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The Thames Gateway is an area ___MASK49___ land stretching ___MASK57___ from inner ___MASK57___ ___MASK75___ on both sides ___MASK49___ the ___MASK82___ Thames and the Thames Estuary . The area , which includes much brownfield land was designated during the early years ___MASK49___ the Blair ministry a national priority for urban regeneration , taking advantage ___MASK49___ the development opportunities realised by the completion ___MASK49___ the High Speed 1 ( officially known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link ). First named by the UK government , which is unusual in the United Kingdom , uptake ___MASK49___ and appreciation ___MASK49___ the term varies , with many people preferring the traditional term , the Thames Estuary . The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area ___MASK49___ the ___MASK69___ off the south coast ___MASK49___ Ireland bounded to the ___MASK57___ by Saint George ' s Channel ; other limits include the ___MASK97___ Channel , the English Channel , and the Bay ___MASK49___ Biscay , as well as adjacent portions ___MASK49___ Wales , Cornwall , ___MASK45___ , and Brittany . The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf , which drops away sharply . The Isles ___MASK49___ Scilly are an archipelago ___MASK49___ small islands in the sea . Ford Dagenham is a major automotive factory located in Dagenham , ___MASK75___ , United Kingdom operated by the Ford of Britain subsidiary of Ford Motor Company . The plant opened in 1931 and has produced 10 , 980 , 368 cars and over 37 , 000 , 000 engines in its history . It covers around 475 acres and has received over £ 800 million of capital investment since the year 2000 . Vehicle assembly ceased at the plant in 2002 but it continues as a major production site with capacity to assemble 1 . 4 million engines a year . In 2008 the plant produced around 1 , 050 , 000 engines and was the largest producer of Ford diesel engines globally . It was announced in October 2012 that the stamping plant at Dagenham would close in Summer 2013 with the loss of 1 , 000 jobs . Employment at the plant peaked at around 40 , 000 workers in 1953 , and following specialisation to engines only will be approximately 3 , 200 . The English Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea ___MASK49___ Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body ___MASK49___ water that separates southern ___MASK12___ from northern France , and joins the southern part ___MASK49___ the North Sea to the rest ___MASK49___ the Atlantic Ocean . Barking is a suburban town in ___MASK12___ , and forms part of the ___MASK19___ . It is east of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan . It was historically a fishing and agrarian settlement in the county of Essex and formed an ancient parish . Its economic history is characterised by a shift to market gardening , and industrial development to the south adjacent to the River Thames . The railway station opened in 1854 and has been served by the London Underground since 1908 . As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century , Barking significantly expanded and increased in population , primarily due to the development of the London County Council estate at Becontree in the 1920s , and it became a municipal borough in 1931 , and part of Greater London in 1965 . In addition to an extensive and fairly low - density residential area , the town centre forms a large retail and commercial district , currently a focus for regeneration . The former industrial lands to the south are being redeveloped as Barking Riverside . The ___MASK82___ Thames is a ___MASK82___ that flows through southern England . At , it is the longest ___MASK82___ entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom , after the ___MASK82___ Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches of the ___MASK82___ are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole of Greater London . ___MASK75___ County Council ( LCC ) was the principal local government body for the County of ___MASK75___ throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965 , and the first ___MASK75___ - wide general municipal authority to be directly elected . It covered the area today known as Inner ___MASK75___ and was replaced by the ___MASK29___ Council . The LCC was the largest , most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day . The ___MASK15___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . Becontree is a large housing estate ___MASK49___ approximately in the ___MASK19___ in East London , England . It is located east - northeast ___MASK49___ Charing Cross and was constructed in the interwar period as the largest public housing estate in the world . The Housing Act 1919 permitted the London County Council to build housing outside the County ___MASK49___ London and Becontree was constructed between 1921 and 1935 to cottage estate principles in the parishes ___MASK49___ Barking , Dagenham and Ilford in Essex . The official completion ___MASK49___ the estate was celebrated in 1935 with a population ___MASK49___ around 100 , 000 people in 26 , 000 homes . The building ___MASK49___ the estate caused a huge increase in population density which led to demands on services and reforms ___MASK49___ local government . An additional 1 , 000 houses were added in later phases . The estate initially had no industrial and very little commercial development until the May & Baker and Ford Dagenham sites opened nearby , and a shopping area was built at Heathway . The estate has formed part ___MASK49___ Greater London since 1965 , when the Barking section was combined with Dagenham , and has been within a single London borough since the Ilford section was transferred to Barking and Dagenham in 1994 . Londinium was a settlement established on the current site ___MASK49___ the City ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ around 43 . Its bridge over the ___MASK82___ Thames turned the city into a road nexus and major port , serving as a major commercial centre in Roman Britain until its abandonment during the 5th century . ___MASK13___ is a town in and the principal settlement of the Borough of ___MASK13___ , in the county of Essex in the East of England . It is located in the London commuter belt , 20 miles ( 30 km ) east - north - east of Charing