The London Borough of Havering

Havering is a London borough in East London and forms part of Outer London.

Geography

Havering is bordered to the south with the London Borough of Bexley by the River Thames, to the west with the London Borough of Redbridge and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, to the north with Essex and the east with Thurrock The principal town in Havering is Romford and the other main settlements are Hornchurch and Upminster. Large sections of Havering are parkland and 6,000 hectares (more than half the borough) is greenbelt protected land. Those areas of development are extensive but rarely intensive. It has, at 3%, the lowest unemployment rate in Greater London and one of the lowest crime rates. Population: 225,000 Area: 112.27 km²

Major Towns,

Ardleigh Green,  Chase Cross,  Collier Row,  Colliers Row,  Corbets Tay,  Corbets Tey,  Cranham,  Elm Park,  Emerson Park,  Gidea Park,  Harold Hill,  Harold Park,  Harold Wood,  Havering Atte Bower,  Havering-atte-Bower,  Hornchurch,  North Ockendon,  Rainham,  Romford,  Upminster,  Wennington

History

The London Borough of Havering was created in 1965 by the combined former area of the Municipal Borough of Romford and Hornchurch Urban District which had been transferred to Greater London from Essex by the London Government Act 1963. The name originates from the Royal Liberty of Havering which covered broadly, but not exactly, the same area and had been abolished in 1892.