Updated Statutory homelessness live tables. Croydon Television is owned by Croydon broadcasting corporation. Little Ilford had become part of East Ham as part of earlier local government reorganisations. [86], In 2007, Croydon leapt up the annual business growth league table, with a 14% rise in new firms trading in the borough after 125 new companies started up, increasing the number from 900 to 1,025, enabling the town, which has also won the Enterprising Britain Award and "the most enterprising borough in London" award,[87] to jump from 31 to 14 in the table.[88]. Updated Statutory homelessness and prevention and relief live tables, and also tables 784, 784a, 792, 792a; added detailed local authority tables 2017 Q2. Former Conservative Director of Campaigning, Gavin Barwell, was a Croydon councillor between 1998 and 2010 and was the MP for Croydon Central from 2010 until 2017. [13], On Tuesday 11 June 2013 Derek Osborne was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, following his release on bail he resigned the Liberal Democrat group, as leader of Kingston Council and as a councillor for Beverley Ward. [19], In 2018, Newham had the lowest life expectancy and the highest rate of heart disease of all London boroughs together with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. In the 19th century, Croydon was a bustling commercial centre of London. Hounslow. The redevelopment of the Docklands as well as development related to the 2012 Olympics have contributed to reversing its declining trend. Added detailed local authority level homelessness figures: April to June 2014. [27] The City of London imposed a borough-wide 20mph limit in July 2014. Under the direction of Sir George Gilbert Scott the church was rebuilt, incorporating the remains and essentially following the design of the medieval building, and was reconsecrated in 1870. Noticeably, compared to 2005/2006 there was an 11% decrease in special service calls (road traffic collisions, chemical incidents, flooding etc.). It was bought by Northcliffe Media which is part of the Daily Mail and General Trust group on 6 July 2007. A coin from the reign of each of those kings is set into the base of the stone. It is on one of the Connect2 schemes which are part of the National Cycle Network route running around Croydon. 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. A new bus station opened in October 2016.[99]. 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. High rise buildings, mainly office blocks, now dominate the skyline. It is one of the busiest roads in the borough, and is the site of several major retail developments including one of only 18 IKEA stores in the country, built on the site of the former power station. About 30% of the land in Bromley is farmland, the highest figure of a London Borough.[4]. Broadcasting from studios in Croydon, the CBC is fully independent. [102] The North Downs, an area of outstanding natural beauty popular with both on- and off-road cyclists, is so close to Croydon that part of the park lies within the borough boundary, and there are routes into the park almost from the civic centre. The main town centre houses a great variety of well-known stores on North End and two shopping centres. [112] Before 1971, Croydon Corporation was responsible for water treatment in the borough. Added new statutory homelessness live tables. The DLR network compensates for Newham's lack of tube stations, of which there are only 6, in comparison with other London boroughs. [122] Many of the libraries were built a long time ago and therefore have become outdated, so the council started updating a few including Ashburton Library which moved from its former spot into the state-of-the-art Ashburton Learning Village complex which is on the former site of the old 'A Block' of Ashburton Community School which is now situated inside the centre. The 1990 election gave no party a majority but the Conservatives kept power with the casting vote of the Mayor. Updated tables 770, 771, 773, 774, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 784a, 785, 786 and 793. Councillor Jonathan Driver, who became Mayor in 2008, died unexpectedly at the close of the year, causing a by-election in highly marginal Waddon which was successfully held by the Conservatives. One of the other main roads through Canterbury is the A28 from Ashford to Ramsgate and Margate. Tables 770, 771, 773, 774, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 784a, 785, 786, 793 have been updated. [2], The area of the modern borough was at one time occupied by a settlement called 'Ham'. Canterbury is by-passed by the A2 London to Dover Road. Despite growing since the 1980s, it is still drastically lower than its pre-war peak. [64] Shirley Windmill is a working windmill and one of the few surviving large windmills in Surrey, built in 1854. The Croydon Clocktower was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 as an arts venue featuring a library, the independent David Lean Cinema (closed by the council in 2011 after sixteen years of operating, but now partially reopened on a part-time and volunteer basis) and museum. Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Lady Hodge, DBE (ne Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994. It was part of Surrey for postal purposes until postal counties were abolished in 1996. The Borough's incorporation in 1883 and a desire to improve central Croydon with improvements to traffic flows and the removal of social deprivation in Middle Row prompted the move to a new configuration of town hall provision. There are three local newspapers which operate within the borough. At the 2006 local elections Conservative councillors regained control in gaining 12councillors, taking ten seats from Labour in Addiscombe, Waddon, South Norwood and Upper Norwood and ousting the single Liberal Democrat councillor in Coulsdon. John Aubrey[52] referred to this "ancient remarkable tree" in the past tense as early as 1718, but according to JB Wilson,[53] the Vicar's Oak survived until 1825. Full-size bicycles may be carried on some sections of the transport network during certain hours of the day. [16], In 2014 the Conservatives gained a majority of 8 at the local elections, bucking a trend of the Liberal Democrats retaining control in their heartlands. Prevention and relief live tables, acceptances and decisions live tables, and temporary accommodation live tables listed below have all been discontinued as they were based on data collected via the P1E form which is no longer used. Boris Johnson, Livingstone's replacement as Mayor of London, planned to build a 15-mile "Crossrail for bikes" running from the West London suburbs across the Westway, through Hyde Park, the Mall and along the Victoria Embankment past Canary Wharf and into East London. Updated Statutory homelessness and prevention and relief live tables Q1, tables 784, 784a, 792, 792a, and detailed LA tables from March 2016 to March 2017. [107] It is a District General Hospital with a 24-hour accident and emergency department. Updated statutory homelessness live tables and tables 784 and 784a. The White British proportion of the population fell from 33.8% in 2001 to 16.7% in 2011; this decrease of 37.5 percentage points is the largest of any local authority in England and Wales between the two censuses. [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]". [150], For the historic town located within the London Borough which gives the name, see. London Fire Brigade has four fire stations within the London Borough of Bromley. The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. It covers an area of 87km2 (33.6sqmi). 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. To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. Croydon has over 120 parks and open spaces,[131] ranging from the 200-acre (0.81km2) Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve to many recreation grounds and sports fields scattered throughout the Borough. It is the southernmost borough of London. Croydon's main market is Surrey Street Market, which has a royal charter dating back to 1276. Coulsdon, south west of Central Croydon, which has retained a good mix of traditional high street shops as well as a large number of restaurants for its size. The head office of international engineering and management consultant Mott MacDonald is located in Mott MacDonald House on Sydenham Road, one of four offices they occupy in the town centre. Many new housing schemes and developments are currently taking place in Croydon, such as The Exchange and Bridge House,[75] IYLO, Wellesley Square (now known as Saffron Square) and Altitude 25. [11] However, when using the 16 ethnic categories in the Census so that White Irish and White Other ethnic minorities are also included in the analysis, Newham becomes the second-most ethnically diverse borough[12] with six out of the top 15 wards, behind Brent with 7 out of the top 15 wards. [113] Croydon College has its main building in Central Croydon, it is a high rise building. Bromley is divided into 22 wards with a total of 58 council seats. The principal parts of the northern section, from west to east, are Beckenham, which includes Eden Park and Elmers End; Bromley with Bickley, Bromley Park and Bromley Common, Park Langley, Plaistow, Shortlands and Southborough; Chislehurst, with Elmstead and Sundridge. [19], Croydon is currently going through a vigorous regeneration plan, called Croydon Vision 2020. IKEA Croydon, when it was built in 1992, brought many non-skilled jobs to Croydon. Eventually, this led to significant new investment in safer cycle infrastructure for London. [clarification needed]. Mike Fisher, Conservative group leader since May 2005, was named as Council Leader following the Conservative victory in 2006. Shopping areas outside the town centre include the Valley Park retail complex, Croydon Colonnades, Croydon Fiveways, and the Waddon Goods Park. Reading is 40 miles (64 km) east of Swindon, 28 miles (45 km) south of Oxford, 40 miles (64 km) west of London and 16 miles (26 km) north Added Detailed local authority level tables: financial year 2019-20, Detailed local authority level tables: financial year 2018-19 and Flows tables: 2018-19. Many of the people involved came from