London Borough of Redbridge

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**London Borough of Redbridge**
Geography
Shown within Greater London
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 291st 1 E7 m²}}} km²
ONS coding system>ONS code	00BC
Demographics
Population — Total () — Density	/ km²
Ethnicity	63.5% White 25.0% South Asian 7.6% Afro-Caribbean
Politics
Local government in England#Councils and councillors>Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	—
Executive
MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005>MPs	Harry Cohen Mike Gapes Lee Scott Iain Duncan Smith
London Assembly — Member	Havering and Redbridge Roger Evans
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:

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.

Arms of Redbridge

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.

External links

[Photos of Redbridge] from Flickr

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See also: Greater London Authority, London Assembly & Mayor of London

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