Beckton
Beckton is a suburb in East London, England, located eight miles east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich.Places of Interest
Highlights: Beckton DLR station and London City Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cyprus and North Woolwich.
East Ham
Town
East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles east of Charing Cross.
Beckton
- Type: Suburb with 33,200 residents
- Description: district of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51608° or 51° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
0.05943° or 0° 3′ 34″ east
Population
33,200
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BCT
Open location code
9F32G385+CQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Beckton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Beckton”
- Belarusian: “Бэктан”
- Chinese: “貝克頓”
- Dutch: “Beckton”
- French: “Beckton”
- German: “Beckton (London)”
- German: “Beckton”
- Hebrew: “בקטון”
- Irish: “Beckton”
- Italian: “Beckton”
- Japanese: “ベックトン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beckton”
- Norwegian: “Beckton”
- Persian: “بکتون”
- Russian: “Бектон”
- South Azerbaijani: “بکتون”
- Spanish: “Beckton”
- Turkish: “Beckton”
- Urdu: “بیکٹن”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Winsor Terrace and Fleetwood Court.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Beckton Post Office and Primo Padel Club.
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