The programme Eastenders is based in london but which area?

Answer 1

It's a made up area called Walford.......obviously situated somewhere in the East End, But I don't understand why the whites outnumber the blacks........Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Answer 2

East London

Answer 3

The East End of London

Answer 4

Eastenders is based in the east end of London where the 'Cockney's' come from. You'ree a Cockney if you were born within the sound of Bow Bells. The East End includes Stepney, Whitechapel. Some History and furher info is below:

"The East End has always been one of the poorest areas of London. The main reasons for this include the undesirability of living in the direction of the prevailing wind from the city centre in the days of open fires, the large amount of low paid employment in the docks and related industries, and the location of the court and political centre of London on the opposite western side of the City of London. Throughout history the area has absorbed waves of immigrants who have each added a new dimension to the culture and history of the area, most notably the French protestant Huguenots, the Jews and the Bangladeshi community. Much of the east end has changed and the true east end no longer exists as the majority of the cockneys have moved to Essex and further out. Racist events include an anti-semitic Fascist march in 1936 (which was famously abandoned when blocked by a larger force of locals; c.f. the Battle of Cable Street), and recent anti-Asian violence and more recenty anti-white violence, including a council seat win for the British National Party in 1993 (since lost), and a 1999 bombing in Brick Lane.

In 1888 the area became notorious as the site of the crimes of Jack the Ripper. In 1911 it was the site of the Sidney Street Siege, and in the 1960s it was the area most associated with gangster activity, most notably that of the Krays.

Traditionally the home of London's docks and a large part of its industry, especially industries based on processing foodstuffs and other imported raw materials, the area was a continuous target during the blitz of World War II. Much of what little housing remained was removed as part of 'slum clearance' programmes. Post war, specifically 1960s, architecture dominates the housing estates of the area. From the mid 20th century, the docks declined in use and they are now all closed. London's main port is now at Tilbury outside the boundary of Greater London.

The East End is now home to various urban regeneration projects, most notably Canary Wharf, a huge commercial and housing development on the Isle of Dogs. Many of the 1960s tower blocks have been demolished or have been renovated. The area around Old Spitalfields market and Brick Lane has been extensively regenerated and is famous, amongst other things, as London's curry capital, as well as being the home of a number of London's art galleries, including the famous Whitechapel Gallery.

The area remains, however, one of the poorest in Britain and contains some of the capital's worst deprivation. This is in spite of rising property prices, and the extensive bulding of luxury apartments, centred largely around the dock areas and alongside the Thames. To quote 'Find A Property' (uk-based property website), on the Isle of Dogs:

'Memories of bitter disputes with the dictatorial London Docklands Development Corporation and high profile bankruptcies will fade with the proliferation of new gleaming office blocks, but unfulfilled promises to rejuvenate the deprived districts of Poplar and Millwall will haunt the district a lot longer. Whilst the glass towers continue to hold the reflection of grim council estates, the Isle of Dogs will remain two worlds apart, and be the poorer for it.'

With rising costs elsewhere in the capital, the East End has become a desirable place for business."

Answer 5

It's the East End. Thus the name: EastEnders.

Apart from that, the location is a bit vague, as even the borough it's in (Watford) is fictional.

However, the postcode (E20, also the name of an old club in the soap) says that if it were real, Eastenders would actually be set in the borough of Redbridge - which is in the North East of London.

Answer 6

The East End of London that's why it's called Eastenders DOH!

Answer 7

The East End

Answer 8

The East End duhhhh
In a fictional area called Walford

Answer 9

the aerial photograph at the opening credits to Eastenders should give you the answer. The Isle of Dogs and the old docklands are very visible. As is the Millennium Dome, on the opposite bank of the Thames.

Answer 10

The East End near the Dome

Answer 11

Its the east end, but walford, where the area the programme is made up is fake. Its suppose to be in between (walthamstow (WAL) and stratford (FORD) not that im an eastenders fan.
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