London’s most easterly district is one of only two boroughs where house prices have risen by more than 10% in the past year. Havering, one of London’s cheapest boroughs, defied a wider ...

Havering was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, combining the areas of the former Romford Borough Council and Hornchurch Urban District, which were both previously part of Essex.

The London borough of Havering is the city’s easternmost point. It’s mostly suburbs, is home to places like Romford, Upminster, and Hornchurch, and, according to Andrew Rosindel, the Tory MP ...