Croydon, which was the original hub of the system. To the north and east, the borough mainly borders the London Borough of Bromley, and in the north west the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. [94] East Croydon is the largest and busiest station in Croydon and the third busiest in London, excluding Travelcard Zone 1. The borough is now one of London's leading business, financial and cultural centres, and its influence in entertainment and the arts contribute to its status as a major metropolitan centre. Wellesley Road is a northsouth dual carriageway that cuts through the centre of the town, and makes it hard to walk between the town centre's two railway stations. The London Borough of Croydon was formed in 1965 from the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District and the County Borough of Croydon. Added detailed local authority level homelessness figures: July to Sept 2015 and updated figures for April to June 2015 and January to March 2015. The previous constituencies re-arranged to form these two had been essentially Conservative. Capital Radio and Gold serve the borough. 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[47] Former Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman, policy director for British Cycling, the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain, called on Johnson to ban HGVs from some London roads during peak hours, saying that Johnson had made a verbal promise to him "to look at the successful experiences of Paris and many other cities in restricting the movements of heavy vehicles during peak hours". There is a Shadow Cabinet drawn from the sole opposition party. 248,200 residents of Croydon were between the age of 16 and 64. See Transport for London's website for full details. The final days event is the Croydon Mela, a day of music with a mix of traditional Asian culture and east-meets-western club beats across four stages as well as dozens of food stalls and a funfair. [47] Upper Norwood is north of Croydon, on a mainly elevated area of the borough. Gatwick Airport opened in August 1930 as an aerodrome and is a major international operational base for British Airways, EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic. The Tramlink light rail system opened in 2000, serving the borough and surrounding areas. Croydon town centre is also a major retail centre, and home to many high street and department stores as well as designer boutiques. Office tenants include the headquarters of the Communist Party of Britain and Croydon Labour Party. 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 1674; 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%. [106] Former names of the hospital include the Croydon Union Infirmary from 1885 to 1923 and the Mayday Road Hospital from 1923 to around 1930. East Croydon was served by long distance Arriva CrossCountry services to Birmingham and the North of England until they were withdrawn in December 2008. Although hilly, Croydon is compact and has few major trunk roads running through it. The Kingston coat of arms displays three salmon and its shield is almost identical to the coat of arms of the Swedish municipality of Laholm. Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.The county was created on 1 April 1974, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and designated a functional city [48] And finally Whyteleafe is a town, right to the edge of Croydon with some areas in the Surrey district of Tandridge. Kingston is the 3rd largest retail centre by employment, in London. [79] This church was founded in Saxon times, since there is a record of "a priest of Croydon" in 960, although the first record of a church building is in the Domesday Book (1086). The plan aims to cut road deaths by 40% by 2020 via a range of measures, including redesigning "critical" major junctions and streets, installing more and upgrading existing traffic enforcement cameras, working with London boroughs to implement more 20mph speed limit zones, modifying heavy goods vehicles with safety equipment, and offering cycle training to every school pupil in London. The civic complex, meanwhile, was substantially added to, with buildings across Mint Walk and the 19-floor Taberner House to house the rapidly expanding corporation's employees. The A22 and A23 are the major trunk roads through Croydon. Westerham Heights, the highest point in London and Kent at an altitude of 804 feet (245 m), is on the southern boundary. [49], Two weeks after the sixth death, a protest campaign organised via social media held a die-in - modelled on the Dutch "Stop de Kindermoord" pro-cycling demonstrations of the 1970s outside the headquarters of TfL, in which over 1,000 cyclists lay silently in the road and held a vigil for cyclists and pedestrians killed by road traffic. Black was the second-largest ethnicity with 20.2%; 16.4% were Asian and 8.3% stated to be something other.[74]. Famous former students include Kellie Shirley, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Adele, Kate Nash, Dane Bowers, Katie Melua and Lyndon David-Hall. In 1997 the Liberal Democrats won both seats. 