Alphabetical thing: Beckton

Beckton station is on the DLR, at the very end of, erm, the Beckton branch. There are two platforms, although one is only used in the peak hours.


What's immediately outside the station? An almost empty bus station with a statue of some horses. A building called the East Beckton District Centre, but which is actually a large branch of ASDA supermarket. A pleasant footpath leading to Beckton Park.




Is it near Beckton town centre? Beckton doesn't seem to have a centre. It's too nebulous and spread out. However, the station is near the "Beckton Alps", a former dry ski slope, now closed and overgrown.