Rainham
Rainham is a suburb of East London, England, in the London Borough of Havering. Historically an ancient parish in the county of Essex, Rainham is 13.6 miles east of Charing Cross and is surrounded by a residential area, which has grown from the historic village, to the north and a commercial area, fronting the River Thames, to the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Max Naylor, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 12,500 residents
- Description: suburban town in east 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.
Rainham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rainham railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Rainham in the London Borough of Havering, east London. Historically in the county of Essex, in official literature the station is sometimes shown as Rainham in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Kent.
Rainham Hall
Museum
Rainham Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian house, owned by the National Trust, in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering. Built in 1729 for Captain John Harle, the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1949.
Church of St Helen and St Giles
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 London Borough of Havering. 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.
Wennington
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wennington is a small village in the London Borough of Havering, in east London. It is situated 14.8 miles east of Charing Cross. Wennington was an ancient parish in the county of Essex that was abolished for civil purposes in 1934.
South Hornchurch
Suburb
Photo: Churchy1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Hornchurch is a locality to the south of Hornchurch in London Borough of Havering, east London. It is a suburban development situated 13.6 miles east of Charing Cross.
Frog Island
Locality
Frog Island is a peninsula on the north bank of the River Thames in Rainham, London at grid reference TQ515805. It is used for vehicle storage in Ferry Lane Industrial Estate and for the mechanical biological treatment works building of the East London Waste Authority.
Rainham
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Havering, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51673° or 51° 31′ 0″ northLongitude
0.19966° or 0° 11′ 59″ eastPopulation
12,500Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RAHOpen location code
9F32G58X+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 27486181OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rainham”. Photo: Max Naylor, Public domain.