Editing London Borough of Newham

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[[Uma Kumaran]] (Labour)
[[Stephen Timms]] (Labour)
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The '''London Borough of Newham''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-uk-LBNewham.ogg|ˈ|nj|uː|ə|m}}) is a [[London boroughs|London borough]] created in 1965 by the [[London Government Act 1963]]. It covers an area previously administered by the [[Essex]] [[county borough]]s of [[County Borough of West Ham|West Ham]] and [[County Borough of East Ham|East Ham]], authorities that were both abolished by the same act. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. Situated in the [[Inner London]] part of [[East London]], Newham has a population of 387,576, which is the fourth highest of the London boroughs and also makes it the [[List of English districts by population|25th most populous]] district in England. The local authority is [[Newham London Borough Council]].

It is {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} east of the [[City of London]], north of the [[River Thames]] (the [[Woolwich Ferry]] and [[Woolwich foot tunnel]] providing the only crossings to the south), bounded by the [[River Lea]] to its west and the [[North Circular Road, London|North Circular Road]] to its east. Newham was one of the six host boroughs for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and contains most of the [[Olympic Park, London|Olympic Park]] including the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|London Stadium]], and also contains the [[London City Airport]]. Major districts include [[East Ham]], [[West Ham]], [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]], [[Forest Gate]], [[Beckton]] and [[Canning Town]].

==History==
The borough was formed on 1 April 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]], as a borough of the newly formed [[Greater London]]. It broadly covered the areas of the [[County Borough of East Ham|county borough of East Ham]] and the [[County Borough of West Ham|county borough of West Ham]] that were abolished by the same act.
These in turn were successors to the ancient civil and ecclesiastical parishes of [[St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham|East Ham]] and [[All Saints Church, West Ham|West Ham]]. [[Green Street, London|Green Street]] and Boundary Road mark the former boundary between the two.

[[North Woolwich]] also became part of the borough (previously part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich]], the majority of which lay south of the [[River Thames]]), as did a small area around [[Gallions Reach Shopping Park|Gallions Reach]] west of the [[River Roding]] which had previously been part of the [[Municipal Borough of Barking]]. East Ham, West Ham and Barking had all historically been part of the county of [[Essex]], whilst Woolwich had been part of [[Kent]] prior to becoming part of the [[County of London]] in 1889. ''Newham'' was devised for the borough as an entirely new name.<ref>Mills, Anthony David (2001). ''Dictionary of London Place Names''. [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-19-280106-6}}</ref>

===Manor of Ham===
The area of the modern borough was at one time occupied by a manor (an estate or landholding with certain legal responsibilities) called 'Ham'. The name comes from [[Old English]] 'hamm' and means 'a dry area of land between rivers or marshland', referring to the location of the settlement within boundaries formed by the rivers [[River Lea|Lea]], [[River Thames|Thames]] and [[River Roding|Roding]] and their marshes.<ref name="mills_london">{{cite book|title=Dictionary of London Place Names|year=2001|last=Mills|first=A.D.|publisher=Oxford}}</ref>

The first known written use of the term, as 'Hamme', is in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 958, in which King Edgar granted the area to Ealdorman Athelstan. The territory was undivided at that time. A subsequent charter of 1037 describes a transfer of land which has been identified with East Ham, indicating that the division of the territory occurred between 958 and 1037.<ref>The Place Names of Essex, P.H. Reaney, 1969</ref>

The [[Domesday Book]] shows landholdings divided further, and by the end of the 12th century these manors were being served, singly or in groups of manors, by the familiar [[Civil Parish#Ancient Parishes|ancient parishes]] of [[West Ham]], [[East Ham]] and [[Little Ilford]] (now also known as Manor Park), with some areas by the Roding a part of [[Barking, London|Barking]], and the area now known as [[North Woolwich]] attached to Woolwich. The earliest recorded use of the name West Ham, ''Westhamma'', comes in 1186, and East Ham, ''Estham'', is recorded in 1204.<ref>The Place Names of Essex, P.H. Reaney, 1969</ref>

The boundary between [[West Ham|West]] and [[East Ham]] was drawn from the now lost Hamfrith Waste and Hamfrith Wood in the north (then the southernmost parts of [[Epping Forest]] which extended as far south as the Romford Road at that time), along [[Green Street, London|Green Street]] down to the small, also lost, natural harbour known as Ham Creek. Ham Creek was filled-in in the nineteenth century,<ref>'West Ham: Introduction', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6, ed. W R Powell (London, 1973), pp. 43-50. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp43-50 [accessed 11 November 2022].</ref> but the small residual head of the creek still formed the boundary between the two areas into the late 20th century, when what remained was also filled in.

