The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. A new administrative body, known as the Greater London Authority (GLA), was established in 2000.
Greater London Council
Council Chamber of the GLC, from the majority benches
GLC sign on a housing estate in the London Borough of Lewisham as seen in 2022
GLC coat of arms on old fire station on Albert Embankment, Lambeth, as seen in 2022
Greater London is the administrative area of London, England, which is coterminous with the London region. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs, which form a ceremonial county also called Greater London, and the City of London. The Greater London Authority is responsible for strategic local government across the region, and regular local government is the responsibility of the borough councils and the City of London Corporation. Greater London is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Hertfordshire to the north, Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east, Surrey to the south, and Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to the west.
Image: City of London, seen from Tower Bridge
Image: Siemens Crystal Building, London
Image: Hampstead Heath (35220827152)
University College London, a founding constituent of the University of London
