Beckenham
Beckenham is a district inside the London Borough of Bromley. It borders Beckenham Place Park and Bellingham inside the London Borough of Lewisham. It is 8.4 miles south east of Charing Cross.
Beckenham had been a modest village inside the borough in Kent with a lot of land serving as private parkland till the railway was built in 1857. Just after that, an entrepreneurial family began constructing villas which brought on the population to increase massively from just 2,000 to 26,000 between 1850 and 1900. Since 1900, housing has been built at a steadier pace, meaning the population is beginning to even out. At the 2011 census, the populace stood at 56,668.
The district is served by 3 key railway stations as well as six more inside the post town. There's also two Croydon Tramlink stations to the west of the area. Transport for London buses serve the Beckenham area to link it with other towns like Bromley, Catford, Croydon and Crystal Palace.
Beckenham is recognised for its numerous church buildings. St George’s Church is the primary parish church and stands in the centre of the district. It extends back to about 1100, but was majorly rebuilt in the end of the nineteenth century. It consists of a 13th century lynch gate that's believed to be among the oldest of its sort in England.
