Rainham

Rainham is a suburb of , England, in the . Historically an ancient parish in the county of , Rainham is 13.6 miles east of and is surrounded by a residential area, which has grown from the historic village, to the north and a commercial area, fronting the , to the south.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 12,500 residents
  • Description: suburban town in outer London, England, part of the London Borough of Havering
  • Also known as: “Rainham, Essex” and “Rainham, London”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainham railway station and Rainham Hall.

Railway station
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is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Rainham in the , east London. Historically in the county of , in official literature the station is sometimes shown as Rainham in order to distinguish it from the .

Museum
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is a Grade II* listed Georgian house, owned by the National Trust, in Rainham, in the . Built in 1729 for Captain John Harle, the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1949.

Church
Photo: Max Naylor, Public domain.
St Helen and St Giles is a church and landmark of Rainham and is the oldest building in the . The church retains many of its original features, for example the round-headed arches.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wennington and South Hornchurch.

Village
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is a small village in the , in . It is situated 14.8 miles east of Charing Cross. was an ancient parish in the county of that was superseded for civil purposes in 1934.

Suburb
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is a locality to the south of in , east London. It is a suburban development situated 13.6 miles east of .

Locality
is a peninsula on the north bank of the in Rainham, London. It is the location of the mechanical biological treatment works building of the East London Waste Authority.

Rainham

Latitude
51.51673° or 51° 31′ 0″ north
Longitude
0.19966° or 0° 11′ 59″ east
Population
12,500
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RAH
Open location code
9F32G58X+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27486181
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2639690
Wiki­data ID
Q2746137
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Rainham” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瑞恩漢 (倫敦)”
  • Chinese: “雷納姆”
  • Dutch: “Rainham”
  • French: “Rainham”
  • German: “Rainham”
  • Irish: “Rainham”
  • Italian: “Rainham”
  • Japanese: “レインハム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rainham”
  • Polish: “Rainham”
  • Russian: “Рэйнхэм”
  • Swedish: “Rainham, London”
  • Turkish: “Rainham”
  • Urdu: “رینہم، لندن”
  • “Rainham”

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