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East London is a popularly and informally defined part of London, capital of the United Kingdom, lying east of the ancient City and north of the River Thames. East London might be defined as comprising 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 policy reporting purposes. The most recent (2011) iteration includes seven boroughs north of the Thames, with the addition of three boroughs south of the river. == Geography == === Limits and extent === The 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 some of the areas that were historically parts of Middlesex and Essex. Aldgate Pump at the edge of the City is a symbolic start of East London; and the East End, and Tower Bridge are sometimes also described in these terms. East London can be said to consist of two parts: the old Tower Division of Middlesex, and Metropolitan Essex, the latter comprising all of London east of the Lea. In this way East London is made up of six modern London boroughs and most of a seventh, Hackney. SOURCESWikipedia