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The most notable of these buildings include Croydon Council's headquarters Taberner House, which has been compared to the famous Pirelli Tower of Milan, and the Nestl Tower, the former UK headquarters of Nestl. Added table of 'detailed local authority level homelessness figures'. [28] The Chief Executive since 14 September 2020 has been Katherine Kerswell. The Whitgift Centre is the current main shopping centre in the borough. Like other government office buildings on Wellesley Road, such as Apollo House, the name of the building was inspired by the US moon landings (In the Croydon suburb of New Addington there is a public house, built during the same period, called The Man on the Moon). The prosperity of the area increased due to the construction of Bow Bridge, the only bridge over the Lea and the creation of Stratford Langthorne Abbey. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in Essex, which can be reached via the Dartford Crossing.. Did you know? [49] The A23 continues southward as Brighton Road, which is the main route running towards the south from Croydon to Purley. Maxx. The present Town Hall is Croydon's third. This means that both councils fund the library and its resources, but even though Lambeth have nearly doubled their funding for the library in the past several years Croydon has kept it the same,[123] doubting the future of the library. The Obike dockless hire scheme launched in London in July 2017 followed by introduction of the Lime and Uber e-bike schemes. When using Simpson's Diversity Index on 10 aggregated ethnic groups, the 2001 UK Census identified Newham as the most ethnically diverse district in England and Wales, with 9 wards in the top 15. He retained the seat in 2001 with a majority of 15,676 over the Conservative candidate David Shaw. The local government authorities that until then had administered those other areas were simultaneously abolished by the London Government Act on 1 April 1965. This is the largest religious following in the borough followed by Islam with 17,642 Muslims resident. The 22 wards are shown on the accompanying map. In 1981, Superdrug opened a 11,148m2 (120,000sqft) distribution centre and office complex at Beddington Lane. [124] Thornton Heath's ageing sports centre has been demolished and replaced by a newer more modern leisure centre. The borough is in the far south of London, with the M25 orbital motorway stretching to the south of it, between Croydon and Tandridge. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. It was said that, at the turn of the 20th century, approximately 10,000 was spent in Croydon's taverns and inns every week. In 2018, Robin Wales was deselected as the Labour Party mayoral candidate. Newham was devised for the borough as an entirely new name. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Institutions such as the major arts and entertainment centre Fairfield Halls add to the vibrancy of the borough. The London Borough of Bromley (/ b r m l i / ()) is the southeasternmost of the London boroughs that make up Greater London, bordering the ceremonial county of Kent, which most of Bromley was part of before 1965.The borough's population is an estimated 332,336. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council. The palace became the official second residence of six archbishops, five of whom are buried in St Mary's Church and churchyard nearby.[11]. Another rugby union club that play in Croydon is Croydon RFC, who play at Addington Road. defected to Labour, went back to the Conservatives and spent some time as an independent. [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. [95], West Croydon is served by London Overground and Southern services north to Highbury & Islington, London Bridge and London Victoria, and south to Sutton and Epsom Downs.[96]. 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. Waste management is co-ordinated by the local authority. An earlier church was sacked by the Vikings in 1009 AD. It lost several by-elections due to its attempt to abolish the Borough's grammar school system. [33], Later the same year, it was claimed that half of cyclists still routinely ignored red stop lights at typical junctions in London, with the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association releasing two-hour-long rush hour videos that they said backed up drivers' daily experience that cyclists illegally using the pavement, running red lights or weaving in and out of vehicles, were not a small minority. The market has a Royal Charter dating back to 1276. Some road signs announce that Kingston is linked with Delft in the Netherlands but this official link has ended.[23]. Updated tables 784, 784a, 792, 792a, Prevention and relief live tables, Acceptances and decisions live tables, Temporary accommodation live tables, and detailed local authority level responses. Members of the opposition Labour group on the council, who had banned such shareholdings when in control, described this as "dealing in death" and inconsistent with the council's tobacco control strategy.

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