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Becontree London Map

Traditional county: London · Unitary authority: Greater London · Region: London

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Place	Becontree
Traditional County	London
Unitary Authority	Greater London
District / Borough	Barking and Dagenham
Region	London
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.548620
Longitude	0.134023
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Becontree

Becontree emerges as a sprawling, planned expanse of interwar housing, defined by the steady, rhythmic repetition of its brick-built semi-detached homes. It lies 5.5 miles south-south-east of Chigwell (from Chigwell: bearing 153°T, OS grid TQ 480 854), and is situated north-west of Wennington village. The landscape here is defined by an orderly geometry, where wide avenues pull the light across low-slung rooftops during the long, quiet afternoons of the suburban calendar. Residents often find a reprieve from this rigid domestic grid in the expansive green openness of Parsloes Park, where the grass holds a damp, silver sheen under the morning sky. Nearby, the historical weight of Valence House anchors the surroundings, standing as a quiet sentinel of timber and brick that predates the twentieth-century expansion. The atmosphere carries a particular stillness, a lingering sense of the agricultural fields that once occupied the clay-heavy soil before the arrival of the railway and the London County Council. Further along the periphery, the gentle, winding course of Gores Brook provides a natural edge to the district, marking the transition toward the marshes beyond. Becontree maintains a singular character, caught between the echoes of its rapid industrial-era development and the persistent, unpretentious endurance of its residential streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parsloes Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 172° S
Valence Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 016° NNE
Vue Dagenham (Cinema) — 1.1 mi, 178° S
Sporting Heroes of Barking and Dagenham (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 196° SSW
The Gores (River) — 1.6 mi, 168° SSE
Wheelers Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 086° E
Tom Thumb Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 088° E
The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 288° WNW
Eastbury Manor House (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 236° WSW
Seven Kings Water (River) — 2.0 mi, 327° NNW
Ford Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 159° SSE
Barking Park Light Railway (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 261° W
Cross Ness (Wetland) — 2.5 mi, 185° S
Folly Wall (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 251° WSW
False Point (Wetland) — 2.6 mi, 203° SSW
Barking Abbey (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 248° WSW · 5 ha
The Broadway Theatre, Barking (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 250° WSW
Redbridge Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 285° WNW
The Broadway (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 249° WSW
Ruins of Barking Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 251° WSW
Crossness Pumping Station (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 176° S
Havering Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 044° NE
Lumiere Cinema Romford (Cinema) — 3.1 mi, 046° NE
Wellgate Community Farm (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 009° N
South Grotto (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 300° WNW
Tump 16 (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 205° SSW
Jacob's Well (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 301° WNW
Head of Canal Grotto (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 301° WNW
City Of London Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.6 mi, 281° W · 66 ha
Lookout Hill (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 211° SSW

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