Beckton is a

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, England, located east of

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and part of the

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. Adjacent to the

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, 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

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and

Beckton Sewage Treatment Works Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, formerly known as Barking Sewage Works, is a large sewage treatment plant in Beckton in the east London Borough of Newham, operated by Thames Water. Since construction first began in 1864, the plant has been exten ...

. The area has a convoluted local government history and has formed part of

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since 1965. Between 1981 and 1995 it was within the

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area, which caused the population to increase as new homes were built and the

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was constructed.

History

Toponymy

Beckton is named after Simon Adams Beck, the governor of the

Gas Light and Coke Company The Gas Light and Coke Company (also known as the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, and the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company), was a company that made and supplied coal gas and coke. The headquarters of the company were located on Ho ...

when work building Beckton Gas Works began in November 1868. The name New Beckton was used in 1881 for the workers estate at

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Local government

Prior to industrialisation, the area that became Beckton was remote and unpopulated Thameside marshland, known as the East Ham Levels. Urban development took place in the south of the parish of

East Ham East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles (12.8 km) east of Charing Cross. East Ham is identified in the London Plan as a Major Centre. The population is 76,186. It was originally part of the hundred o ...

, the part of the parish of

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to the west of the River Roding and the part of

Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...

parish that was north of the River Thames. The western extremity was in the parish of

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. There was also a county boundary, with Barking, East Ham and West Ham in Essex and Woolwich in Kent. The whole area became part of the expanded

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in 1840. Reflecting an increase in population and the need for more effective local government,

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s were formed for Woolwich in 1852, West Ham in 1856, East Ham in 1878 and Barking Town in 1882. The section in the detached part of Woolwich parish came within the

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district in 1855 and in 1889 this area became the

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under the control of the newly formed London County Council. The Barking Town and East Ham sections now came within the Essex County Council area, but West Ham instead formed a separate

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because its population was high enough. East Ham was also elevated to this status in 1915. This continued until 1965 when the

was formed from territory that had been part of East Ham, West Ham, Barking and Woolwich. Beckton was within the

area from 1981 to 1995.

Beckton sewage works

Beckton Sewage treatment works Beckton Sewage Treatment Works, formerly known as Barking Sewage Works, is a large sewage treatment plant in Beckton in the east London Borough of Newham, operated by Thames Water. Since construction first began in 1864, the plant has been exten ...

were first established in 1864 as part of Joseph Bazalgette's scheme to remove sewage (and hence reduce disease) from London by creating two large sewers from the capital, one on each side of the Thames and known as the

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and

Northern Outfall Sewer The Northern Outfall Sewer (NOS) is a major gravity sewer which runs from Wick Lane in Hackney to Beckton sewage treatment works in east London; most of it was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the "Great ...

s. The Beckton sewage works (TQ448823), at the end of the northern outfall sewer, is Europe's 7th largest and is now managed by

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. The outfall sewer has been landscaped and now also serves as the Greenway cycle track through east London. The site was mooted in 2005 as the location for a

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plant, but the proposal was rejected by Mayor

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as environmentally unacceptable. The scheme has been resurrected by the successive mayor,

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, as part of a deal with Thames Water to reduce delays in fixing roadworks throughout London. The sewerage works has been expanded to handle the flow from the

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Beckton gasworks

Situated north and east of the Royal Docks, the area was formerly heavily industrialised, and was the location of

, the largest

gasworks A gasworks or gas house is an industrial plant for the production of flammable gas. Many of these have been made redundant in the developed world by the use of natural gas, though they are still used for storage space. Early gasworks Coal ...

in Europe, which served the capital. An adjacent by-products works also produced a wide variety of products including ink, dyes, mothballs, and fertilisers, all by-products of the process of turning coal to coke in the production of

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. Britain converted from town gas to

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natural gas over the period 1966-77 and the Beckton gasworks were closed in 1976. An extensive toxic spoil-heap from the Gasworks was known ironically as 'Beckton Alps'. Originally running from the Northern outfall sewer south to Winsor Terrace, this was landscaped in the 1980s. Part became a high

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for a time, opened by

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, with a viewing platform at the summit and a Swiss-style bar at the foot. However, the site is now derelict.

