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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|map_type = Greater London
|region= London
|population=
|official_name= West Ham
|constituency_westminster= [[West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)|West Ham]]
|post_town= LONDON
|dial_code= 020
|os_grid_reference= TQ405837
|postcode_area= E
|postcode_district=E13, E15
|london_borough= Newham
|longitude= 0.0266
|latitude= 51.5346
}}
'''West Ham''' is a district in the [[London Borough of Newham]], in [[East London, England|east London]], [[England]], located {{convert|6.1|mi|km|1|lk=on}} east of [[Charing Cross]].
From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the [[County Borough of West Ham]]. West Ham gives its name to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliamentary]] constituency of [[West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)|West Ham]], although the constituency also extends over other areas such as [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]] and [[Stratford, London|Stratford]]. It is currently represented by [[Lyn Brown (politician)|Lyn Brown]].
==Sporting associations==
The [[football (soccer)|football]] club [[West Ham United F.C.]] is named after the area. Their nicknames, ''the Irons'' and ''the Hammers'' derive from their association with the [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company]], whose workers formed [[Thames Ironworks F.C.]] West Ham F.C. now play at the [[Boleyn Ground]] in nearby [[Upton Park]].
[[Image:Gasometer in East London.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gasometer]] at West Ham.]]
The [[West Ham Stadium]], a football, [[greyhound racing]] and [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]] stadium, operated between 1928 and 1972, with a capacity of 120,000. The streets of housing developed on the site of the stadium pay homage to the speedway greats associated West ham including Bleuy Wilkinson and Jack Young. The ''Speedway'' Hammers were involved in the top flight leagues 1929 to 1939;1946 to 1955 and 1964 to 1971. Details of the meetings raced by the pre-war Hammers and their meetings in the era from 1946 to 1955 can be viewed on www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk
They won the inaugural British League in 1965<ref>[http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/westham.html Speedway information on West Ham] accessed 11 May 2007</ref>. The ''Arena Essex Hammers'' speedway team, now known as Lakeside Hammers, who race at [[Arena Essex]] next to [[Lakeside Shopping Centre]] in [[Essex]], are now the closest team and took their name from the defunct West Ham outfit.
==Education==
:''For details of education in {{PAGENAME}} see the [[List of schools in the London Borough of Newham]]''
==Transport and locale==
===Nearest areas===
* [[East Ham]], [[Upton Park]] to the east
* [[Plaistow, Newham|Plaistow]] to the east
* [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] to the north
* [[Leyton]] to the north-east
* [[Canning Town]] to the south
===Nearest tube stations===
* [[West Ham station]]
* [[Plaistow tube station]]
* [[Stratford tube station]]
* [[Canning Town tube station]]
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