Beckenham is a district inside the London Borough of Bromley. It borders Beckenham Place Park and Bellingham inside the London Borough of Lewisham. It's 8.4 miles south east of Charing Cross.
Beckenham was a tiny village within the borough in Kent with a lot of land serving as private parkland until the railway was constructed in 1857. Right after that, an entrepreneurial family started 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, which means the population is starting to even out. At the 2011 census, the population stood at 56,668.
The district is served by three principal railway stations as well as six more in the post town. There is also two Croydon Tramlink stations to the west of the district. Transport for London buses serve the Beckenham area to link it with other towns like Bromley, Catford, Croydon and Crystal Palace.
Beckenham is known for its several places of worship. St George’s Church is the primary parish church and stands in the centre of the district. It extends back to around 1100, but was majorly rebuilt in the end of the 1800s. It contains a 13th century lynch gate that is thought to be among the oldest of its sort in England.