The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in northeast Outer London. It is bordered to the south by the Thames, to the west by the [London Borough of Redbridge]? and the [London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]?. It is roughly bordered to the east with the M25 with [North Ockendon]? the only settlement to fall outside.
\nIt is named from an ancient liberty that surrounded the (now ruined) royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower. The principal town in Havering is [Romford]?.
\nThe borough has a population of 242,200 over 43 square miles. Havering has a higher proportion of residents in white ethnic groups than other outer London boroughs (95.1% - 2001 census). The Indian population is the most significant ethnic minority group in Havering (1.2%).
\nThe London Borough of Havering was created in 1965 by uniting [Romford]? Borough and [Hornchurch]? Urban District and transferring them to Greater London from [Essex]?.
\nBecause of London Underground and fast rail connections to central London from transport hubs at [Romford]? and Upminster much of Havering has considerable residential development which has occurred throughout the last century.
\n[Romford]? is the main commercial hub of the borough and there is also some industry to the south between [Rainham]? and the Thames, where the A13 trunk road passes through the borough. The [A12]? trunk road also passes through the borough to the north, close to [Romford]?. Large sections of Havering are parkland and half the borough is [greenbelt]? protected land.
\n","fax":"","summary":"Mostly suburban east London borough with main districts of Romford, Hornchurch and Upminster","os_x":"","node_image":"","username":"Anonymous","locales":["East London","Havering","Outer London"],"node_image_url":"","website":"http://www.havering.gov.uk/","timestamp":"2006-07-26T11:30:39","longitude":"","os_y":"","address":"","opening_hours_text":"","content":"The '''London Borough of Havering''' is a [[local government|London borough]] in northeast [[locale outer london|Outer London]]. It is bordered to the south by the [[Thames]], to the west by the [[London Borough of Redbridge]] and the [[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]]. It is roughly bordered to the east with the [[M25]] with [[North Ockendon]] the only settlement to fall outside.\n\nIt is named from an ancient liberty that surrounded the (now ruined) royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower. The principal town in Havering is [[Romford]]. \n\nThe borough has a population of 242,200 over 43 square miles. Havering has a higher proportion of residents in white ethnic groups than other outer London boroughs (95.1% - 2001 census). The Indian population is the most significant ethnic minority group in Havering (1.2%).\n\nThe London Borough of Havering was created in 1965 by uniting [[Romford]] Borough and [[Hornchurch]] Urban District and transferring them to [[Greater London]] from [[Essex]].\n\nBecause of [[category tube|London Underground]] and fast [[rail]] connections to [[locale central london|central London]] from transport hubs at [[Romford]] and [[locale upminster|Upminster]] much of Havering has considerable residential development which has occurred throughout the last century.\n\n[[Romford]] is the main commercial hub of the borough and there is also some industry to the south between [[Rainham]] and the [[Thames]], where the [[A13]] trunk road passes through the borough. The [[A12]] trunk road also passes through the borough to the north, close to [[Romford]]. Large sections of Havering are parkland and half the borough is [[greenbelt]] protected land.","latitude":"","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/London_Borough_Of_Havering","postcode":"","node_image_licence":"","city":"London","country":"United Kingdom"}