The formation of the modern borough in 1965 saw the merger of [[West Ham|West]] and [[East Ham]], together with [[North Woolwich]] and [[Barking, London|Barking]] west of the [[River Roding]]. [[Little Ilford]] had become part of East Ham as part of earlier local government reorganisations.

===Medieval period===
The prosperity of the area increased due to the construction of [[Bow Bridge (London)|Bow Bridge]], the only bridge over the [[River Lea|Lea]], and the creation of [[Stratford Langthorne Abbey]].

==Governance==
{{main|Newham London Borough Council}}
[[File:Newham Town Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Newham Town Hall]] in [[East Ham]] ([[London E6|E6]])]]
[[File:Newham Ward Map 2022.png|thumb|A map of the electoral wards of Newham Council from 2022 onwards]]
The local authority is Newham Council, which meets at [[Newham Town Hall]] in East Ham and has its main offices at 1000 Dockside Road, overlooking the [[Royal Albert Dock, London|Royal Albert Dock]]. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected [[Mayor of Newham]].

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[City and East (London Assembly constituency)|City and East]] constituency.

==Demography==
[[File:Newham population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Newham in 2021]]

===Population figures===
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Newham has, after Barnet and Croydon, the third highest population of the London boroughs, with a population numbering 382,984 as of 2021. Despite growing since the 1980s, it is still drastically lower than its pre-war peak. In the period between 1951 and 1981, Newham's population shrunk by 28.87% owing to factors such as the war bombings and the increasingly high unemployment. The redevelopment of the [[London Docklands|Docklands]] as well as development related to the 2012 Olympics have contributed to reversing its declining trend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/20077621|title = WP 8 McGlynn, C. (2015). Changing Landscapes: Four Superdiverse City Wards; Stratford and New Town, Newham, (London)|last1 = Team|first1 = Tlang Research}}</ref>

===Ethnicities===
[[File:Population pyramid of Newham by ethnicity in 2021.svg|thumb|250x250px|Population pyramid of Newham by ethnicity in 2021]]
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Newham in single year age groups.svg|thumb|249x249px|Ethnic makeup of Newham in single year age groups in 2021]]
[[File:UK born and foreign born population pyramid in Newham in 2021.svg|thumb|248x248px|UK born and foreign born population pyramid in Newham in 2021. Males and females representing the UK born population while foreign males and females representing the foreign born population.]]
Newham has the youngest overall population and one of the lowest [[White British]] populations in the country according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 UK Census]]. At 32%, the borough has the second-highest percentage of [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslims in the UK]], after the neighbouring [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]. A 2017 report from [[Trust for London]] and the [[New Policy Institute]] found that 36% of local employees in Newham are in low paid work; the highest percentage of any London borough. Newham also has a 37% poverty rate, which is the second-highest rate in London.<ref>{{cite web |title=London's Poverty Profile |url=https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/boroughs/newham-poverty-and-inequality-indicators/ |website=Trust for London |access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>

Newham is very ethnically diverse. When using Simpson's Diversity Index on 10 aggregated ethnic groups, the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK Census]] identified Newham as the most [[List of English districts and their ethnic composition|ethnically diverse]] district in England and Wales, with 9 wards in the top 15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/factsandfigures/dmag-briefing-2006-2.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925182727/http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/factsandfigures/dmag-briefing-2006-2.pdf|archivedate=2009-09-25|title=Simpson's diversity indices by ward 1991 and 2001|author=GLA Data Management and Analysis Group|page=11, Table 3 |date=January 2006 }} Greater London Authority, January 2006), accessed 13 December 2006</ref> However, when using the 16 ethnic categories in the Census so that White [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[White Other]] ethnic minorities are also included in the analysis, Newham becomes the second-most ethnically diverse borough<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newham.info/research/focus_newham_2006.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070913170915/http://www.newham.info/research/focus_newham_2006.htm|url-status=dead|title=:: Newham – Focus on Newham ::|date=13 September 2007|archive-date=13 September 2007}}</ref> with six out of the top 15 wards, behind [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] with 7 out of the top 15 wards.

Newham has the lowest percentage of both total White and White British residents of all of London's boroughs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-21511904|title=Why have the white British left London?|last=Easton|first=Mark|date=20 February 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=25 January 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9888310/Lets-talk-about-the-exodus-of-600000-whites-from-London.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9888310/Lets-talk-about-the-exodus-of-600000-whites-from-London.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Let's talk about the exodus of 600,000 whites from London|last=Archer|first=Graeme|date=22 February 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=25 January 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The joint-lowest wards with White British population are Green Street East and Green Street West, each having 4.8% – the third-lowest behind Southall Broadway and Southall Green in [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]]. East Ham North follows closely, at 4.9%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://britishdemocraticparty.org/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-london-part-2/ |title=The Ethnic Cleansing of London (Part 2) – British Democrats &#124; British Democrats |website=Britishdemocraticparty.org |date=31 January 2013 |access-date=3 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730223021/http://britishdemocraticparty.org/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-london-part-2/ |archive-date=30 July 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

