Tower Hamlets
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Tower Hamlets is an East London borough combining historic areas like the Tower of London and Docklands with modern developments in Canary Wharf. It is highly diverse and plays a major role in London’s financial and cultural life.
The local government for this district is: The London Borough of Tower Hamlets (London Borough).
Constituencies in Tower Hamlets
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 75 of them are in Greater London (covering 32 London boroughs). We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets is divided into 20 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Bethnal Green East
- Bethnal Green West
- Blackwall & Cubitt Town
- Bow East
- Bow West
- Bromley North
- Bromley South
- Canary Wharf
- Island Gardens
- Lansbury
- Limehouse
- Mile End
- Poplar
- Shadwell
- Spitalfields & Banglatown
- St Dunstan's
- St Katharine's & Wapping
- Stepney Green
- Weavers
- Whitechapel
Tower Hamlets in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Tower Hamlets is an ITLs Level 3 area:
- (ITL 1) London
- (ITL 2) ⇒ Inner London - East
- (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Tower Hamlets
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.