Neighbourhoods

Aside from the City and the London boroughs themselves, all contemporary districts of London are informal designations; usually based or adapted from historic parish or borough boundaries which were all abolished by 1965. London postcode districts often have an influence over where a place is considered to be although they were not designed for that purpose. All London boroughs are divided into wards which often share the names of London districts, however, they rarely share the historic or commonly accepted contemporary boundaries of those places.

London boroughs

Greater London consists of the City of London and 32 London boroughs, of which 12 are statutory Inner London boroughs and 20 are Outer London boroughs.

	London borough	Inner/Outer	Sub-region[1]	London Assembly[2]
	Barking and Dagenham	Outer	North East	City and East
	Barnet	Outer	North	Barnet and Camden
	Bexley	Outer	South East	Bexley and Bromley
	Brent	Outer	West	Brent and Harrow
	Bromley	Outer	South East	Bexley and Bromley
	Camden	Inner	North	Barnet and Camden
	Croydon	Outer	South West	Croydon and Sutton
	Ealing	Outer	West	Ealing and Hillingdon
	Enfield	Outer	North	Enfield and Haringey
	Greenwich	Inner †	South East	Greenwich and Lewisham
	Hackney	Inner	North	North East
	Hammersmith and Fulham	Inner	West	West Central
	Haringey	Outer *	North	Enfield and Haringey
	Harrow	Outer	North West	Brent and Harrow
	Havering	Outer	North East	Havering and Redbridge
	Hillingdon	Outer	West	Ealing and Hillingdon
	Hounslow	Outer	West	South West
	Islington	Inner	North	North East
	Kensington and Chelsea	Inner	West	West Central
	Kingston upon Thames	Outer	South West	South West
	Lambeth	Inner	South West	Lambeth and Southwark
	Lewisham	Inner	South East	Greenwich and Lewisham
	Merton	Outer	South West	Merton and Wandsworth
	Newham	Outer *	North East	City and East
	Redbridge	Outer	North East	Havering and Redbridge
	Richmond upon Thames	Outer	South West	South West
	Southwark	Inner	South East	Lambeth and Southwark
	Sutton	Outer	South West	Croydon and Sutton
	Tower Hamlets	Inner	North East	City and East
	Waltham Forest	Outer	North East	North East
	Wandsworth	Inner	South West	Merton and Wandsworth
	Westminster	Inner	West	West Central

† = Outer London for statistics | * = Inner London for statistics

Sub-regions

• North London and South London: the division of London by the River Thames
• West End of London, Central London, East End of London and the South Bank: sections of the historic urban core
• London Docklands: the former docks and now a regeneration area
• London Plan sub-regions: North East, North, South East, South West, West
• Various postcode areas covering London
• Public transport zones: 1 (central London); 2 (inner city); 3 and 4, (inner suburbs); 5 and 6 (outer suburbs)

Political divisions

Hills and highest points

Westerham Heights

Sanderstead Plantation

Bushey Heath

Arkley

Clockhouse

Moat Mount

Hampstead Heath

Pinner Hill

Shooter's Hill

Bournwell Hill

Sydenham Hill

Westow Hill

Havering-atte-Bower

Muswell Hill

North Hill

Waterways

Open spaces

Airports

Bridges

Cathedrals and places of worship

Government and parliamentary buildings

Houses and palaces

Legal London

Markets

Museums and art galleries

Railway stations

Roadways

Ruins

Shopping arcades

Sporting venues

Theatres and concert halls

Tourist attractions

Windmills