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The London Commuter Belt, or '''London Metropolitan Area ''', is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it. SCALE The boundaries are not fixed and as travel speeds have increased, it has become feasible to commute from a wider area. The commuter belt currently covers much of the . ENVIRONS OF GREATER LONDON London borders the East and South East regions. There are seventeen local government districts that have a border with Greater London and in some cases form part of the Urban Sprawl . These are:
These districts in many cases have sections within the M25 and, in the case of Epping Forest and Three Rivers, are served by the London Underground . Some of these districts formed part of the Metropolitan Police District until its borders were altered to coincide with Greater London in 2000 . They are typically within 15-20 miles (24-32 km) of Charing Cross and receive the same regional media output from BBC London and ITV London as in the capital. ONS GREATER LONDON URBAN AREA ]] The ONS include the following urban sub-units from adjacent Regions in their "Greater London Urban Area" :
FURTHER OUT Beyond these districts are Dormitory Town s and Ribbon Development s which have occurred around major roads and railway lines whose economy relies entirely on the capital. Even further still are other towns with an economy independent of London but which nevertheless serve as commuter bases. TOWNS in Berkshire ]] Indicative and by no means exhaustive list of towns in the area:
GREEN BELT Much of the undeveloped part of this area lies within a designated Metropolitan Green Belt so further significant urban development is generally resisted by District Councils backed by the Planning Inspectorate. It was expected that had this policy not been adopted during the 1940s and 1950s the area now perceived as the commuter belt would have been fully urbanized by about 1980 , and the administrative boundaries of Greater London might well have been more extensive. The Green Belt currently covers nearly all of Surrey , eastern Berkshire , southern Buckinghamshire , southern and mid Hertfordshire , southern Bedfordshire , south-west Essex , and western Kent . FUTURE The approval, in principle, of a second runway at Stansted Airport and the introduction of domestic train services along the Channel Tunnel Rail Link being built between St Pancras Railway Station , Stratford International Station in East London and stations at Ebbsfleet and Ashford in Kent are expected to pull the area's limits outwards in north easterly and south easterly directions respectively bringing greater symmetry to the commuter belt as seen from space. SEE ALSO |
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