Editing Dagenham (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Beam valley park.jpg|thumb|The [[River Rom|River Beam]] in the south of Dagenham]]
Dagenham is located approximately {{convert|11.5|mi|km|1}} east of [[Charing Cross]] in Central London. The [[Becontree]] estate is largely in the pre-1965 borough of Dagenham, which also included [[Becontree Heath]], part of [[Rush Green, London|Rush Green]], Old Dagenham village, and the southern section around [[Dagenham Dock]] and adjacent to the [[River Thames]]. This southern section, which includes [[Ford Dagenham]], is part of the [[London Riverside]] section of the [[Thames Gateway]] redevelopment zone. Including new developments of Beam Park and Dagenham Green. 

The Dagenham [[post town]] includes the whole of the Becontree estate, including those sections that were in the former (pre 1965) boroughs of Barking and Ilford. Parts of the former borough of Dagenham – part of Chadwell Heath, part of Collier Row and part of Rush Green – are in the Romford Post town. It is adjacent to [[Barking, London|Barking]] to the west, [[Romford]] to northeast and [[Hornchurch]] to the east. [[Dagenham Dock]] on the River Thames is to the south.