Silvertown

Silvertown is a district of <a href="/facts/West_Ham/NRkqk96X">West Ham</a> in the <a href="/facts/London_Borough_of_Newham/Ky8XDoCn">London Borough of Newham</a>, in <a href="/facts/East_London/YU7RGzy4">east London</a>, England. It lies on the north bank of the <a href="/facts/River_Thames/XnQWN52L">Thames</a> and was historically part of the parishes of <a href="/facts/West_Ham/NRkqk96X">West Ham</a> and <a href="/facts/East_Ham/RQfIJDJP">East Ham</a>, <a href="/facts/Becontree_Hundred/sz0VbIW5">hundred of Becontree</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Historic_counties_of_England/kuRDeWsA">historic county</a> of <a href="/facts/Essex/cuUqAlzH">Essex</a>. <a href="/facts/London_Government_Act_1963/n9cQwHJK">Since 1965</a>, Silvertown has been part of the London Borough of Newham, a <a href="/facts/Districts_of_England/4X8En6To">local government district</a> of Greater London. It forms part of the <a href="/facts/E_postcode_area/ubYvkSmv">London E16</a> postcode district along with <a href="/facts/Canning_Town/QVSlQsao">Canning Town</a> and <a href="/facts/Custom_House%2c_Newham/SehxBqhJ">Custom House</a>.
The area was named after the factories established by <a href="/facts/Stephen_William_Silver/BY8PbkmP">Stephen William Silver</a> in 1852,. The riverside of central Silvertown continues to be dominated by the <a href="/facts/Tate_%2526_Lyle/PkCxzcNj">Tate & Lyle</a> sugar refinery, with residential developments being built to its east and west.
Central Silvertown features St Marks Church (now Brick Lane Music Hall), London City Airport, and a new community arts and creative space called The Factory Project.
A £3.5 billion redevelopment of part of the district was approved in 2015.
<a href="/facts/Lyn_Brown/wSJBLFDR">Lyn Brown</a>, previously MP for West Ham until May 2024, was introduced to the House of Lords on 27 January, 2025 as Baroness Brown of Silvertown

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