London City / City of London

[dan101smith]

So the City is the square mile, fine. However, what is considered to be "London City", as in which parts make up what is included when counting the population of London to rank the size of the city vs other cities in the UK?

The population of the City of London is something like 12,000 I believe, whereas the population of London City is considered to be more like 12 million.

[ewenm]

Anywhere with a London postcode perhaps - so N, W, E, SE, SW (I think those are the London codes).

[Greenpis]

Think it's Greater London, as in the London Boroughs, which have London and surrounding postcodes as well.

Very roughly, but not actually anything within the M25.

[thepawbroon]

Officially, its the London Boroughs:

[sleep envy]

ewenm said:

Anywhere with a London postcode perhaps - so N, W, E, SE, SW (I think those are the London codes).

plus EC, NW, HA, etc

[Mattt]

Anything inside the M25

[Gwagon111]

I consider "city" to mean EC postcodes. Anything else is London.

[ewenm]

Gwagon111 said:

I consider "city" to mean EC postcodes. Anything else is London.

Anything else?!?

[Gwagon111]

Any other London postcodes are"London" I meant.

[Blib]

sleep envy said:

ewenm said:

Anywhere with a London postcode perhaps - so N, W, E, SE, SW (I think those are the London codes).

plus EC, NW, HA, etc

HA ?

Didn't think that was London, Sleepy.

Edited by Blib on Wednesday 1st December 23:27

[sleep envy]

part of HA is burnt oak and edgware - they come under LBB

[Blib]

I did not know that.

[sleep envy]

Post codes aren't dictated by boroughs eg nw9 straddles brent and barnet

[Blib]

I just assumed that area was covered by NW.

[helenirving]

Interestingly, one can also be a member of a different county! For example, Richmond-Upon-Thames is technically in Surrey, and has a Surrey post-code, but is still considered to be a borough of Greater London

[Gizmo!]

helenirving said:

Interestingly, one can also be a member of a different county! For example, Richmond-Upon-Thames is technically in Surrey, and has a Surrey post-code, but is still considered to be a borough of Greater London

Likewise most of Havering, Barking/Dagenham and Redbridge has IG (Ilford) or RM (Romford) postcodes.

Where I live is inside the M25 but in Epping Forest DC: technically not in London at all

[garyfrogeye]

Another anomaly. My parents lived in the London Borough of Barnet, Hertfordshire. Had an EN4 postcode but an 020 (London) phone number.
I live in Camden, NW1 which many consider Central London however to people who live in Covent Garden or Soho, it may as well be the countryside!

[Mojooo]

helenirving said:

Interestingly, one can also be a member of a different county! For example, Richmond-Upon-Thames is technically in Surrey, and has a Surrey post-code, but is still considered to be a borough of Greater London

I think it counts as london as long as its got its own borough council, as Richmond does have.