London Borough of Bromley
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total | Ranked 211th 1 E7 m²}}} km² |
| ONS coding system>ONS code | 00AF |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total () — Density | |
| Ethnicity | 91.6% White 2.6% South Asian 2.9% Afro-Caribbean |
| Politics | |
| Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership | Leader (Cllr Stephen Carr) & Cabinet |
| Mayor | Cllr Joan Wykes |
| Executive | |
| MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs | John Horam Jacqui Lait |
| London Assembly — Member | Bexley and Bromley Bob Neill |
| Official website | http://www.bromley.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Bromley is a London Borough of outer southeast London, England. It has an area of 59 square miles (153 km²), of which the majority is green belt land. The borough is the largest in Greater London in terms of area. Most of the settlement is in the north and west of the borough, with an outlier at Biggin Hill in the far south. The borough is twinned with Neuwied, Germany. It includes the areas:
- Anerley which includes Crystal Palace
- Beckenham (including Eden Park, Elmers End, New Beckenham, Upper Elmers End)
- Bickley
- Biggin Hill
- Bromley with Bromley Park, Park Langley, Plaistow, Shortlands and Widmore
- Bromley Common
- Chelsfield
- Chislehurst and Chislehurst West
- Downe
- Elmstead
- Farnborough including Locksbottom
- Green Street Green
- Hayes
- Keston and the nearby settlement of Nash
- Kevington
- Mottingham (part of)
- Orpington and its outskirts of Crofton, Derry Downs, and Goddington
- Penge
- Petts Wood
- Pratt's Bottom
- Shortlands
- Southborough
- St Mary Cray with Poverest
- St Paul's Cray
- Sundridge
- West Wickham and nearby Coney Hall
History
The borough was formed, as were all other London boroughs, on April 1 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It comprised the former area of the Municipal Borough of Bromley, the Municipal Borough of Beckenham, Penge Urban District, Orpington Urban District and part of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.In 1969 the village of Knockholt, which until 1965 had been part of the Orpington Urban District, was transferred to the Sevenoaks Rural District (now Sevenoaks District) of Kent.
See also
Bromley parks and open spacesExternal links
- [Summary of formation of the Borough, including its constituent parts]
- [London Borough of Bromley council website]
- [London Borough of Bromley Museum]
- [Restaurants in Bromley]
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