It is also a term that is less precisely used to describe the poor areas of Central London outside the City of London, Westminster and Kensington as in: 'poverty/unemployment/good housing/good schooling is a major problem in Inner London'.
| ILEA's Inner London | NSO's Inner London | ||
For the purposes of the Inner London Education Authority, it consisted of Camden, the City, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster.
These London boroughs along with North Woolwich which was ceded to the London Borough of Newham make up the entirety of the old County of London.
The term is also used in a variety of other contexts with different meanings. The Census uses the term, and includes Haringey and Newham in Inner London, but Greenwich in Outer London.