern termini of the
Northern line. It has a bus garage, a shopping centre called the Broadwalk,
a library, a hospital—Edgware Community Hospital, and two streams—
Edgware Brook and
Deans Brook, both tributaries of a small brook known as
Silk Stream, which in turn merges with the
River Brent at
Brent Reservoir.