The London Borough of Newham is a London borough within east London. It is around 5 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 as well as 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 among the two. North Woolwich also became a part of the borough, which was previously in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, south of the River Thames in the County of London, in addition to a small area west of the River Roding that had previously been part of the Municipal Borough of Barking.
The borough covers an overall area of 13.98 square miles. According to population estimates created in the middle of 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of about 324322 individuals. In accordance with the 2011 Census, Newham has the youngest general population in the nation. Transport in Newham is undergoing a significant upgrade, together with the completed Docklands Light Railway and Jubilee Line Extension, and new or improved stations at Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford. The Docklands Light Railway was extended to serve London City Airport.
Newham was among the list of six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains many of the Olympic Park including the Olympic Stadium.