Becontree Heath
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Becontree Heath | |
  Becontree Heath shown within Greater London |
|
| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| London borough | Barking & Dagenham |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DAGENHAM |
| Postcode district | RM8 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Dagenham |
| London Assembly | City and East |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Becontree Heath is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The name has also been unnofficially applied to local area in particular to the RM8 postal district.
It is the location, at the corner of Rainham Road North and Wood Lane of Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre, an imposing Grade II listed 1930s art deco building designed by Ernest Berry Webber[1] and the former town hall of Dagenham Borough Council.
Becontree Heath functioned as the ancient meeting place for Becontree hundred, which covered much of what is now East London. In 1465 the hundred lost territory in the east and the meeting place became located on its fringe.[2]
It is the location of a London Buses bus station with services to Canning Town, Romford, Beckton, Dagenham, Rainham, Chadwell Heath and Gallows Corner. [3] Crowlands Heath Golf Club is located here.
[edit] Education
- Local education is listed on the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham article
[edit] Gallery
 Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre. |
 Close up of entrance. |
 Becontree Heath Bus Station. |
 Becontree Heath Bus Station with Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre in background. |
[edit] References
- ^ Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council - Dagenham Civic Centre
- ^ The hundred of Becontree: Introduction', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5 (1966). Date accessed: 11 January 2008.
- ^ Transport for London - Becontree Heath (PDF)
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
This London location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
