Outer London
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Outer London is a region within Greater London, England, comprising 19 boroughs. It surrounds Inner London and was formed in 1965 by amalgamating various districts to create a new metropolitan county. Historically, Outer London developed as suburban housing, particularly in a boom between 1925 and 1939, often featuring semidetached homes. This area is bordered by the Metropolitan Green Belt. Key boroughs within Outer London include Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Sutton, and Waltham Forest.123
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