East Ham
East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Charing Cross.
East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Charing Cross. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Essex, East Ham is identified in the London Plan as a Major Centre. The population is 76,186.
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Getting to East Ham
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 36 km · London Stansted (STN), 41 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 46 km
- London → East Ham12 km · quickest by road, 54 min · £1.5–2
- London, Essex → East Ham12 km · quickest by road, 54 min · £1.5–2
- Luton, Luton → East Ham50 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for East Ham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Ham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.
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Next door to East Ham
East Ham is 11 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.