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 |
Becontree ( or ) is an area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England, 11 miles (17.7 km) northeast of Charing Cross. It was constructed between 1921 and 1935 as the largest public housing estate in the world. The Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1919 allowed London County Council to build housing outside the County of London and Becontree was designed to cottage estate principles in Barking, Dagenham and Ilford, then in the administrative county of Essex. The official completion of the estate was celebrated in 1935, by which time the estate had a population of around 100,000 people in 26,000 homes.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Becontree is a suburban area in London, England, United Kingdom, located in the London region. It is situated at 51.548620°N, 0.134023°W.
This page provides a live interactive map with street, satellite and terrain layers and Street View. Weather is displayed from Open-Meteo, covering current conditions, hourly forecasts and a 7-day outlook. Local and world news are updated in real time where feeds are available. A Wikipedia summary for Becontree is included above.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0.
| Page built | May 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
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