Urban development

Beckton railway station Beckton railway station was a railway station in Beckton, London originally owned by the Gas Light and Coke Company, to serve the (then) recently built Beckton Gas Works. The line was opened for freight in 1872 and to passengers in 1874. It wa ...

opened in 1874 as the eastern terminus of a branch from

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. Immediately after the

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, large numbers of prefabs were built in Beckton to house those made homeless by the war. The prefab-lined streets were all named after well-known generals and war heroes, but in the redevelopment of North Beckton in the 1980s, these were all swept away with the exception of

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Drive.

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during the 1960s, and the development of the docks at

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, released all the land from the

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up to the A13 which had been earmarked for a new, North Albert Dock. The original District Plan envisaged a large Council-owned estate, and major infrastructure works—including a huge drainage scheme with pumping stations—were put in place. However, following the creation of the

, much of the land was sold off resulting in today's blend of largely private housing. In more recent times, industry has left the area, leaving huge areas of

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, and Beckton has been redeveloped as part of the Docklands project. It now comprises mainly housing and several out-of-town

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s, and the architecture is mostly post-1982. Small areas of Victorian housing survive in Winsor Terrace, originally built as accommodation for Gas Light and Coke Company staff, and in the 'Nottingham' estate off Prince Regent Lane. It is served by local buses and

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, which acts as the terminus of the DLR's Beckton branch. Beckton absorbed the localities of Cyprus and Winsor Park, which was built in the 1870s to house gasworks employees. Several original properties survive on Winsor Terrace, with two-up-two-downs for the workers and generously proportioned end-of-terrace houses for foremen. North Beckton, bordering the northern end of Woolwich Manor Way, was mostly built up in the late 1980s with a network of short streets, even shorter cul-de-sacs and dinky homes, many built as part of social housing schemes. In the early 21st century, Beckton burgeons south and further east, towards Gallions Reach, being an essential part of the

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. "Gallions Hotel", part of the Furlong City development by the lock that links the Royal Docks to the Thames, was formerly a rail terminus which connected with passenger ships leaving for all parts of the

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. Many colonial officials and their families spent their last night in Britain in the Gallions Hotel, which was mentioned by

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in his novel, ''The Light That Failed''. In 2003, the largest Shopping Park in London,

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was built. There are another three retail parks in the area; Beckton Triangle Retail Park, Beckton Gateway and Beckton Retail Park. File:1832 S.D.U.K. Map of London and Environs, England - Geographicus - LondonEnvirons-SDUK-1832.jpg, 1832 File:1855 Colton Map or Plan of London, England - Geographicus - London-c-55.jpg, 1855 File:1899 Bartholomew Fire Brigade Map of London, England - Geographicus - London-bartholomew-1899.jpg, 1899 File:1920 Bacon Pocket Map of London, England and Environs - Geographicus - London-bacon-1920.jpg, 1920

Geography

Its boundaries are the A13 trunk road to the north,

Barking Creek Barking Creek joins the River Roding to the River Thames. It is fully tidal up to the Barking Barrage (a weir), which impounds a minimum water level through Barking. In the 1850s, the creek was home to England's largest fishing fleet and a Vic ...

to the east, the

Royal Docks Royal Docks is an area and a ward in the London Borough of Newham in the London Docklands in East London, England. The area is named after three docks – the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. They are mo ...

to the south, and Prince Regent Lane to the west. The area around Prince Regent Lane is also known as

. Modern Beckton is divided into East Beckton, Mid Beckton, North Beckton, West Beckton, South Beckton and Cyprus (named after the British capture of

from the

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in 1878, which occurred as the original estate was being built). Beckton is at the western end of the

London Riverside The London Riverside is a redevelopment area on the north side of the River Thames in East London, England and part of the larger Thames Gateway redevelopment zone. The London Riverside area forms part of the Green Enterprise District, a project ...

redevelopment zone of the

. Transport for London is planning a new bridge, the

Gallions Reach Crossing The Gallions Reach Crossing is a proposed River Thames crossing close to Gallions Reach in East London, running between Beckton in the London Borough of Newham and Thamesmead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Originally a proposed ferry crossing ...

