London swallowing up Home Counties

[chimney]

How long has Erith been in East London? http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-200644008 3,00.htmlthat in the news recently Croydon is no longer in Surrey but is now South London and Sidcup is no longer in Kent but in South London. Do the media not look at maps any more?

[mushroom25]

you must have noticed the big blue London boundary on all the maps. there might be green belt inside it now, but John Prescott has said "Green Belt is a wonderful policy, and we intend to build on it"

[THECORBYLOON]

Erith became part of Greater LONDON in 1965 and is part of the LONDON Borough of Bexley, now I'm only guessing here and may be way off the mark but could that be why folk say it's in London?

[chimney]

You wouldn't say that people that live in Erith are living in the East end of London though would you? They don't even have a tube station or people that sell the Evening standard there!

[Grunty]

I remember reading a futuristic book many years ago. Oxford was described as London NW 107.

[suffragette]

I don't think tube stations are a reliable determinant of what constitutes a part of London, Chimney. Most people wouldn't consider Watford a part of London, but it's got a tube station, whereas Hackney, my birth place, doesn't have a tube station, but I'm sure most people would class Hackney as part of London. I just accept if a place is in a London Borough, it is considered a part of London.

[A Chill Wind]

I've always been under the impression that however the East End is constituted, it's firmly north of the Thames which certainly excludes Erith.

[jno]

the East End isn't necessarily the same as east London. London is an agglomeration that may be seen as including parts of neighbouring counties, whatever their postcodes and Tube qualifications (just as much of 'New York' is actually New Jersey). In that context, 'east London' just means something like 'in the greater London area but towards the bit where the sun rises'.

http://www.eastlondontourism.co.za/

[THECORBYLOON]

That link explains why there's so many folk wi a South African accent in London then...

[Mr Tall]

Tottenham was part of Middlesex until 1965 so was not the 1st London club to do the Double in 1961. hahahhaha

[Nautilus]

Suffragette....I worked in Surbiton some years ago and a group of my associates were adamant that Watford was definitelt 'Norf Landan '!!

[derekpara]

North Kent is now just a massive distribution area. Put a roof over it and you've got one very large trading estate ! We are rapidly covering southern England with conceret.