As of the 2021 UK census, people of "Bangladeshi" ethnicity are the largest single group in the borough at 15.9%. "White British" are the second largest group at 14.8%, with "White Other" third largest at 14.6%, "African" fourth largest at 11.6%, "Indian" next largest at 11% and then "Pakistani" at 8.9%. Newham has had a large Asian community for many decades; more than half of Newham's Upton and Kensington wards were of ethnic minority origin in 1981.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=daGK2h9XJgwC&pg=PP29|title = Race and Politics|isbn = 9781135026172|last1 = Anwar|first1 = Muhammad|date = 15 April 2013| publisher=Routledge }}</ref> The nationality to increase the most in number since 1991 is the Bangladeshi community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/census/local/CoDE-Newham-Geographies-Of-Diversity-Census-Briefing.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002635/http://www.ethnicity.ac.uk/census/local/CoDE-Newham-Geographies-Of-Diversity-Census-Briefing.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=live |title=Revised document links &#124; Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity |website=Ethnicity.ac.uk |access-date=3 December 2016 }}</ref> Newham has the largest total population of Asian origin in London; it is notably a borough with high populations of all three largest British Asian nationalities, having the 5th highest Indian population in London and the 2nd highest each for both Pakistani and Bangladeshi.<ref name=EthnicPop2011>{{cite journal | title = Ethnic Groups in London | journal = Census Update | publisher = Office for National Statistics | volume = 2011 | url = http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls | page =1 | date = 11 December 2012 | access-date = 12 December 2011 }}</ref>

Newham has 1,340 residents who were born in Ukraine, the highest population of Ukrainians in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/ukrainians-living-in-england-which-council-areas-have-the-highest-population-of-people-born-in-ukraine-3596527 |title=Ukrainians living in England: which council areas have the highest population of people born in Ukraine?|publisher=National World |date=4 March 2022 |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|Ethnic Group
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tim Butler |first=Chris Hamnett |title=Ethnicity, class and aspiration |url=https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ethnicity-class-and-aspiration |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Policy Press |page=66}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!colspan="2"|2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/census2001.asp |title=Census 2001 tables |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>
!colspan="2"|2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157255?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=13 February 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Office for National Statistics |publisher=UK Government |access-date=6 December 2022|date = 29 November 2022}}</ref>
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! style="text-align:left" | [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total 
!–
!89.1%
!141,043
!69%
!126,708
!57.3%!! 96,130 !! 39.42% !! 89,216 !! 28.97%!! 107,947 !! 30.8%
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| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 82,390 || 33.78% || 51,516 || 16.73%|| 51,819 || 14.8% 
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| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 3,231|| 1.32% || 2,172 || 0.71%|| 2,039 || 0.6%
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| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 462|| 0.15%|| 353|| 0.1%
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| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Romanichal|Roma]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| –|| –|| 2,342|| 0.7%
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| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 10,509|| 4.31% || 35,066|| 11.39%|| 51,394|| 14.6%
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! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total  
!–
!–
!38,203
!18.7%
!59,257
!26.8%!! 81,651 !! 33.48% !! 133,895 !! 43.47%!!  148,187 !! 42.3%
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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|22,259
|
|29,105
| || 29,597|| 12.14% || 42,484 || 13.79%|| 38,642 || 11.0%
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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|9,214
|
|13,162
| || 20,644|| 8.46% || 30,307|| 9.84%|| 31,216|| 8.9%
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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|3,019
|
|8,550
| || 21,458|| 8.80% || 37,262|| 12.10%|| 55,677|| 15.9%
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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|1,109
|
|1,803
| || 2,349|| 0.96% || 3,930|| 1.28%|| 6,213|| 1.8%
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| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|2,602
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|6,637
| || 7,603|| 3.12% || 19,912|| 6.47%|| 16,439|| 4.7%
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! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!23,046
!11.3%
!32,214
!14.6%!! 52,653 !! 21.59% !! 60,256 !! 19.56% !!  61,302 !! 17.4% 
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| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|6,686
|
|12,639
| || 31,982|| 13.11% || 37,811|| 12.28%|| 40,874|| 11.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|13,528
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|16,015
| || 17,931|| 7.35% || 15,050|| 4.89%|| 13,586|| 3.9%
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| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|2,832
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|3,560
| || 2,740|| 1.12% || 7,395|| 2.40%|| 6,842|| 1.9%
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! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 8,248 !! 3.38% !! 13,945 !! 4.53%!!  16,419 !! 4.6%
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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 2,986|| 1.22% || 3,957|| 1.28%|| 4,253|| 1.2%
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| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,657|| 0.68% || 3,319|| 1.08%|| 3,317|| 0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,652|| 0.68% || 2,677|| 0.87%|| 3,324|| 0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,953|| 0.80% || 3,992|| 1.30%|| 5,525|| 1.6%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total 
!–
!–
!2,108
!
!3,121
! !! 5,209 !! 2.14% !! 10,672 !! 3.47%!!  17,175 !! 4.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 3,523|| 1.14%|| 3,534|| 1.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 5,209|| 2.14%|| 7,149|| 2.32%|| 13,641|| 3.9%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!10.9%
!63,397
!31%
!94,592
!42.7%!! 147,761 !! 60.58% !! 218,768 !! 71.03%!!  246,617 !! 69.2%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!204,440 
!100%
!221,300
!100%!! 243,891 !! 100% !! 307,984 !! 100%!!  351,030 !! 100%
|}