Cross , and near the M25 motorway . According to the 2011 Census the town had a population of 49 , 463 . The ___MASK75___ ___MASK20___ is a redevelopment area on the north side of the River Thames in East ___MASK75___ , England and part of the larger Thames Gateway redevelopment zone . The ___MASK75___ ___MASK20___ area forms part of the Green Enterprise District , a project to create a low - carbon economy region in Greater ___MASK75___ . Land available for redevelopment is owned by GLA Land and Property . From 2004 to 2013 the redevelopment of ___MASK75___ ___MASK20___ and the Lower Lea Valley was the responsibility of the ___MASK75___ Thames Gateway Development Corporation . There is also a ___MASK75___ ___MASK20___ business improvement district which covers a smaller area . ___MASK99___ , also described as the Republic ___MASK49___ ___MASK99___ ('), is a sovereign state in north - western ___MASK11___ occupying about five - sixths ___MASK49___ the island ___MASK49___ ___MASK99___ . The capital and largest city is ___MASK84___ , which is located on the eastern part ___MASK49___ the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third ___MASK49___ the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern ___MASK99___ , a part ___MASK49___ the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - ___MASK57___ , and the Irish Sea to the ___MASK57___ . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the ', consists ___MASK49___ a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head ___MASK49___ state , but with some important powers and duties . The head ___MASK49___ government is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other government ministers . ___MASK12___ is a country that is part ___MASK49___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with ___MASK28___ to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies ___MASK35___ ___MASK49___ ___MASK12___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the ___MASK56___ . ___MASK12___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK49___ the island ___MASK49___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK49___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK49___ Wight . The ___MASK60___ , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of ___MASK12___ and ___MASK28___ to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI , King of Scots , became King of ___MASK12___ and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a " Union of the Crowns ". Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover . ___MASK66___ ( abbreviation : Middx ) was a county in southeast ___MASK12___ that is now mostly part of ___MASK29___ , with small sections in neighbouring counties . It was established in the Anglo - Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons , and existed as an official unit until 1965 . The historic county included land stretching north of the ___MASK82___ Thames from east to west of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries . The largely low - lying county , dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south , was the second smallest by area in 1831 . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large island in the ___MASK26___ ___MASK69___ off the ___MASK35___ coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The island of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over 1 , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . ___MASK78___ is a county in the south east of England and also one of the home counties bordering Greater London . ___MASK78___ shares borders with Kent to the east , East Sussex to the south - east , West Sussex to the south , Hampshire to the west and south - west and Berkshire to the north - west . The county town is Guildford . ___MASK78___ County Council sits extraterritorially at Kingston upon Thames , administered as part of Greater London since 1965 . With a resident population of 1 . 1 million , ___MASK78___ is the most densely populated and third most populated county in the South East region , after Kent and Hampshire . The Irish Sea (, , , ___MASK89___ - Scots : " Airish Sea "), separates the islands ___MASK49___ Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the ___MASK67___ Coast ___MASK49___ ___MASK28___ in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea , followed by the Isle ___MASK49___ Man . The sea is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx Sea . ___MASK99___ ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an island in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its ___MASK57___ by the North Channel , the Irish Sea , and St George ' s Channel . ___MASK99___ is the second - largest island of the ___MASK59___ , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . The ___MASK26___ Sea is a marginal sea ___MASK49___ the ___MASK69___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , ___MASK40___ , the Netherlands , Belgium , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area ___MASK49___ around . ___MASK32___ ( often abbreviated Herts ) is a county in southern ___MASK12___ , bordered by Bedfordshire to the north , Cambridgeshire to the north - east , Essex to the east , Buckinghamshire to the west and ___MASK29___ to the south . For government statistical purposes , it is placed in the East of ___MASK12___ region . ___MASK50___ (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit ___MASK49___ the United Kingdom in the northeast ___MASK49___ Ireland . It is variously described as a country , province , region , or " part " ___MASK49___ the United Kingdom , amongst other terms . ___MASK50___ shares a border to the south and ___MASK67___ with the Republic ___MASK49___ Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % ___MASK49___ the island ' s total population and about 3 % ___MASK49___ the UK ' s population . Established by the ___MASK50___ Act 1998 as part ___MASK49___ the Good Friday Agreement , the ___MASK50___ Assembly holds responsibility for a range ___MASK49___ devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British government . ___MASK50___ co - operates with the Republic ___MASK49___ Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to " put forward views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". ___MASK11___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK11___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK67___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK57___ and southeast , ___MASK11___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural ___MASK82___ , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK11___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK11___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Ford ___MASK49___ ___MASK11___ AG is a subsidiary company ___MASK49___ Ford Motor Company founded in 1967 with headquarters in Cologne , ___MASK40___ . The ___MASK75___ Assembly is an elected body , part of the ___MASK29___ Authority , that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of ___MASK75___ and has the power , with a two - thirds majority , to amend the Mayor ' s annual budget and to reject the Mayor ' s draft statutory strategies . The assembly was established in 2000 and meets at City Hall on the South Bank of the ___MASK82___ Thames , close to Tower Bridge . The assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners ( transport , environmental matters , etc .), publish its findings and recommendations , and make proposals to the Mayor . The ___MASK69___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The Mayor ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ is an elected politician who , along with the ___MASK75___ Assembly ___MASK49___ 25 members , is accountable for the strategic government ___MASK49___ ___MASK29___ . The current mayor is Sadiq Khan , who took up office on 9 May 2016 . The position had been held by Ken Livingstone from the creation ___MASK49___ the role on 4 May 2000 until he was defeated in 2008 by Boris Johnson , who served two terms before being succeeded by Khan . ___MASK7___ is a county in South East England and one of the home counties . It borders Greater London to the north west , ___MASK78___ to the west , East Sussex to the south west , and Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north . The county town is Maidstone . The City ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ is a city and county within ___MASK75___ . It constituted ___MASK65___ ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages , but the agglomeration has since grown far beyond the City ' s borders . The City is now only a tiny part ___MASK49___ the metropolis ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ , though it remains a notable part ___MASK49___ central ___MASK75___ . Administratively , it forms one ___MASK49___ the 33 local authority districts ___MASK49___ ___MASK29___ ; however , the City ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ is not a ___MASK75___ borough , a status reserved for the other 32 districts ( including ___MASK75___ ' s only other city , the City ___MASK49___ Westminster ). Municipal boroughs were a type ___MASK49___ local government district which existed in ___MASK12___ and ___MASK36___ between 1835 and 1974 , in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic ___MASK49___ Ireland from 1840 to 2002 . Broadly similar structures existed in ___MASK28___ from 1833 to 1975 with the reform ___MASK49___ royal burghs and creation ___MASK49___ police burghs . Dagenham is a large suburb ___MASK49___ ___MASK57___ ___MASK75___ , ___MASK12___ . In the ___MASK19___ , it is 11 . 5 miles ( 18 . 5 km ) ___MASK57___ ___MASK49___ Charing Cross and 9 . 5 miles ( 15 . 2 km ) ___MASK57___ ___MASK49___ the City ___MASK49___ ___MASK75___ . Historically in Essex , it was an agrarian village and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921 , when the ___MASK75___ County Council began construction ___MASK49___ the large Becontree estate . The population ___MASK49___ the area significantly increased in the 20th century , with the parish ___MASK49___ Dagenham becoming an urban district in 1926 and a municipal borough in 1938 . It has formed part ___MASK49___ Greater ___MASK75___ since 1965 and is a predominantly residential area , with some areas ___MASK49___ declining industrial activity , including the Ford Dagenham plant . The southern part ___MASK49___ Dagenham , adjacent to the River Thames , forms part ___MASK49___ the ___MASK75___ Riverside section ___MASK49___ the Thames Gateway redevelopment area . ___MASK75___ is the capital and ___MASK65___ populous city of ___MASK12___ and the United Kingdom , as well as the ___MASK65___ populous city proper in the ___MASK15___ . Standing on the ___MASK82___ Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , ___MASK75___ has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". ___MASK75___ ' s ancient core , the City of ___MASK75___ , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " ___MASK75___ " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , ___MASK78___ , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater ___MASK75___ , governed by the Mayor of ___MASK75___ and the ___MASK75___ Assembly . The United ___MASK60___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European ___MASK93___ , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its ___MASK71___ and the Celtic Sea to its ___MASK71___ - ___MASK71___ - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK15___ . Charing ___MASK55___ denotes the junction of Strand , Whitehall and Cockspur ___MASK44___ , just south of Trafalgar Square in central ___MASK75___ . It gives its name to several landmarks , including Charing ___MASK55___ railway station , one of the main ___MASK75___ rail terminals . The ___MASK19___ is a London borough in East London , England . It lies around 9 miles ( 14 . 4 km ) east of Central London . It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway ; an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration . At the 2011 census it had a population of 187 , 000 , the majority of which are within the Becontree estate . The local authority is Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council . Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics . The borough has also been found to be the most unhappy place to live with the fewest new business incorporations . Ford ___MASK49___ Britain ( officially Ford Motor Company Limited ) is a British wholly owned subsidiary ___MASK49___ Ford ___MASK49___ ___MASK11___ , itself a subsidiary ___MASK49___ Ford Motor Company . Its business started in 1909 and has its registered office in ___MASK13___ , Essex . It adopted the name ___MASK49___ Ford ___MASK49___ Britain in 1960 .