East London

East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom, lying east of the ancient City and either side of the River Thames.East London comprises the whole of six modern London Boroughs – Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, Havering – and the greater part of a seventh, Hackney.The East End of London is a subset of East London, consisting of areas close to the ancient City of London.The Eastern (E) Postal District is a different subset of East London and there is also an "East" sub-region used in the London Plan for planning and progress-reporting purposes. The most recent (2011) iteration includes the seven boroughs north of the Thames with the addition of three boroughs south of the river.GeographyLimits and extentThe East End is the old core of East London and there are differing views about how much of East London should be considered part of that core area.By contrast the extent of East London as a whole can be confidently expressed: lying north of the Thames, stretching from the Roman and Medieval walls of the City to the Metropolitan Green Belt, and covering areas that are traditionally part of Middlesex and Essex.