The London Borough of Newham is a London borough in East London.

The borough was formed in 1965 by merging the two county boroughs of East Ham and West Ham. Green Street marks the boundary between the two. North Woolwich also became part of the borough (previously being in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich).

Newham borders the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham by the River Roding to the east, the London Borough of Greenwich by the Thames to the south, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney by the River Lee to the west and the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Redbridge by Wanstead Flats to the north.

Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Robin Wales. Census information indicates Newham is the most culturally diverse place in the United Kingdom. The council go on to claim it is the most culturally diverse place on Earth.

It is considered part of Outer London for most purposes because the majority of the borough was not in the old County of London. However, economically it is one of the more deprived areas and the council is actively campaigning to have Newham officially considered part of Inner London for all purposes in order to increase the level of funding the borough receives.

Transportation in Newham has seen vast improvement in recent decades with the construction of the Docklands Light Railway and the Jubilee Line Extension with new or improved stations at Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford. Newham is home to London City Airport and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is being constructed through Newham with a station at Stratford which will offer fast domestic and international train services. The Crossrail scheme will also improve rail connections to several stations in the borough. A further extension to the Docklands Light Railway will serve London City Airport and will connect Newham with Woolwich.

Newham is one of five host boroughs for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and part of the borough falls within the boundaries of the London Thames Gateway.

Places of interest:

• ExCeL Exhibition Centre
• London City Airport
• North Woolwich Old Station Museum
• Stratford Circus
• Thames Barrier
• Theatre Royal Stratford East
• University of East London
• West Ham United F.C.

Newham includes the following areas:

• Beckton
• Canning Town
• Custom House
• East Ham
• Forest Gate
• Little Ilford
• Manor Park
• North Woolwich
• Plaistow (pronounced Plarr-stow)
• Silvertown
• Stratford
• Upton Park
• West Ham

Stations in the borough:

• Beckton DLR station
• Beckton Park DLR station
• Cyprus DLR station
• Canning Town station - Jubilee Line, Silverlink and DLR
• Custom House station - Jubilee Line and Silverlink
• East Ham tube station - District and Hammersmith & City Lines
• Forest Gate railway station - 'one' Great Eastern
• Gallions Reach DLR station
• Maryland railway station - 'one' Great Eastern
• Plaistow tube station - District and Hammersmith & City Lines
• Prince Regent DLR station
• Royal Albert DLR station
• Royal Victoria DLR station
• Silvertown railway station - Silverlink
• Stratford station - 'one' Great Eastern, 'one' Anglia, Jubilee Line, Central Line and DLR
• Manor Park railway station - 'one' Great Eastern
• North Woolwich railway station - Silverlink
• Pudding Mill Lane DLR station
• Upton Park tube station - District and Hammersmith & City Lines
• Wanstead Park railway station - Silverink
• West Ham station - Silverlink, c2c, Jubilee, District and Hammersmith & City Lines
• Woodgrange Park railway station - Silverlink

Logo on the roadside at sunset

External links

• Newham Local Authority - official website (http://www.newham.gov.uk/)

• The Dream Harvest Group in Stratford East London (http://www.dreamharvest.net)