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Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough within east London. It's approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of the City of London, north of the River Thames. The borough was formed by merging the previous area of the Essex county borough of East Ham along with 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 amongst the two. North Woolwich also became a part of the borough, which was previously in the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, south of the River Thames inside the County of London, along with a smaller 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 accordance with population estimates created part way through 2014, Newham is a borough with a permanent population of about 324322 people. Based on 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 among the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains a lot of the Olympic Park including the Olympic Stadium.