Becontree
Becontree is an area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England, 11 miles northeast of Charing Cross. It was constructed between 1921 and 1935 as the largest public housing estate in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Road and Chadwell Heath railway station.
Victoria Road
Stadium
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria Road, currently known as the Chigwell Construction Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium located in Dagenham, Greater London, England.
Chadwell Heath railway station
Railway station
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Chadwell Heath railway station is a stop on the Great Eastern Main Line in Chadwell Heath, which straddles the London Boroughs of Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham in East London, England.
Goodmayes railway station
Railway station
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Goodmayes railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line serving the district of Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge, east London. It is 9 miles 23 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Seven Kings and Chadwell Heath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hornchurch and Ilford.
Hornchurch
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Hornchurch is an outer district of East London, England. It is about 15 mi from the centre of the city, in the London Borough of Havering. It is one of two main tourist centres in Havering and extends to include the neighbouring areas of Rainham and Upminster, with a collection of small museums and heritage sites.
Ilford
Town
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Ilford is a large town in East London, England, 9 miles northeast of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Redbridge, Ilford is within the ceremonial county of Greater London. Ilford is situated 2½ miles west of Becontree.
Dagenham
Suburb
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Dagenham is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred 11+1⁄2 miles east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest in the north to the River Thames in the south.
Becontree
- Type: Suburb with 100,000 residents
- Description: housing estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, England
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5493° or 51° 32′ 57″ northLongitude
0.1275° or 0° 7′ 39″ eastPopulation
100,000Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9F32G4XH+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 27486150OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6690870Wikidata ID
Q2571762
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Becontree” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Becontree”
- Cebuano: “Becontree”
- Chinese: “貝肯翠”
- Dutch: “Becontree”
- French: “Becontree”
- Hindi: “बेकनट्री”
- Irish: “Becontree”
- Italian: “Becontree”
- Japanese: “ベコンツリー”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Becontree”
- Norwegian: “Becontree”
- Polish: “Becontree”
- Swedish: “Becontree”
- Turkish: “Becontree”
- Urdu: “بیکن ٹری”
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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 “Becontree”. Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.