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How many High Streets are there in London?


I've counted, and there are 57. Here's a map.

Acton, Barkingside, Barnet, Beckenham, Brentford, Bromley, Carshalton, Cheam, Chislehurst, Cowley, Cranford, Croydon, Downe, Ealing, Edgware, Farnborough, Feltham, Green Street Green, Hampton, Hampton Wick, Harefield, Harlesden, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Harrow, Hornchurch, Hornsey, Hounslow, Kingston, Mill Hill, New Malden, Northwood, Orpington, Penge, Pinner, Plaistow, Ponders End, Purley, Romford, Ruislip, South Norwood, Southall, Southgate, St Mary Cray, Stratford, Sutton, Teddington, Thornton Heath, Uxbridge, Walthamstow, Wanstead, Wealdstone, Wembley, West Wickham, Whitton, Wimbledon, Yiewsley I believe that to be a complete list. Something High Streets in Inner London: Aldgate, Battersea, Borough, Bromley, Camden, Clapham, Deptford, Eltham, Fulham, Hampstead, Highgate, Homerton, Islington, Kensington, Kingsland, Lambeth, Lewisham, Marylebone, Norwood, Peckham, Plumstead, Poplar, Putney, Roehampton, Shoreditch, St Giles, St John's Wood, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wapping, Whitechapel, Woolwich The Inner London borough with the most Something High Streets is Tower Hamlets with 6 (Bromley, Poplar, Shoreditch, Stepney, Wapping, Whitechapel), closely followed by Wandsworth which has 5. If you combined them they'd be 3.4 miles long making them London's longest High Street, but officially they're separate roads with different names.

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