=== Health ===
In 2018, Newham had the lowest life expectancy and the highest rate of [[Cardiovascular disease|heart disease]] of all London boroughs together with the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.genesandhealth.org/bn/node/91|title=Diabetes and heart disease in Bangladeshis and Pakistanis {{!}} East London Genes & Health|website=www.genesandhealth.org|language=bn|access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, the BBC reported that Newham had the highest rate of [[tuberculosis]] in the UK at 107 per {{Val|100000}} population, which was higher than [[Rwanda]] (69) and [[Iraq]] (45) according to WHO figures from 2013. More than 80% of TB cases in London occur in people born abroad. The UK average was 13.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34637968|title=London areas have higher TB than Iraq|date=27 October 2015|access-date=15 January 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:Religious makeup of Newham by single year age groups in 2021.svg|thumb|247x247px|Religious makeup of Newham by single year age groups in 2021]]
{{Pie chart
| caption=Religion in Newham as of 2021 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/8f748994-2bd6-407c-b7f8-7f9d7fafbe6f| title=Religion |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>
| other = yes
| label1 = [[Christianity]]
| value1 = 35.3| color1 = red
| label2 = [[Islam]]
| value2 = 34.8 | color2 = green
 | label3 = [[Irreligion]]
 | value3 = 14.5 | color3 = aqua
 | label4 = [[Hindu]]
 | value4 = 6.1 | color4 = yellow
 | label5 = [[Sikh]]
 | value5 = 1.6 | color5 = purple
 | label6 = [[Buddhist]]
 | value6 = 0.6 | color6 = orange
 | label7 = [[Jewish]]
 | value7 = 0.1 | color7 = blue

}}

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Newham according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Religion
!colspan="2"|2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&version=0&dataset=1607 |title=KS007 - Religion  |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
!colspan="2"|2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS208EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=2011 census – theme tables |access-date=8 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062523/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS208EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |url-status=live }}</ref>
!colspan="2"|2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1 | title=Religion - Office for National Statistics }}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Christianity|Christian]] || 114,247 || 46.8 || 123,119|| 40.0 ||  123,746|| 35.3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Islam|Muslim]] || 59,293 || 24.3 || 98,456 || 32.0 || 122,146|| 34.8
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Judaism|Jewish]] || 481 || 0.2 || 342 || 0.1 || 448 || 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Hinduism|Hindu]] || 16,901 || 6.9 || 26,962 || 8.8 || 21,405|| 6.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Sikhism|Sikh]] || 6,897|| 2.8|| 6,421 || 2.1 || 5,638|| 1.6
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Buddhist|Buddhism]] || 1,592 ||  0.7|| 2,446|| 0.8|| 2,160 || 0.6
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 664 || 0.3|| 1,090|| 0.4|| 1,765 || 0.5
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 21,978 || 9.0|| 29,373|| 9.5 || 50,795 || 14.5
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 21,838 || 9.0 || 19,775 || 6.4|| 22,933 || 6.5
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|style="text-align:left" | Total || 243,891 || 100.00% || 307,894 ||100.00% || 351,100|| 100.0%
|}