, which will connect Beckton to

Thamesmead Thamesmead is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Erith. It mainly consi ...

on the southern bank of the

Demographics

Beckton is home to a significant

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n community.

Transport

There are

services from

Beckton Bus Station Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located 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 Ba ...

to Canning Town Bus Station, Stratford International Bus Station and Tower Gateway DLR Station. There are a number of stations serving Beckton DLR Station, Beckton Bus Station. The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Beckton for Mid and North Beckton;

for Cyprus area; Beckton Park for South Beckton and Royal Albert for West Beckton. Beckton is near the

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and Woolwich. Beckton is served by many Transport for London bus services connecting it with areas including Barking Station, Beckton Bus Station, Beckton DLR Station, Beckton Triangle Retail Park, Canning Town Station, Canning Town Bus Station, Canning Town DLR Station, Central London, Chadwell Heath TFL Station, Dagenham, East Ham, Gallions Reach Shopping Park, Ilford, London City Airport, Manor Park, North Woolwich, Royal Albert, Stratford and Wanstead Buses The area is served by TfL bus services 101, 173, 262, 300, 366, 376, 474, 673, 678; and night bus N551

Beckton bus station

Beckton is a London Buses bus station in the neighbourhood of Beckton, east London. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London.

Culture and community

The Gasworks were still extant—although derelict—in the early 1980s, when

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's team came scouting for an area that could double for the battle scenes in his 1987 film, ''

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''. The Gasworks rough concrete structures were painted with Vietnamese script, and then strategically dynamited so as to resemble war-torn Hue. Retail parks now cover most of the Gasworks site. Other notable films shot in and around the Beckton area during the 1980s included the 1981

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film, '' For Your Eyes Only'', which featured extensive aerial views of the Gasworks in the pre-credit sequence. Beckton was also used as a location in

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's 1984 feature film adaptation of

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's ''

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''—the Gasworks served as the setting for Orwell's "Proletarian Zones". The video for

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's 1990 single 'Arc-lite' was filmed on the set of ''Full Metal Jacket'', as was the video for the 1997

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single, "

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" Andrew Birkin's 1990 film of

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's novel, ''

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'', was also filmed in Beckton and starred

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. In several scenes of ''The Cement Garden'', aircraft can be heard taxiing at the nearby

. Winsor House, which served as the backdrop to the film was later demolished and the Winsor House Hotel stands there now. In the opening minutes of the 2007

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film ''Hot Fuzz'', the Tate & Lyle factory, Silvertown, and the City Airport aprons can be seen through the window blinds of Building 1000. Footballer

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was born in Beckton. Defoe has said Beckton has "made him the man he is today". On 13 February 2006 Jermain Defoe scored his 100th

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goal against Charlton. He celebrated making a "B" sign with his hands to commemorate Beckton. On 14 May 2010 Beckton was the location of a terrorist attack on local Member of Parliament

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. He was approached by 21-year-old Islamist

Roshonara Choudhry Stephen Timms, the Labour MP for East Ham, was stabbed on 14 May 2010 during his constituency surgery by Roshonara Choudhry, a 21-year-old British former student and an Islamic extremist, in an attempt to kill him. She was found guilty of att ...

during his constituency surgery at the Beckton Globe library and stabbed twice in an attempted assassination. Timms survived the attack and the perpetrator was jailed for life.

Education

The University of East London Docklands Campus is a campus of the

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(UEL) situated in the Docklands area of east

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in the Cyprus area of Beckton. The campus opened in 1999. It is one of three UEL campuses, the others being the Stratford Campus and the new University Square Stratford location. Kingsford Community School is a secondary school located close to Beckton DLR. It opened in September 2000, and educates full-time children from the ages of 11 to 16.

References

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