Becontree Heath
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| Becontree Heath | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ493871 |
| Latitude: | 51.563595° |
| Longitude: | 0.152614° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Barking & Dagenham |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Essex (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | DAGENHAM |
| Postal district: | RM8 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| London Assembly: | City and East |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in 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 E Berry Webber. [1]
It is the location of a London Buses bus station with services to Canning Town, Romford, Beckton, Dagenham, Rainham, Chadwell Heath and Gallows Corner. [2] Crowlands Heath Golf Club is located here.
[edit] References
- ^ Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council - Dagenham Civic Centre
- ^ Transport for London - Becontree Heath (PDF)
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