=== Transgender identity ===
The 2021 census showed that 1.5% of adults in Newham identified as [[transgender]], derived from the Census question, "Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?". This gave Newham the highest proportion of transgender adults with the [[London Borough of Brent|Borough of Brent]] coming second (at 1.3%). The overall proportion in England and Wales was 0.5% with Brighton, an area well known for its LGBT communities, 1%. However, Prof Michael Biggs of Oxford University showed there was a correlation between the proportion of transgender people in these areas and the proportion for whom English was not their first language (35% in Newham and 34% in Brent, compared to 9% nationally), suggesting the question was not fully understood by some.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Biggs |first=Michael |date=2024-04-19 |title=Gender Identity in the 2021 Census of England and Wales: How a Flawed Question Created Spurious Data |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380385241240441 |journal=Sociology |language=en |volume=58 |issue=6 |pages=1305–1323 |doi=10.1177/00380385241240441 |issn=0038-0385|doi-access=free }}</ref> Prof Biggs described the figures as "irredeemably flawed".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manning |first=Sanchez |date=2024-09-19 |title=How Britain ‘hugely overstated’ its trans population |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/19/how-britain-hugely-overstated-its-trans-population/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=Michael |date=2024-09-15 |title=The ONS finally admits to flawed trans population statistics |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-ons-finally-admits-to-flawed-trans-population-statistics/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=The Spectator |language=en-GB}}</ref> In September 2024, Mary Gregory, a deputy director at the [[Office for National Statistics|ONS]] said some people may have misunderstood the question, saying there was "potential bias" in how the question was answered "by those who responded that they had lower levels of English proficiency, some of whom may have mistakenly given an answer suggesting they were trans". As a result, the ONS downgraded the data from "accredited official statistics" to "official statistics in development" to reflect the possible flaws.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-13 |title=Number of trans people may have been overestimated in census, ONS says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3030519849o |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Education==<!-- This section is linked from [[Stratford, London]] -->

A 2017 report by [https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk Trust for London] and the [https://www.npi.org.uk New Policy Institute] finds that the GCSE attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils in Newham is the 4th best out of 32 London boroughs.<ref>{{cite web |title=London's Poverty Profile |url=https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/gcse-attainment-and-disadvantage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703163317/https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/gcse-attainment-and-disadvantage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2018 |website=Trust for London |access-date=3 July 2018 }}</ref>

===Schools and colleges===
{{Main|List of schools in the London Borough of Newham}}

The Borough is the education authority for the district providing education in a mix of [[Foundation school|Foundation]], [[Community school (England and Wales)|community]] and [[voluntary aided]] schools.<ref>[http://www.newham.gov.uk/Service.htm?_Service=100005 ''Education and Learning''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613191934/http://www.newham.gov.uk/Service.htm?_Service=100005 |date=13 June 2006 }} London Borough of Newham, accessed 24 March 2008</ref> The borough also owns and operates [[Debden House]], a residential [[adult education]] college in [[Loughton]], [[Essex]], and is home to the [http://www.rosettaarts.org Rosetta Art Centre], a dedicated [[Visual arts|visual art]] organisation which delivers courses at its base in [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] and produces participatory art projects, programmes and initiatives. The Essex Primary School in Sheridan Road with over 900 pupils is one of the biggest primary schools in London.

===Universities===
The [[University of East London]] has two campuses in Newham:
*the [[University of East London Stratford Campus|Stratford Campus]], at [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]
*the [[University of East London Docklands Campus|Docklands Campus]], next to the regenerated [[Royal Albert Dock, London|Royal Albert Dock]]

[[Birkbeck Stratford]] is a collaboration between [[Birkbeck, University of London]] and UEL to increase participation in adult learning. This is based on the UEL/Birkbeck shared campus, USS (University Square Stratford), in the centre of Stratford.

The University of East London had formed a partnership with the [[United States Olympic Committee]] which resulted in the United States Olympic Team using University of East London campuses as training bases during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.<ref name="University of East London Olympic Partnerships">{{cite web|url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/2012/office/partners.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923030902/http://www.uel.ac.uk/2012/office/partners.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2010|title=2012 Partners – 2012 Office – UEL|date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

==Places of interest==

===Community===
* [[The Hub, Newham|The Hub]], a community resource centre built by the local community, in Star Lane, E16, featuring up to the minute "green" features{{clarify|date=March 2023}}
* [[Grassroots, Newham|Grassroots]], another innovative green resource centre built by the community. Grassroots is in Memorial Recreation Ground, E15
* Rosetta Art Centre, situated in walking distance to Grassroots, also in E15

===Libraries===
Newham has ten libraries (Beckton, Canning Town, Custom House, East Ham, Green Street, Manor Park, North Woolwich, Plaistow, Stratford and Forest Gate).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newham library services|url=https://www.newham.gov.uk/libraries-arts-culture/newham-library-services|website=Newham Council|language=en|access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>

===Museums===
* [[North Woolwich Old Station Museum]]. Closed in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mgov.newham.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?AIId=22977 |title=Decision – North Woolwich Old Station Museum Closure |website=Mgov.newham.gov.uk |date=21 January 2009 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Three Mills]], a mill complex on the east bank of the [[River Lea (England)|River Lea]]. A trading site for nearly a thousand years, the [[House Mill]] was built in 1776 and was (and remains) the country's largest [[tide mill]]. It has been restored and contains much of its original machinery including four large waterwheels, millstones and grain chutes.

