West Taking in much of the ancient English county of Middlesex (which many residents still identify with rather than "London", and former parts of Buckinghamshire. Heathrow Airport is located in this part of the city.
North Largely made up of lush green upper middle-class/bourgeois suburbs, many of which were formerly part of the counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire before being absorbed into Greater London.
East Mostly originally part of the county of Essex, taking in former industrial areas on the upper Thames Estuary such as Beckton, Dagenham and Barking. To the North East lies the gateway to the affluent Epping Forest area
South containing many commuter suburbs as well as densely packed housing, as well as the well known urban centres of Kingston-upon-Thames and Croydon
Richmond-Kew leafy Thames-side scenery, Hampton Court Palace, the botanical gardens and some major parklands
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