Beckenham

Beckenham is a town in south-east , England, within the . Prior to 1965, it was part of . It is situated north of and , east of , south of Lower Sydenham and , and west of and , and 8.4 miles south-east of .
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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.

Hospital
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, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, . Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.

Railway station
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Penge West is a station on the Windrush line of the London Overground, located in , a district of the in south . It is 7 miles 15 chains down the line from , in London fare zone 4.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , in the , England. It serves as the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace. is situated 2½ miles west of Beckenham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South London and Bromley.

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is generally defined as any part of that is south of the river Thames. However, this guide only covers the outer boroughs, namely Bromley, Bexley, Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton, and parts of Merton.

Town
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is a large town in , England, within the . It is 9+1⁄2 miles southeast of , and had an estimated population of 97,540 as of 2021.

Town
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is a large town in , England, 9.5 miles south of . Part of the , a local government district of ; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area. is situated 4 miles southwest of Beckenham.

Beckenham

Latitude
51.4071° or 51° 24′ 26″ north
Longitude
-0.0303° or 0° 1′ 49″ west
Population
56,700
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BKM
Open location code
9C3XCX49+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 123921330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2656065
Wiki­data ID
Q123372
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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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