===Markets===
There are a number of local markets in the Borough, including Queens Market, which the council was controversially seeking to redevelop. The proposal was successfully opposed by [http://www.friendsofqueensmarket.org.uk Friends of Queens Market].

===Parks and open spaces===
{{Main|Newham parks and open spaces}}

80 hectares within the borough are designated as part of the [[Metropolitan Green Belt]].

===Performance===
[[File:Green Street, Newham.jpg|thumb|Green Street where the population is predominantly [[South Asian]]]]
* [https://stratford-circus.com Stratford Circus Arts Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124223735/https://stratford-circus.com/ |date=24 January 2016 }}, a community arts venue which presents theatre, dance, music, circus and comedy from around the world for communities in Newham and East London. The organisation works with schools and local groups in Newham to provide classes, workshops and outreach opportunities. Stratford Circus Arts Centre partners with Newham Council for [https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/Every-child-matters.aspx#NewhamsEveryChildaTheatreGoer Every Child a Theatre Goer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111454/https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/Every-child-matters.aspx#NewhamsEveryChildaTheatreGoer |date=4 March 2016 }} which invites every year 6 child to a performance at the venue
* [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]
* [[St Mark's Church, Silvertown]] The church was designed by Samuel Saunders Teulon. It was built between 1861 and 1862 after a cholera epidemic swept the district and local clergy appealed through the columns of The Times for funds to provide an architectural, as well as spiritual, beacon for the area. It is now the home of the [[St Mark's Church, Silvertown|Brick Lane Music Hall]].

===Shopping and exhibitions===
* [[Queen's Market]] – an historic street market 
* [[ExCeL London|ICC London – ExCeL]] – International Conference Centre
* [[Gallions Reach Shopping Park]]
* [[East Shopping Centre]] – Europe's first purpose-built boutique Asian shopping centre
* [[Green Street (street)|Green Street]] – a shopping street mostly catering for the Asian community<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.green-st.co.uk |title=Green Street London E7 – Asian Shopping in London |website=Green-st.co.uk |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
* [[Stratford Centre]]
* [[Westfield Stratford City|Westfield Shopping Centre, Stratford]] – The largest [[Westfield Group|Westfield]] Shopping Centre in Europe.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

===Sport===
* Newham was one of the six host boroughs for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[West Ham United F.C.]] plays its home matches at the [[London Stadium]] (formerly the [[London Stadium|Olympic Stadium]]) in [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]
* The [[Newham and Essex Beagles]] Athletics Club has its headquarters at the London Marathon Community Track in [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]] adjacent to the [[London Stadium]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/01303a_7e8ddf43e65245ae98cd4d1d7d3934d7.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828142358/https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/01303a_7e8ddf43e65245ae98cd4d1d7d3934d7.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-28 |url-status=live|title=It's a new era for Newham and for Beagles athletics as they move into Stratford|date=25 October 2017|newspaper=The Newham Recorder}}</ref>
* [[Clapton F.C.]], a [[non-league football]] club, plays at the Terence McMillan Stadium in [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]]
* [[Clapton Community F.C.]], a fan-owned non-league football team in [[Forest Gate]], playing at [[The Old Spotted Dog Ground]]
* [[Athletic Newham F.C.]], a non-league football club, plays at the Terence McMillan Stadium in Plaistow
* [[London APSA F.C.]], a non-league football club, plays at the Flanders Playing Fields in Napier Road, [[East Ham]]
* [[London Regatta Centre]], a charitable organisation promoting water sports such as rowing and dragon boats, is in [[Beckton]]

===Newspapers===
The local newspaper is the ''[[Newham Recorder]]''.<ref>[http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk Newham news, sport, leisure, property, jobs and motors] Newham Recorder</ref>

==Districts==
See ''[[List of districts in the London Borough of Newham]]'' for the full list, including neighbourhoods or localities which form part of the areas listed below.
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:London Borough of Newham.jpg|thumb|Logo on the roadside at sunset]] -->
[[File:Building 1000.jpg|thumb|Building 1000 – Newham Council Headquarters]]
{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Beckton]]
* [[Canning Town]]
* [[Custom House, Newham|Custom House]]
* [[East Ham]]
* [[Forest Gate]]
* [[Little Ilford]]
* [[Manor Park, Newham|Manor Park]]
* [[North Woolwich]] 
* [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]]  
* [[Royal Docks]]
* [[Silvertown]]
* [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]
* [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]]
* [[West Ham]]
{{Div col end}}

==Parishes==
The borough is covered by the following ecclesiastical parishes of the [[Church of England]]:

