Reading (/ r d / RED-ing) is a town and borough in Berkshire, southeast England.Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet, the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway serve the town. The territory was undivided at that time, A subsequent charter on 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. It is frequently used for BBC recordings and was formerly the home of ITV's World of Sport. Muggeridge, MP and father of Malcolm Muggeridge. On 9 February 2008 Livingstone announced an estimated 400 million of initiatives to improve and increase cycling and walking, including thousands of new bike parking facilities at railway and tube stations. It was named after Ernest Taberner OBE, Town Clerk from 1937 to 1963. You can change your cookie settings at any time. With just one pumping appliance, Orpington has one of the largest areas to cover in London, measuring 46.7km2. Tramlink created many jobs when it opened in 2000, not only drivers but engineers as well. The most common householder type were owner occupied with only a small percentage rented. The list consists of 188 non-metropolitan districts, 32 London boroughs, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 56 unitary authorities, and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly). It is the southernmost borough of London. For other uses, see, The Place Names of Essex, P.H. [32], In June 2013 TfL announced the creation of a "Safe Streets for London" plan. 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Also revised tables for January to March 2014 and July to September 2013 added. The UK average was 13. It has been described as the biggest homeless hostel in Europe, and home to more Irish men than any other building outside Ireland. The borough of Croydon is 86.52kmsq, populating approximately 340,000 people. Noticeably, compared to 2005/2006 there was an 11% decrease in special service calls (road traffic collisions, chemical incidents, flooding etc.). The London Borough of Hounslow comprises of five major towns: Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Hounslow and Feltham. [26], In 2008 Ken Livingstone announced that councils would be able to set borough-wide 20 miles per hour (32km/h) limits without a requirement for special enforcement measures. [6] Croydon is mostly urban, though there are large suburban and rural uplands towards the south of the borough. The post has been discontinued.[6]. [citation needed] In March 2008, the Labour councillor Mike Mogul joined the Conservatives[26] while a Conservative councillor[who?] Waddon is a residential area, mainly based on the Purley Way retail area, to the west of the borough. It was superseded as the main airport by both London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airport (see below). The town hall was renovated in the mid-1990s and the imposing central staircase, long closed to the public and kept for councillors only, was re-opened in 1994. Non-football teams that play in Croydon are Streatham-Croydon RFC, a rugby union club in Thornton Heath who play at Frant Road, as well as South London Storm Rugby League Club, based at Streatham's ground, who compete in the Rugby League Conference. The second closure of the Central Railway Station provided the corporation with the opportunity to buy the station land from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company for 11,500 to provide the site for the new town hall. Croydon General Hospital was on London Road but services transferred to Mayday, as the size of this hospital was insufficient to cope with the growing population of the borough. The London Borough of Newham / nj u m / is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963.It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and 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. It lies 10 miles (16km) south of Central London, and the earliest settlement may have been a Roman staging post on the London-Portslade road, although conclusive evidence has not yet been found. Districts in the London Borough of Croydon include Addington, a village to the east of Croydon which until 2000 was poorly linked to the rest of the borough as it was without any railway or light rail stations, with only a few patchy bus services. Over the next few years, pressure from campaign groups, bloggers and everyday cyclists using social media and on-street demonstrations brought the state of London's roads for cycling to the attention of the media. In 1980 Ken Livingstone, at the time the Labour Party's transport spokesperson, made a promise to the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) that should Labour take control of the GLC they would spend more on the needs of cyclists. [46] Following the deaths, Boris Johnson stated in an interview on BBC Radio that cyclists were endangering their lives when not following road traffic laws, making it "very difficult for the traffic engineers to second-guess [their actions]". [104], NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group (A merger of the previous NHS Croydon CCG and others in South West London) is the body responsible for public health and for planning and funding health services in the borough. Croydon's physical features consist of many hills and rivers that are spread out across the borough and into the North Downs, Surrey and the rest of south London. The borough's motto, "Progress with the People" is an English translation of East Ham's Latin "Progressio cum Populo". Croydon is a major office area in the south east of England, being the largest outside of central London. Microsofts Activision Blizzard deal is key to the companys mobile gaming efforts. It was bought by Northcliffe Media which is part of the Daily Mail and General Trust group on 6 July 2007. Croydon Palace was the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for over 500 years and included regular visitors such as Henry III and Queen Elizabeth I. South Norwood Library, New Addington Library, Shirley Library, Selsdon Library, Sanderstead Library, Broad Green, Purley Library, Coulsdon Library and Bradmore Green Library are examples of older council libraries. Another shopping centre called Park Place was due to open in 2012 but has since been scrapped.