Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough inside east London. It is roughly five miles (8 km) east of the City of London, north of the River Thames. The borough was formed by merging the former area of the Essex county borough of East Ham and the county borough of West Ham as a borough of the newly formed Greater London, on 1 April 1965. Green Street and Boundary Road mark the former boundary amongst the two. Newham was devised for the borough as an entirely new name. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council.
The borough covers an overall area of 13.98 square miles. According to population estimates made part way through 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of about 324322 inhabitant. Based on the 2011 Census, Newham has the youngest overall population in the nation. Transport in Newham is undergoing a major upgrade, together with the completed Docklands Light Railway and Jubilee Line Extension, and new or improved stations at Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford. Stratford International station on High Speed 1 opened in late 2009.
Newham was among the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains the majority of the Olympic Park which includes the Olympic Stadium.