*Parish of the Divine Compassion, Plaistow and North Canning Town
**[[St Martin's Church, Plaistow]]
**[[St Mary's Church, Plaistow]]
**[[St Philip and St James Church, Plaistow]]
**[[St Matthias' Church, Canning Town]]
*[[St Luke's Church, Canning Town]]
*[[Church of the Ascension, Victoria Docks]]
*[[St John's Church, North Woolwich]]
*St Mark's Church, Beckton
*Parish of East Ham, Holy Trinity
**[[St Bartholomew's Church, East Ham]]
**[[St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham]]
**[[St Alban's Church, Upton Park]]
**[[St Edmund's Church, Forest Gate]]
*[[St George's and St Ethelbert's Church, East Ham]]
*[[St Paul's Church, East Ham]]
*Little Ilford
**[[St Mary's Church, Little Ilford]]
**[[St Michael's Church, Romford Road]]
*[[St Barnabas' Church, East Ham|St Barnabas, Little Ilford]]
*[[Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate|Emmanuel Forest Gate, with St Peter's, Upton Cross]]
*[[St Mark's Church, Forest Gate]]
*[[St Saviour's Church, Forest Gate|St Saviour and St James, Forest Gate]]
*St Margaret with St Columba, Leytonstone
*[[St Paul's Church, Stratford|St Paul and St James, Stratford]]
*[[St John's Church, Stratford|St John with Christchurch, Stratford]]
*[[All Saints Church, West Ham]]

==Transport==
Since the 1980s, public transport in Newham has undergone many upgrades and improvements are still continuing to this day.

The [[Docklands Light Railway]] (DLR) first opened in 1987, and was extended from Tower Hamlets through to [[Beckton DLR station|Beckton]] in 1994. The network has undergone many extensions since, including to serve [[London City Airport]], as well as [[Stratford International station]] in 2011 after its [[High Speed 1]] link opened in late 2009. The [[Jubilee Line Extension]] was completed in 1999, including new or improved stations at [[Canning Town]], [[West Ham]] and [[Stratford station|Stratford]]. The DLR network compensates for Newham's lack of tube stations, of which there are only 6, in comparison with other London boroughs. The [[Crossrail]] scheme - opening as the [[Elizabeth line]] in 2022 - also delivered improved rail connections to several stations as it heads through the borough on an east west axis. Of the 28 stations in Newham, only 4 stations lack step free access - thanks to the recent age of many of the stations in the borough.

As a result of all the recent developments, the borough contains one of only two airports located within the [[Greater London]] boundary and currently the only railway station outside of central London that is served by high speed rail.
[[File:BACF departure London city Airport.JPG|thumb|London City Airport is in Newham]]

===List of stations===
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}
*[[Abbey Road DLR station]]
*[[Beckton DLR station]]
*[[Beckton Park DLR station]]
*[[Cyprus DLR station]]
*[[Canning Town station]] – [[Jubilee line]] and DLR
*[[Custom House station]] - [[Elizabeth line]] and DLR
*[[East Ham tube station]] – [[District line|District]] and [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] lines
*[[Forest Gate railway station]] – Elizabeth line
*[[Gallions Reach DLR station]]
*[[King George V DLR station]]
*[[London City Airport DLR station]]
*[[Manor Park railway station]] – Elizabeth line
*[[Maryland railway station]] – Elizabeth line
*[[Plaistow tube station]] – District and Hammersmith & City lines
*[[Pontoon Dock DLR station]]
*[[Prince Regent DLR station]]
*[[Pudding Mill Lane DLR station]]
*[[Royal Albert DLR station]]
*[[Royal Victoria DLR station]]
*[[Star Lane DLR station]]
*[[Stratford station]] – [[Greater Anglia]], [[c2c]], [[Elizabeth line]], [[Jubilee line|Jubilee]] and [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]] lines, [[London Overground]] and [[Docklands Light Railway|DLR]]
*[[Stratford High Street DLR station]]
*[[Stratford International station]] – [[Southeastern (train operating company)|Southeastern]], DLR
*[[Upton Park tube station]] – District and Hammersmith & City lines
*[[Wanstead Park railway station]] – London Overground
*[[West Ham station]] – c2c, Jubilee, District and Hammersmith & City lines, and DLR
*[[West Silvertown DLR station]]
*[[Woodgrange Park railway station]] – London Overground
{{div col end}}

===Travel to work===
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, metro, light rail, tram, 23.0% of all residents aged 16–74; driving a car or van, 7.6%; bus, minibus or coach, 7.6%; train, 7.2%; on foot, 4.1%; work mainly at or from home, 1.4%; bicycle, 1.0%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16–74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey's longest part by distance.</ref>

===River services===
* [[Woolwich Ferry]]
* Royal Wharf

===Cable car===
* [[London Cable Car]]

