Editing Beckenham (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Midland bank.jpg|thumb|right|The HSBC Sports Pavilion in New Beckenham, home ground of New Beccehamian Hockey Club]]
Beckenham has a [[non-League football]] club [[Beckenham Town F.C.]], which plays at Eden Park Avenue, and a Sunday league team, Beckenham Manor Football Club, which plays at Langley Sports Club.

[[File:Beckenham War Memorial and Odeon Cinema.jpg|thumb|left|The war memorial and Odeon cinema, both Grade II listed]]

Beckenham Cricket Club plays at [[Foxgrove Road]], a former [[first-class cricket]] ground. It has been the breeding ground of England internationals [[Derek Underwood]] and [[Richard Ellison (cricketer)|Richard Ellison]], and most recently{{when|date=August 2023}} [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent County]] captain [[Rob Key]].

From 1886 to 1996, the club also staged the [[Kent Championships]], an international [[tennis]] tournament, which featured many of the world's top players because it opened the [[grass court|grass-court]] season building up to [[The Championships, Wimbledon|The Championships at Wimbledon]]. In June 1968, the club held the world's first "open" grass-court tournament – one month after the sport became open to amateur and professional players – with Australians [[Fred Stolle]] and [[Margaret Court]] winning the singles titles.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} 

[[Beckenham Rugby Football Club]] is a [[rugby union]] club formed originally in 1894. It fields six senior men's teams a successful women's team, and also has one of the largest youth sections in the South East.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beckenham/|title=Beckenham Rugby Club|work=pitchero.com|access-date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615181714/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/beckenham|archive-date=15 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beccehamians RFC, a rugby union club founded in 1933, plays competitive rugby at Sparrows Den, near [[West Wickham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beccehamians.co.uk/|title=Beccehamian RFC Home Page|work=beccehamians.co.uk}}</ref>

Beckenham Cricket Club is also the home to [[Bromley and Beckenham Hockey Club]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Swimmers from Beckenham Swimming Club, established in 1893, have gained medals in the 21st century at national and international levels.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beckenham Swimming Club|url=http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212051512/http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/|archive-date=12 February 2013|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

New Beccehamian Hockey Club play their home games at the [[HSBC Sports and Social Club]] adjacent to [[New Beckenham railway station]]. They currently have three men's and three ladies hockey teams and play competitive fixtures in the Kent Hockey League.[https://newbeccshc.co.uk/]

The training ground for [[Premier League]] club [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] is located on Copers Cope Road.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}