Beckton

Docklands Light Railway station

Docklands Light Railway station

Docklands Light Railway station

Docklands Light Railway station

Docklands Light Railway station in the London Borough of Newham

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 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 p