London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Bexley | |
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status | London Borough |
region | Greater London |
Administrative headquarters | Bexleyheath |
surface | 60.56 km² |
Residents | 247.258 |
was standing | June 30, 2018 |
ONS code | 00AD |
Website | www.bexley.gov.uk |
The London Borough of Bexley [ ˈbɛksli ] is a borough of London . It's in the east of the city. When the Greater London Administrative Region was founded in 1965, it emerged from the following parishes in Kent : Municipal Borough of Bexley , Municipal Borough of Erith , Crayford Urban District and part of the Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District . The population in 2008 was composed of 86.5% white, 4.2% Asian, 5.7% black and 0.9% Chinese.
Town twinning
Districts
- Albany Park
- Barnehurst
- Barnes Cray
- Belvedere
- Bexley
- Bexleyheath *
- Blackfen
- Blendon
- Bostall
- Bridgen
- Coldblow
- Crayford
- Crook log
- East Wickham
- Erith *
- Falconwood
- Foots Cray
- Lamorbey
- Lessness Heath
- Longlands
- May Place
- North Cray
- North end
- Northumberland Heath
- Ruxley
- Sidcup
- Slade Green
- Thamesmead *
- Upper Belvedere
- Upton
- Welling
- West Heath *
* - There are still no articles of their own for the respective districts, only forwarding here.
Personalities
- Kate Bush (born 1958), singer
- Wendy Cope (born 1945), poet
- Boy George (* 1961), singer, DJ
- Robert Knox (1989-2008), actor
- Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827–1912), medic
- Colin Seeley (1936–2020), motorcycle racer and motorcycle manufacturer
Web links
Commons : London Borough of Bexley - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bexley Borough Council (county council)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ' N , 0 ° 9' E