Romford is a large town in East London, England, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Havering, the town is one of the major metropolitan centres of Greater London identified in the London Plan.
Image: St Edward the Confessor, Market Place, Romford geograph.org.uk 3157858
Image: The Liberty Romford geograph.org.uk 272005
Image: Havering Town Hall (3)
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East London is the northeastern part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre. The expansion of railways in the 19th century encouraged the eastward expansion of the East End of London and a proliferation of new suburbs. The industrial lands of East London are today an area of regeneration, which are well advanced in places such as Canary Wharf and ongoing elsewhere.
The men of early East London garrisoned the Tower of London
The Aldgate Pump is the symbolic start of the East End and East London as a whole