Coordinates: 51°33′49″N 0°09′09″E / 51.563595°N 0.152614°E / 51.563595; 0.152614

Becontree Heath
Becontree Heath  Becontree Heath shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ493871
London borough	Barking & Dagenham
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DAGENHAM
Postcode district	RM8
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Dagenham
London Assembly	City and East
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Becontree Heath is an open space in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The name has also been unofficially applied to the 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 Ernest Berry Webber^[1] and the former town hall of Dagenham Borough Council.

Becontree Heath functioned as the ancient meeting place for Becontree hundred, which covered much of what is now East London. In 1465, the hundred lost territory in the east and the meeting place became located on its fringe.^[2]

It is the location of a London Buses bus station with services to Canning Town, Romford, Beckton, Dagenham, Rainham, Chadwell Heath and Gallows Corner.^[3] Crowlands Heath Golf Club^[4] is located here.

[edit] Education

Local education is listed on the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham article

[edit] Gallery

Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre.

Close up of entrance.

Becontree Heath Bus Station.

Becontree Heath Bus Station with Barking and Dagenham Civic Centre in background.

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