Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west of Bromley and Shortlands, and 8.4 miles south-east of Charing Cross.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 56,700 residents
- Description: area in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bromley, Kent”
- Postal code: BR3
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bethlem Royal Hospital and Penge West railway station.
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Philip Talmage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.
Penge West railway station
Railway station
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Penge West is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in Penge, a district of the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It is 7 miles 15 chains down the line from London Bridge, in London fare zone 4.
Anerley railway station
Railway station
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Anerley is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It is 7 miles 47 chains down the line from London Bridge, in London fare zone 4.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South London and Bromley.
South London
Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.
South London is generally defined as any part of London that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer South London boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.
Bromley
Town
Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 9+1⁄2 miles southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023.
Catford
Town
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Catford is a district in south east London, England, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Lewisham. It is southwest of Lewisham itself, mostly in the Rushey Green and Catford South wards. Catford is situated 2½ miles north of Beckenham.
Beckenham
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Bromley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4071° or 51° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
-0.0303° or 0° 1′ 49″ westPopulation
56,700Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BKMOpen location code
9C3XCX49+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 123921330OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Beckenham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بكنهام”
- Basque: “Beckenham”
- Belarusian: “Бэкенхэм”
- Breton: “Beckenham”
- Catalan: “Beckenham”
- Cebuano: “Beckenham”
- Chinese: “貝肯納姆”
- Chinese: “贝肯纳姆”
- Czech: “Beckenham”
- Dutch: “Beckenham”
- Dutch: “Bromley (Kent)”
- French: “Beckenham”
- German: “Beckenham”
- Hebrew: “בקנהאם”
- Hindi: “बेकेनहम”
- Irish: “Beckenham”
- Italian: “Beckenham”
- Japanese: “ベックナム”
- Korean: “베커넘”
- Malay: “Beckenham”
- Marathi: “बेकेनहॅम”
- Nepali: “बेकेनह्याम”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beckenham”
- Norwegian: “Beckenham”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Beckenham”
- Persian: “بکنهام”
- Polish: “Beckenham”
- Portuguese: “Beckenham”
- Russian: “Бекенхэм”
- Scots: “Beckenham”
- Slovenian: “Beckenham”
- South Azerbaijani: “بکنهام”
- Spanish: “Beckenham”
- Swedish: “Beckenham”
- Turkish: “Beckenham”
- Urdu: “بیکنہیم، لندن”
- Vietnamese: “Beckenham”
- Welsh: “Beckenham”
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