Greater London, London, or City of London

Inner London and Outer London

CONTENT

1.   Greater London

2.   Inner & Outer London

3.  East/South/West/North/Central London

4.  London Postcodes

5.  1–9 Zones in London

7.  City of London

8.  London Boroughs

Different LONDONs？

Greater London is a ceremonial county of England that makes up the majority of the London region.

The 19 boroughs of Outer London are Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, and Waltham Forest.

Greater London

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Greater London is divided in two parts:

• 1. Inner London which comprises twelve London boroughs around The City. The City corresponds to the first boundaries of London in the past.
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2. Outer London which comprises twenty London boroughs.

Inner& Outer London

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It is a hierarchical system, working from left to right — the first letter or pair of letters represents the area, the following digit or digits represent the district within that area, and so on. Each postcode generally represents a street, part of a street, or a single premises.

The Centre of London is given the letter 'C' for CENTRAL, and is split into WC1 (where WC stands for West Central), WC2, EC1 (East Central), EC2, EC3, EC4. For anyone who doesn't know London that system is a little misleading. The EC1-4 postcodes are actually referred to now as the 'City of London'. The W1 postcode is often thought of as central London because it is the Tourist and clubbing centre, it's also known as the West End, but it is actually slightly West of centre. Officially London centres on Charing Cross Station in WC1.

London Postcodes

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What were the busiest London boroughs for house sales?

CR0 Croydon, Sutton

E14  Tower Hamlets

SW18        Wandsworth    

SW11        Wandsworth, Lambeth     

E17  Waltham Forest        

SW19        Merton, Wandsworth

SW16        Lambeth, Croydon, Wandsworth, Merton

SW6 Hammersmith and Fulham       

SW17        Wandsworth, Merton        

SE10         Greenwich, Lewisham     

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East is poor, West is posh, South is rough and North is 'intellectual.'

Central: Camden, City of London, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington, Southwark, Westminster, Lambeth

East: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest

North: Barnet, Enfield, Haringey

South: Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth

West: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames

Central, North, West, East and South London

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Transport For London

Most services operate in zones 1-6, with Tube, London Overground and National Rail also operating in zones 7-9.

Popular places to visit outside central London (Zone 1)

• Tourist attractions
• Chiswick House – zone 2 (Turnham Green)
• Cutty Sark – zone 2
• Dulwich Picture Gallery – zone 2
• Ham House – zone 4
• Hampton Court Palace – zone 6
• Kenwood House – zone 2 (Archway)
• Kew Gardens – zone 3
• National Maritime Museum – zone 2
• Osterley House – zone 4
• RAF Museum Hendon – zone 4
• William Morris Gallery – zone 3

Zone 1-9 in London

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In Greater London, there are 32 local authority districts, (known as boroughs) which were all officially created on 1 April 1965.

What are the 12 inner London boroughs?

There are 12 Inner London boroughs which are Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster.

The other 20 are outer London boroughs and the City of London is not classed as a London borough at all.

London Boroughs

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