london borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which twelve (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and twenty Outer London.

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City of London †

City of Westminster

Kensington and Chelsea

Hammersmith and Fulham

olspan=3|† not a London borough

History

The present boroughs came into existence on April 1, 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council (GLC). The first London Borough elections, however, were held in 1964 and the newly elected London Borough Councils acted as "shadow" Authorities before coming into power the following year They had wider authority than the inner London metropolitan boroughs and neighbouring municipal boroughs which they mostly replaced, but less power than the three county boroughs of Croydon, West Ham and East Ham which ceased to exist at the same time. The London boroughs became in effect unitary authorities (combining both county and borough functions, much like the former county boroughs) at the GLC's abolition on April 1, 1986. Since the creation (2000) of a new Greater London Authority, covering the former GLC area but with more limited powers, the boroughs now have powers intermediate between those of English unitary authorities and districts within administrative counties. The City of London is administered by its own distinct body, the Corporation of London, which predates the London boroughs.

Inner London Boroughs

New (London) borough	Old (Metropolitan) boroughs
Camden	Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras
Greenwich	Greenwich, most of Woolwich
Hackney	Hackney, Shoreditch, Stoke Newington
Hammersmith and Fulham	Hammersmith, Fulham
Islington	Islington, Finsbury
Kensington and Chelsea	Kensington, Chelsea
Lambeth	Lambeth (and Streatham and Clapham from Wandsworth)
Lewisham	Lewisham, Deptford
Southwark	Bermondsey, Camberwell, Southwark
Tower Hamlets	Bethnal Green, Poplar, Stepney
Wandsworth	Battersea, Wandsworth (except Streatham and Clapham)
Westminster	Paddington, St Marylebone, Westminster

Outer London boroughs

New (London) borough	Old areas (municipal boroughs and urban districts)
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Barking-and-Dagenham" title="London Borough of Barking and Dagenham">Barking and Dagenham	Barking and Dagenham from Essex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Barnet" title="London Borough of Barnet">Barnet	Barnet and East Barnet from Hertfordshire; Finchley, Hendon and Friern Barnet from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Bexley" title="London Borough of Bexley">Bexley	Bexley, Erith, Crayford and Sidcup from Chislehurst and Sidcup from Kent
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Brent" title="London Borough of Brent">Brent	Wembley and Willesden from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley">Bromley	Bromley, Beckenham, Orpington, Penge and Chislehurst from Chislehurst and Sidcup from Kent
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Croydon" title="London Borough of Croydon">Croydon	Croydon and Coulsdon and Purley from Surrey
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Ealing" title="London Borough of Ealing">Ealing	Acton, Ealing and Southall from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Enfield" title="London Borough of Enfield">Enfield	Edmonton, Enfield, Southgate from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Haringey" title="London Borough of Haringey">Haringey	Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Harrow" title="London Borough of Harrow">Harrow	Harrow from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Havering" title="London Borough of Havering">Havering	Romford and Hornchurch from Essex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Hillingdon" title="London Borough of Hillingdon">Hillingdon	Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge and Yiewsley and West Drayton from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Hounslow" title="London Borough of Hounslow">Hounslow	Brentford and Chiswick, Feltham and Heston and Isleworth from Middlesex
a href="/encyclopedia/Royal-Borough-of-Kingston-upon-Thames" title="Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames">Kingston upon Thames	Kingston upon Thames, Malden and Coombe and Surbiton from Surrey
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Merton" title="London Borough of Merton">Merton	Mitcham, Merton and Morden, Wimbledon from Surrey
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">Newham	East Ham, West Ham in Essex; North Woolwich from Woolwich
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Redbridge" title="London Borough of Redbridge">Redbridge	Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford from Essex (plus part of Dagenham and Chigwell)
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Richmond-upon-Thames" title="London Borough of Richmond upon Thames">Richmond upon Thames	Barnes and Richmond upon Thames from Surrey; Twickenham from Middlesex;
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Sutton" title="London Borough of Sutton">Sutton	Beddington, Carshalton and Sutton and Cheam from Surrey
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Borough-of-Waltham-Forest" title="London Borough of Waltham Forest">Waltham Forest	Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow from Essex

See also: List of places in London, England

External link

Islington council map page with clickable map linking to each borough's web site.

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