[31]. The Great North Wood is a former natural oak forest that covered the Sydenham Ridge and the southern reaches of the River Effra and its tributaries. [77] In 2007, overall crime figures across the borough saw decrease of 5%, with the number of incidents decreasing from 32,506 in 2006 to 30,862 in 2007. It is thought to have been built around 960. It is named after Bromley, its principal town; other major towns are Penge, Hayes, West Wickham, The project provided new lighting for the buildings, and provided an opportunity to project images and words onto them, mixing art and poetry with coloured light, and also displaying public information after dark. [97], A sizeable bus infrastructure which is part of the London Buses network operates from a hub at West Croydon bus station. Richmond upon Thames Purley, to the south, is a main town whose name derives from "pirlea", which means 'Peartree lea'. Added detailed local authority level homelessness figures: April to June 2014. South Croydon is mainly served by Network Rail services operated by Southern for suburban lines to and from London Bridge, London Victoria and the eastern part of Surrey. Ealing is the third-largest borough in London and is the only one to have a flag. The skyline of Croydon has significantly changed over the past 50 years. Capital Radio and Gold serve the borough. [34], The following year the London Cycling Campaign participated in a safety initiative with the Guide Dogs charity stressing that cyclists have a duty of care to be considerate to other road users, and pedestrians in particular, after the charity found that one in four blind and partially-sighted people in London had been hit by a cyclist, and seven in ten suffered a near miss, with cyclists commonly riding on pavements at speed or running red lights.[35]. Crossover has occurred in political affiliation, during 200206 one Conservative councillor[who?] It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by the same act. play at Selhurst Park in Selhurst, a stadium they have been based in since 1924. Olympia London, sometimes referred to as the Olympia Exhibition Centre, is an exhibition centre, event space and conference centre in West Kensington, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England.A range of international trade and consumer exhibitions, conferences and sporting events are staged at the venue. The Obike dockless hire scheme launched in London in July 2017 followed by introduction of the Lime and Uber e-bike schemes. The Docklands Light Railway opened in 1987 and has undergone many extensions since, predominantly serving Newham and neighbouring Tower Hamlets. Fatality and serious injury figures from Transport for London. Kingston was the site of the coronations of seven Anglo-Saxon monarchs: The Coronation Stone, on which they are said to have been crowned stands outside the local council offices, the Guildhall. [119] The most successful public sector schools in 2010 were Harris City Academy Crystal Palace and Coloma Convent Girls' School. There are three local newspapers which operate within the borough. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council. The original public library was converted into the David Lean Cinema, part of the Croydon Clocktower. Monks Orchard is a small district made up of large houses and open space in the northeast of the borough. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. In September 2013, Council staff moved into Bernard Weatherill House in Fell Road, (named after the former Speaker of the House and Member of Parliament for Croydon North-East). Updated Statutory homelessness live tables. The A23 is the major trunk road through Croydon, linking it with central London, East Sussex, Horsham, and Littlehaven. Tips bill: three things HR needs to know. Added Detailed local authority level tables: financial year 2021-22, and Flows tables: 2020-21. Lunar House is another high-rise building. Daily journey figures from Transport for London. By 2013, the scheme was attracting a monthly ridership of approximately 500,000, peaking at a million rides in July of that year. [6] In May 1981, Labour won the GLC election, with Livingstone becoming GLC leader shortly afterwards. BT has large offices in Prospect East in Central Croydon. It has also been named as one of the worst roads for cyclists in the area. [15], People of White British ancestry nevertheless remain the largest single ethnic group in the borough. [134] The festival consists of two days of events. Updated Statutory homelessness live tables. More than 80% of TB cases in London occur in people born abroad. In its final medieval form, the church was mainly a Perpendicular-style structure, but this was severely damaged by fire in 1867, following which only the tower, south porch and outer walls remained. Thornton Heath is a town, to the northwest of Croydon, which holds Croydon's principal hospital Mayday. Almost 500,000 years ago, Mitcham Common formed part of the river bed of the River Thames. [9] The second was built in 1808 to serve the growing town but was demolished after the present town hall was erected in 1895. ", "Let's talk about the exodus of 600,000 whites from London", "The Ethnic Cleansing of London (Part 2) British Democrats | British Democrats", "Revised document links | Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity", "Ukrainians living in England: which council areas have the highest population of people born in Ukraine?