Canning Town

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Canning Town

Coordinates: 51.5148° N 0.0257° E
OS grid reference	TQ405815
London borough	Newham
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	E16
Dial code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Poplar and Canning Town
London Assembly	City and East
European Parliament	London
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Canning Town is an area of East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham and is situated in the area of the former London docks on the north side of the River Thames. The area is at the western end of the Thames Gateway zone and is currently undergoing a £1.7 billion regeneration project, which includes:

demolishing 1,650 homes and building 8,000 new homes
creating 500,000 square metres of floor-space in a revitalised town centre
providing community facilities, including a library, a health centre
undertaking improvements to primary schools

Canning Town is in the top 5 per cent most deprived areas in the UK with local people suffering from poor health, low education and poverty.

Shopping: Rathbone Market, on Barking Road and overlooked by the Canning Town flyover, offers many bargains in a traditional East End environment, highly reminiscent of the market in the BBC soap opera, East Enders.

Political Representation and Local Government: Most of Canning Town falls within the Parliamentary constituency of Poplar and Canning Town. However, a small part of northeastern Canning Town falls within the boundary of the West Ham constituency which can prove confusing for local residents.

In May 2006, voters in the Ward of Canning Town South returned three members of the Christian Peoples Alliance as their elected Councillors. This is highly unusual in what is regarded as the rock-solid Labour borough of Newham. The local Mayor is Sir Robin Wales (Labour).

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