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| London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | |
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Shown within Greater London | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | London borough |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 350th 16.40 km² |
| ONS code: | 00AN |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 85th 173,324 10,569 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 77.8% White 4.4% S.Asian 11.1% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Iain Coleman, Clive Soley |
| London Assembly: - Member | West Central London - Angie Bray |
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a west London borough. It includes the areas:
It was formed in 1965 by merging the County of London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham.
According to the 2001 census Hammersmith and Fulham has a population of 165,242. 78% of the borough is white, 5% black Caribbean and 5% Black African. 44% of households are owner-occupiers.
Considering it's size, there are an extraordinary number of sporting successes based in and around the borough. They include:
Football Clubs
Fulham Football Club and Chelsea Football Club are both based in the borough and play Premiership football - Queen's Park Rangers are lower league - but still can contribute to the borough's claim of having 3 of the nation's top 40 football teams.
Footballers
Andy Cole was born in the borough and is currently in his second spell for Fulham having been capped for England and been a part of Manchester United's historic treble.
Sean Davis plays for Tottenham Hotspurs and has been capped at Under-21 level.
Athletes
Linford Christie, Olympic Medallis at 100 metres trained, lived and has a stadium named after him in the borough.
Rowers
There are a huge number of rowing clubs in the borough, the most famous being Tideway Scullers. Many of Britain's top rowers have or do train along the Thames, including Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave who between them have 9 Olympic Gold Medals.
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London boroughs : Barking and Dagenham | Barnet | Bexley | Brent | Bromley | Camden | City of London | Croydon | Ealing | Enfield | Greenwich | Hackney | Hammersmith and Fulham | Haringey | Harrow | Havering | Hillingdon | Hounslow | Islington | Kensington and Chelsea | Kingston | Lambeth | Lewisham | Merton | Newham | Redbridge | Richmond | Southwark | Sutton | Tower Hamlets | Waltham Forest | Wandsworth | Westminster | |
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