London Borough of Redbridge
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| London Borough of Redbridge | |
 Shown within Greater London |
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| Geography | |
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| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total |
Ranked 291st 56.41 km² |
| ONS code | 00BC |
| Admin HQ | Ilford |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total (2005 est.) — Density |
Ranked 37th (of 354) 251,500 4,458 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 63.5% White 25.0% South Asian 7.6% Afro-Caribbean |
| Politics | |
| Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Mayor | Ashok Kumar [1] |
| Executive | Conservative |
| MPs | Harry Cohen Mike Gapes Lee Scott Iain Duncan Smith |
| London Assembly — Member |
Havering and Redbridge Roger Evans |
| Coat of Arms | |
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| Official website | http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in East London, England. The name comes from a bridge over the River Roding; it was made of red brick, unlike other bridges in the area made of white stone.
It includes the areas:
- Aldborough Hatch
- Aldersbrook
- Barkingside
- Clayhall
- Cranbrook
- Fullwell Cross
- Gants Hill
- Goodmayes
- Hainault
- Ilford
- Loxford
- Newbury Park
- Redbridge
- Seven Kings
- Snaresbrook
- South Woodford
- Wanstead
- Woodford
- Woodford Bridge
- Woodford Green
The Great Eastern Mainline from Liverpool Street station passes through the borough east to west with stations at Ilford, Seven Kings and Goodmayes. These are all planned to be on the cross-London Crossrail route.
The London Underground Central Line also passes through the borough, with stations at Snaresbrook, South Woodford and Woodford on the Epping branch and Wanstead, Redbridge, Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Barkingside, Fairlop and Hainault on the Hainault branch, following the route of the A12 road from Wanstead to Newbury Park.
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Ilford and Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford with part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham and part of Chigwell Urban District, all of which had previously been part of Essex.
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