Beckton

Beckton
Gas holders at Beckton
Beckton is located in Greater London
Beckton
Beckton
Location within Greater London
Population33,247 (ward, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ435815
• Charing Cross8 mi (12.9 km) W
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtE6
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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51°30′53″N 0°04′02″E / 51.5146°N 0.0673°E / 51.5146; 0.0673

Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located 8 miles (12.9 km) 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.

  1. ^ "Newham Ward population 2021". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2021.