We’ve been working in Newham and East London since 1884. But how well do we know the area? 

We’ve put our knowledge to the test with our new 2025 Newham Quiz – and you can play along to!

Play on your own or get competitive with friends and family. You can even add it as a round to your own quiz!

We hope you enjoy! You can click here to find out more about our more recent work.

Aston-Mansfield's Newham Quiz 2025
1) What is Newham’s oldest secular building?
1) The Spotted Dog
A former public house built in the 15th and 16th centuries and believed to be a hunting lodge for King Henry VIII.
2) What year was the London Borough of Newham created?
2) 1965
Created by the London Government Act 1963
3) Approximately, how many hectares of publicly accessible green space does Newham have?
3) 396 hectares
This includes 25 parks and other green spaces like the Greenway
4) What is Newham’s official moto?
4) Progress with the People
It is a translation of the Latin 'Progressio cum Populo', which is the original motto of the County Borough of East Ham.
5) What building, created in 1897, collected sewage from the surrounding area, and pumped it into the Northern Outfall sewer?
5) The West Ham Pump house
They used large beam engines to lift the sewage high enough to flow into the Northern Outfall sewer (which then used gravity to take it to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works).
6) Which Stanley Kubrick classic was filmed at Becton Gas Works?
6) Full Metal Jacket
The gasworks (which closed in 1976) stood in for the Vietnamese city Hue.
7) What year was Newham's population at its highest?
According to census data and including the area that came to be known as Newham.
7) 1931 (454,096)
Newham’s population was greatly affected by the war and although increasing, hasn’t reached those pre-war numbers.
8) Where does Newham place on a list of the most ethnically diverse districts in England and Wales?
According to the 2021 census.
8) First
Newham is the most ethnically diverse district!
9) The name Newham comes from the names East Ham and West Ham – but what does the word ‘Ham ’ refer to in the name?
9) It comes from the Old English ‘hamm’
Hamm means a dry area of land between rivers or marshland, referring to the settlement's location between the rivers Lea, Thames and Roding and their marshes.
10) What are the two prominent colours on the Newham coat of arms?
10) Red and gold
Newham’s coat of arms has been adopted from West Ham’s coat of arms. Originally granted by the College of Arms in 1887 it was transferred to Newham at its creation in 1965.

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