Stratford
Sign in to savedistrict of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England
Key facts
- Population
- 36,666 (2019 estimate, Stratford and New Town ward)
- Os grid reference
- TQ385845
- Charing cross
- 6 mi (9.7 km) WSW
- London borough
- Newham
- Ceremonial county
- Greater London
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- LONDON
- Postcode district
- E15, E20
- Dialling code
- 020
- Police
- Metropolitan
- Fire
- London
- Ambulance
- London
- Uk parliament
- Stratford and Bow
- London assembly
- City and East
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Stratford is a town and district of East London, England, in the London Borough of Newham. Part of the Lower Lea Valley, it is six miles (ten kilometres) northeast of Charing Cross, and includes Maryland and East Village.
Historically, part of the ancient parish of West Ham in the hundred of Becontree in Essex. Stratford later became part of the County Borough of West Ham and the location of its Town Hall. Following reform of local government in London in 1965 it became part of the borough of Newham in the newly formed Greater London.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stratford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.