Greater London Urban Area
The Greater London Urban Area is the conurbation or continuous urban area based around London, England, as defined by the Office for National Statistics. It had an estimated population of 8,505,000 in 2005[1] and occupied an area of 1,623.3 square kilometres (626.8 sq mi) at the time of the 2001 census. It includes most of Greater London, omitting some areas of countryside and small villages. Outside the administrative boundary it includes several adjacent areas of settlement and a few outliers connected to the urban sprawl by ribbon development. Its outer boundary is constrained by the Metropolitan Green Belt and it is therefore much smaller than the wider metropolitan area.
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[edit] Constituent parts
At the time of the 2001 Census, the Office for National Statistics defined the Greater London Urban Area as being made up of the following components:
[edit] Greater London
Within Greater London there are 33 components corresponding to the City of London and the London boroughs. However, the boundaries are not identical and outlying areas such as Biggin Hill in Bromley are omitted.[2]
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- City of London
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond upon Thames
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
[edit] Outside Greater London
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Panel 2: Urban agglomerations". World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision Population Database. United Nations. http://esa.un.org/unup/index.asp?panel=2. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ "Key Statistics for Urban Areas in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. p. 8. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew_part1.pdf. Retrieved 6 February 2010.[dead link]
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 51°30′26″N 0°07′40″W / 51.5073°N 0.1277°W
