Editing Beckenham (section)

==Religious sites==
[[File:Christ Church, Beckenham - geograph.org.uk - 35351.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Christ Church, Beckenham]]
The town has a number of places of worship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bccn.org.uk/churches.html |title=Beckenham churches |access-date=4 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028210239/http://www.bccn.org.uk/churches.html |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status = usurped|df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[St George's Church, Beckenham|St. George's Church]] is the principal parish church, and is in the centre of Beckenham.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St George's Church {{!}} At The Heart Of The Beckenham Community|url=https://stgeorgesbeckenham.co.uk/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=St George's Church|language=en}}</ref> It was extensively rebuilt, at the end of the 19th century, but an earlier building dates back to 1100. It has a 13th-century [[lych gate]] that is thought to be one of the oldest in [[England]].<ref name=Brewer/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beckenham.net/articles.asp?option=sp&item=1510|title=Business Category -Beckenham Community|work=beckenham.net|access-date=4 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010215129/http://www.beckenham.net/articles.asp?option=sp&item=1510|archive-date=10 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The almshouses next to the church go back to 1694. There are also three other [[Church of England|Anglican]] churches in the town: All Saints Church; Holy Trinity Church; and St James at Elmers End. In addition, there are [[Methodist]] and  [[Baptist]] churches; and the [[Roman Catholic]] [[St Edmund's Church, Beckenham|St Edmund of Canterbury Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://directory.rcsouthwark.co.uk/beckenham_stedmundcant.html|title=Southwark Parish Directory|work=rcsouthwark.co.uk}}</ref>

Town churches include:
[[St George's Church, Beckenham|St. George's Church]] ([[W. Gibbs Bartleet]], 1885–1887),  St. Barnabas on Oakhill Road (A. Stenning & H. Hall, 1878 or 1884), Christ Church, Fairfield Road (Blashill & Hayward, 1876), St. Edmund's Catholic Church, Village Way (J. P’Hanlon Hughes, 1937), St. James, St. James’ Avenue (A.R. Stenning, 1879–1898), St. Michael and All Angels, Ravenscroft Road (W. H. Hobday & F. H. Maynard, 1955–1956), St. Paul, Brackley Road (Smith & Williams, 1872), Holy Trinity, Lennard Road (E.F. Clarke, 1878), Baptist Church, Elm Road (Appleton & E. W. Mountford, 1889), Congregational Church, Crescent Road (J. W. & R. F. Beaumont, 1887–8), Methodist Church (James Weir, 1887).<ref>John Newman. West Kent and the Weald. The "Buildings of England" Series, First Edition, Sir [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] and Judy Nairn, eds. (London: Penguin, 1969), p.142</ref>

Close to the [[Movie theater|Cinema]] a [[Christian Science Reading Room]] existed close to the site occupied by the postal sorting site in the 1980s. The site is now occupied by Kingsway church at 18 Rectory Rd. While the postal office site is now occupied by Citygate Church.