The London Borough of Newham is a London borough inside east London. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of the City of London, north of the River Thames. The borough was created 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 between the two. Newham was devised for the borough as an completely new name. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council.
The borough covers an overall area of 13.98 square miles. Based on population estimates produced during 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of about 324322 people. According to the 2011 Census, Newham has the youngest general population in the country. Transport in Newham is undergoing a major upgrade, together with the completed Docklands Light Railway and Jubilee Line Extension, and new or enhanced 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 including the Olympic Stadium.