Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in south-east 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.
- Type: Suburb with 56,700 residents
- Description: area in the London Borough of Bromley, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bromley (Kent)” and “Bromley, Kent”
- Postal code: BR3
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bethlem Royal Hospital and Penge West railway station.
Selhurst Park
Stadium
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South London and Bromley.
South London
Photo: Wjh31, Public domain.Bromley
Town
Croydon
Town
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″ north
Longitude
-0.0303° or 0° 1′ 49″ west
Population
56,700
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BKM
Open location code
9C3XCX49+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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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”
- 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”
- “Beckenham”
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Places to explore: New Beckenham and Elmers End.
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