The London Borough of Newham is a London borough within east London. It's roughly 5 miles (8 km) east of the City of London, north of the River Thames. The borough was created by merging the previous area of the Essex county borough of East Ham plus 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 a total area of 13.98 square miles. Based on population estimates produced 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 country. 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 one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park which includes the Olympic Stadium.