london borough of bexley

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"\|London Borough of Bexley
olspan=2 align=center\| Shown within Greater London
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Geography
idth="45%"\|Status:	London borough
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total	Ranked 289th 60.56 km²
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	00AD
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 52nd 218,762 3,612 / km²
thnicity:	91.4% White 3.4% S.Asian 2.9% Afro-Carib.
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\| Bexley London Borough Council http://www.bexley.gov.uk/
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
xecutive:	Labour
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs:	John Austin, Nigel Beard, Derek Conway
a href="/encyclopedia/London-Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly: - Member	Bexley and Bromley - Bob Neill

The London Borough of Bexley is a London borough in southeast outer London. It has common borders with the London Borough of Bromley to the south, the London Borough of Greenwich to the west, and Dartford borough in Kent to the east. The River Thames is its northernmost boundary with the London Borough of Havering. The borough is twinned with Evry in France and with Arnsberg in Germany. The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Kent boroughs of Bexley, and Erith and the Crayford urban district, and half of Chislehurst and Sidcup urban district. Although part of suburban London, Bexley includes much open land. The line of higher land, mostly heathland, which follows the course of the River Thames, crosses the borough in Belvedere, where it is named Lessness Heath. In the woodlands on this heath lie the ruins of Lesnes Abbey. Danson Park, near Welling, and Hall Place Gardens provide public open spaces. To the south of the borough, Foots Cray Meadows flank the River Cray, which joins the River Darent north of Dartford and flows through the borough. Bexley includes the areas of:

Within the borough are the following railway stations:

Political Composition

The current political composition of Bexley Council is: Labour: 32
Conservative: 30
Liberal Democrats: 1

Bexley, London Borough of

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