London neighbourhoods list

A borough often includes several postcodes. A borough corresponds to a former locality in London. London boroughs do not correspond to a borough or a postcode. Neighbourhoods have blurred boundaries and are usually defined by the residents. The names of London Underground stations often indicate these districts. The division of London into boroughs dates from with a division into 32 booughs. London reputation is made by its diverse neighborhoods, in which you will find monuments, squares or cultural venues.

News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. This area is where the Romans founded Londinium. After the Great Fire of , which burnt most of the ancient city, Christopher Wren supervised the construction of 52 churches in the area that are still standing today.

During the nineteenth century it was one of the most popular residential areas. However, nowadays very few people live here. The City is a mix of modern glass buildings contrasting with Georgian houses.

The top landmarks in this area include St. One of the most historic parts of London, north of The City, it served as a refuge for those who were not welcome in the ancient city. During the seventeenth century the Huguenots, as well as other European and Bengal immigrants established themselves in this area and built factories, bringing their cooking and religion to London.

Here you will find one of the oldest churches in the capital, Jacobean houses, remains of the Roman wall and the only wholesale market in London. From the Middle Ages up until the eighteenth century Southwark was a very popular borough. Outside the jurisdiction of the city, Southwark was where those who wanted to indulge in forbidden pleasures came to.

Shakespeare had his theatre company in the Globe Theatre , which has been rebuilt close to its original location. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century factories, warehouses and docks were constructed.

Nowadays, Southwark is one of the liveliest neighbourhoods. This area was badly hit during the World War II bombings. In the Festival of Britain designated the area as a place of arts and entertainment. From Whitechapel, you can actually walk to the City of London where all the banks are in less than 10 minutes. Both of these areas, however, see a high level of crime. They can be quite rough and definitely not pretty, and Bethnal Green is also dominated by sizeable social housing blocks.

People often refer to Whitechapel because there are quite a few stabbings and the only news I ever read from Whitechapel and news like these ones or these. However, some areas are less diverse than others. Apart from that, Southall also has a lot of issues with crime and often appears in the news with headlines like that. Deptford and some parts of Bermondsey were historically very poor areas even in the survey of Charles Booth of , these areas have been marked in dark blue or black colours meaning these were some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in London.

Thamesmead is a district built mainly in the s, and it was supposed to be a planned perfection. Ilford has gone downhill in the last 10 or 15 years. While many areas of London are being gentrified, unfortunately, Ilford is really going downhill and quite a lot. The news from Ilford are pretty much never positive — all about drug dealers, other criminals and knife attacks.

Some of the areas of Peckham close to Dulwich and Peckham Rye park are actually pretty nice. Some other areas, on the contrary look quite bad. Peckham is pretty much the only place in London where I have seen people literally fighting for the reduced food in Asda. Other two areas that often see a high level of crime are Catford and Lewisham. It has also seen a lot of investment in the last few years a lot of new builds, including this fancy new millennial style rental properties from a company called Tipi.

Walthamstow became really trendy in the last five years, and young professionals and Millennials are flocking there because they can buy their first homes for a relatively low price. Yet, many areas in Walthamstow are still very rough, and one of the streets in Walthamstow is actually the most dangerous street in the entire country — the name of the street is Vallentin road.

The area around Ward Street is especially rough. I was pretty unlucky to stay in Airbnb in Forest gate in , and it was one of my worst experiences ever. In this place, the police sirens never stopped.

You can hear them all night long. As they later said, somebody tried to break in 30 minutes before we came back. While we were just sitting and waiting for the owners to answer our calls, a few drivers have stopped in front of the house, lowered the windows, gave us a weird look and went away.

Croydon has its fame for being rough and particular areas of Croydon are rougher than the others. Olympic games in have really changed Stratford for the best. Stratford sees a lot of construction and development he has a great shopping Mall Westfield and a fabulous Olympic Park. However, some of the areas in E15 1 are very sketchy rather unpleasant, not nice to walk around and generally should better be avoided.

Despite becoming super trendy in the last few years Hackney, as well as Dalston and Clapton, are still pretty rough areas to live for families. Brixton used to be dangerous about 15 to 20 years ago, but it changed a lot in recent years.

It has even become super trendy because of the fabulous Brixton street food market.