===International services===
* [[Dutchflyer]] rail-sea service via [[Stratford station]] to the [[Netherlands]]
* [[London City Airport]]
* [[Stratford International station]] (No Eurostar trains stop)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10154343 | work=BBC News | title=Eurostar 'will not stop' at Stratford International | date=25 May 2010}}</ref>[[File:Bus Route 304 in Newham, London.jpg|thumb|Bus route 304 in Manor Park, Newham (June 2022)]]

===Bus routes===
Over 30 [[List of bus routes in London|London Buses bus routes]] serve the London Borough of Newham, with main interchanges at [[Stratford bus station|Stratford]], [[Stratford City bus station|Stratford City]] and [[Beckton bus station|Beckton]] bus stations, with large bus interchanges also available at [[East Ham]] and [[Upton Park, London|Upton Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/maps/buses/newham.aspx |title=Keeping London moving – Transport for London |website=Tfl.gov.uk |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>

==Town twinning==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom}}

Newham is twinned with:
* [[Kaiserslautern]], Germany

==Coat of arms==
The borough adopted [[County Borough of West Ham|West Ham's]] coat of arms, but with a motto adapted from that of [[County Borough of East Ham|East Ham]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://apps.newham.gov.uk/democracy/civicamb/carms.htm | title=The Civic Ambassador, The Coat of Arms | publisher=Archive.Newham.Gov.UK | access-date=1 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602073325/http://apps.newham.gov.uk/democracy/civicamb/carms.htm | archive-date=2 June 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The arms include the following elements:
* The [[crosier]] signified the [[Cistercian]] [[Stratford Langthorne Abbey]].
* The sword and the red and yellow chevronells are taken from the arms of [[De Montfitchet|William de Montfitchet]], a major local landowner and founder of the abbey.
* The crossed hammers represent the [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company]], once a major local employer.
* The ship in full sail represents the maritime trades and the area's links to the sea.
* The arms also include a sun rising in the east.

The borough's motto, ''"Progress with the People"'' is an English translation of East Ham's Latin ''"Progressio cum Populo"''.

==Freedom of the Borough==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of Newham.
 
{{Incomplete list|date=January 2020}}

===Individuals===
* [[Jack Petchey|Sir Jack Petchey]]: 27 May 2010.<ref>https://www.newham.gov.uk/Documents/Misc/FreedomOfTheBorough.pdf{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Mark Noble]]: 15 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/News/Freedom-of-the-borough-for-Mark-Noble-.aspx|title=Freedom of the borough for Mark Noble|first=Newham Dockside|last=London Borough of Newham|website=Newham Council}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Military Units===
* G Company 7th Battalion [[The Rifles]]: 23 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/News/FreedomoftheBoroughawardedtoGCompany7_RIFLES.aspx|title=Freedom of the Borough awarded to G Company 7 RIFLES|first=Newham Dockside|last=London Borough of Newham|website=Newham Council|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327130925/https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/News/FreedomoftheBoroughawardedtoGCompany7_RIFLES.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Further|:Category:People from the London Borough of Newham}}

==See also==
{{Portal|London}}
*[[List of districts in the London Borough of Newham]]
*[[List of schools in Newham]]
*[[Newham parks and open spaces]]
*[[Newham Sixth Form College]]
*[[Newham College of Further Education]]
*[[Stratford Circus]]
*[[Stratford, London]]
*[[Stratford City]]
*[[Thames Gateway]]
*[[Rising East]]

==References and notes==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.newham.gov.uk/ Newham London Borough Council]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061102054208/http://mayor.newham.gov.uk/ Mayor of Newham]
* [http://www.newham.info NIMS] –  Statistics on Newham
* [http://www.e-democracy.org/newham/ Newham Issues Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107003449/http://e-democracy.org/newham |date=7 January 2009 }} – online local discussions
* [http://www.aston-mansfield.org.uk Aston-Mansfield]- charity started in 1884
* [http://www.community-links.org Community Links] – innovative charity running community-based projects
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180809032216/http://newhamlabour.co.uk/ Newham Labour Party] – website of the Labour Party in Newham
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209033123/http://www.uel.ac.uk/risingeast/ Rising East: the journal of East London studies]
* [http://www.newhamstory.com ''Newham Story''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401040107/http://www.newhamstory.com/ |date=1 April 2009 }} – memories of Newham
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111118211744/http://www.stratfordapp.co.uk/ Local guide to Stratford, Newham]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722162426/http://www.newhamndp.co.uk/ Newham New Deal Partnership]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224902/http://yaplondon.com/groups/group.php?group_id=2 Newham Yaplondon Group]- Local chat and discussions
* [http://itsanewhamthing.com It's a Newham Thing] – It's a Newham Thing

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