Becontree Heath
Becontree Heath is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The name has also been applied to the local area, in particular to the RM8 postal district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- Also known as: “Beacontree Heath”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Catholic School and Civic Centre, Dagenham.
All Saints Catholic School
School
All Saints Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located on Terling Road, Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England.
Civic Centre, Dagenham
Public building
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The Civic Centre in Dagenham is a former municipal building in Becontree Heath, an area within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The building was designed in the modern style by the British architect Ernest Berry Webber in 1936 and was opened the following year.
Valence House Museum
Museum
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Valence House Museum is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham. The timber-framed museum building, partially surrounded by a moat built to keep livestock in place, is situated in Valence Park off Becontree Avenue, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, London, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chadwell Heath and Rush Green.
Chadwell Heath
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chadwell Heath is an area in East London, England. It is split between the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge, around 2 miles west of Romford and 4 miles east of Ilford, and 12 miles north-east of Charing Cross.
Rush Green
Locality
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Rush Green is a suburban area in Romford in East London, England. It straddles the boundary of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Havering, and is located 13.5 miles east-northeast of Charing Cross.
Becontree
Suburb
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Becontree Heath
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56103° or 51° 33′ 40″ northLongitude
0.14788° or 0° 8′ 52″ eastElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9F32H46X+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 596780321OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Becontree Heath” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Becontree Heath”
- French: “Becontree Heath”
- Hindi: “बेकनट्री हीथ”
- Irish: “Becontree Heath”
- Italian: “Becontree Heath”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Becontree Heath”
- Norwegian: “Becontree Heath”
- Turkish: “Becontree Heath”
- Urdu: “بیکن ٹری ہیتھ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Becontree Heath Leisure Centre and Beacontree Heath Methodist Church.
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