The London Borough of Newham is a London borough inside east London. It is approximately five 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 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 in between the two. North Woolwich also became part of the borough, which was previously in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, south of the River Thames within the County of London, along with a small area west of the River Roding that had previously been part of the Municipal Borough of Barking.
The borough covers a total area of 13.98 square miles. In line with population estimates made in the middle of 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of around 324322 inhabitant. In line with the 2011 Census, Newham has the youngest overall population in the nation. Transport in Newham is undergoing a significant upgrade, with the completed Docklands Light Railway and Jubilee Line Extension, and new or enhanced 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.