Beckton
Sign in to saveBeckton is a suburb in East London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich. The development of major industrial infrastructure in the 19th century to support the growing metropolis of London caused an increase in population with housing built in the area for workers of the Beckton Gas Works and Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The area has a convoluted local government history and has formed p
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Beckton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Gas holders at Beckton - geograph.org.uk - 89029.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Gas holders at Beckton
- UK place.population
- 33,247
- UK place.population_ref
- (ward, 2021)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ435815
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 8
- UK place.charingX_direction
- W
- UK place.london_borough
- Newham
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- E
- UK place.postcode_district
- E6
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Ham and Beckton
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Local government
- Beckton sewage works
- Beckton gasworks
- Urban development
- Geography
- Demographics
- Transport
- Beckton bus station
- Culture and community
- Education
- References
Beckton is a suburb in East London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Barking, East Ham, West Ham and Woolwich. The development of major industrial infrastructure in the 19th century to support the growing metropolis of London caused an increase in population with housing built in the area for workers of the Beckton Gas Works and Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The area has a convoluted local government history and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. Between 1981 and 1995 it was within the London Docklands Development Corporation area, which caused the population to increase as new homes were built and the Docklands Light Railway was constructed.
==History== ===Toponymy=== Beckton is named after Simon Adams Beck, the governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company when work building Beckton Gas Works began in November 1868. The name New Beckton was used in 1881 for the workers estate at Cyprus.