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Our coverage of the 5th leading London boroughs by population ends here with Enfield that took the final spot. This location is bordered by Haringey, Waltham Forest and Barnet that we profiled in the leading position. With a population above 333,000, this is a sizeable area and it isn’t that far behind Ealing at 340k. For areas within, Enfield has almost 160k (there is confusingly “Enfield Town” within that itself has 15k). Edmonton is another town of note with over 82k residents. In history, this location is famed for the world’s first ATM, invented by John Shepherd-Barron. It was installed locally at a Barclays Bank branch on June 1967 and was opened by the local actor Reg Varney.

Doorstep Loans in Enfield (Borough), London

In order to identify coverage here, a fair few postcodes had to be checked over. The main postcode range runs on the EN code (6 of these). The town’s codes are EN1, EN2 and EN3. There are also several N codes and a single E code (E4). Once the entire range was analysed at Lenders Compared we were able to find 6 lender options. This included the major brands Loans at Home and Morses Club. Ealing Trading Company and Manor House Supplies also offered local coverage and the less recognisable appearances came from Cash Loans Direct and Get Loans. This turned out to be Get’s single appearance and they managed to offer the cheapest deal.

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Famed as the “Queen of the Suburbs” due to it parks and tree-lined streets, the London Borough of Ealing sits West, surrounded by Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. This is the 4th largest of the boroughs and is populated by around 340,000+. Key districts include Ealing (85k) and Southall (70k). There are a few towns of note including Acton and Northolt. Ealing Studios stands out for being a major centre of the UK film industry. Rooted to 1902, it’s the world’s oldest continuously working studio facility for production. There are many classics in the database. For modern creations, you may be familiar with Shaun of the Dead, The Descent and The Imitation Game.

Doorstep Loans in Ealing (Borough), London

To identify local coverage, we analysed Ealing’s postcode range that extends across 4 areas. Most of which are attached on the UB or W range. Single exterior codes included HA0 and NW10. Across the entire range of codes a total of 6 firms went on to appear on searches at Lenders Compared. The big hitters Loans at Home and Morses Club made their usual appearances. Then there was Ealing Trading Company who themselves have good coverage across the UK. Despite their name they are actually based in Watford. They were joined by the smaller firms Blackwell Finance, Burdett Trading Co and the final firm to spring up was Manor House Supplies.

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The London Borough of Newham is the 3rd highest populated of the boroughs (355k). This location sits in the East and is surrounded by 6 other boroughs. Significant local towns include Stratford, Forest Gate, Plaistow and Canning. There is between a 30k and 37k population in each. Whilst Stratford leads those, the district of East Ham has over 76k. West Ham in contrast is much smaller at 16k. This is however integral for West Ham United FC. They had played matches at Upton Park between 1904-2016, but now play from the London Stadium. This Stratford ground receives mixed press for its design, but for concerts can hold 80,000. Football is smaller, yet will soon be expanded to 66,000.

Doorstep Loans in Newham (Borough), London

Tower Hamlets is a bordered neighbour who has London’s highest poverty rate at 39%. Newham’s is linked (at 37%) in being the 31/32 boroughs or 32/33 inc City of LDN. With this in mind, plus the high population, it is clear that this location is surely a key target for doorstep lenders. The postcode searches to make here mostly covered the E (Eastern) postcode area (8 of these) and there is a single appearance for IG11. Moving to the results, we uncovered 7 lending options (tied for highest coverage with Croydon). This included Burdett Trading Co, Cash Loans Direct, Ealing Trading Company, Loans at Home, Manor House Supplies, Morses Club and Pinewood Finance Company.