London Borough of Waltham Forest
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London Borough of Waltham Forest | |
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Missing image LondonWaltham.png Waltham Forest Shown within Greater London | |
Geography | |
Status: | London borough |
Area: - Total | Ranked 323rd 38.82 km² |
ONS code: | 00BH |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 51st 221,577 5,708 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 64.5% White 14.8% S.Asian 15.4% Afro-Carib. |
Politics | |
Missing image Arms-waltfor-lb.jpg Arms of Waltham Forest London Borough Council Waltham Forest London Borough Council http://www.lbwf.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Labour + Liberal Democrats |
MPs: | Harry Cohen, Neil Gerrard, Iain Duncan Smith |
London Assembly: - Member | North East London - Jennette Arnold |
The London Borough of Waltham Forest is a London borough in north east Outer London. It includes the areas:
- Chingford
- Chingford Hatch
- Friday Hill
- Hale End
- Higham Hill
- Highams Park
- Leyton
- Leytonstone
- South Chingford
- Upper Walthamstow
- Walthamstow
The borough was formed in 1965 as a merger of the Essex boroughs of Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow.
Waltham Forest is one of five host boroughs for London's bid for the 2012 Olympics.
Greater London | London | |
London boroughs : Barking and Dagenham | Barnet | Bexley | Brent | Bromley | Camden | City of London | Croydon | Ealing | Enfield | Greenwich | Hackney | Hammersmith and Fulham | Haringey | Harrow | Havering | Hillingdon | Hounslow | Islington | Kensington and Chelsea | Kingston | Lambeth | Lewisham | Merton | Newham | Redbridge | Richmond | Southwark | Sutton | Tower Hamlets | Waltham Forest | Wandsworth | Westminster | |
Greater London Authority | London Assembly | Mayor of London |