page_title: River Beck
hierarchical_section_title: River Beck
caption_attribution_description: The River Beck and the small lakes make it special. But there's already something special about most successful linear parks. And this one seems beautifully cared for. When we visited there was plenty to see. with something new around every bend. Lots of other people enjoying themselves, so it felt calm and safe. Great kids playground as well. Take a look at the Friends of the Park website. It includes an interesting chronology page. Which shows the history going back to the Romans; the Doomesday Book; and the 17th to 19th centuries when the area was landscaped and the lakes created. It illustrates how luck and money play a big part in what gets loved and cherished and saved from the past. It's also an example of how the local state - represented at the time by Beckenham Council - had to step in to prevent it all being turned into "an up-market gated housing estate." ______________________________________ § Description of his journey along the River Beck in March 2015 by premier blogger Diamond Geezer.
context_page_description: The River Beck is one of the tributaries of the River Ravensbourne in south London. The source of the River Beck is in Spring Park where Shirley and West Wickham meet. For its first mile or so it forms the border between the London boroughs of Croydon and Bromley. Indeed, historically, this was also the border between Surrey and Kent. It gives its name to Beck Lane, Elmers End and Beck Way, Beckenham.
  The Beck flows into Cator Park, where it is joined by the Chaffinch Brook. The river after this juncture is called the Pool River, until it joins the River Ravensbourne which in turn joins the River Thames.
  The name probably derives from the town of Beckenham - Beohha's homestead. An alternative derivation may be the Middle English beck, which would be an example of a tautological name. However this usage is not common in southern England.
context_section_description: The River Beck is one of the tributaries of the River Ravensbourne in south London. The source of the River Beck is in Spring Park (grid reference TQ377647) where Shirley and West Wickham meet. For its first mile or so it forms the border between the London boroughs of Croydon and Bromley. Indeed, historically, this was also the border between Surrey and Kent. It gives its name to Beck Lane, Elmers End and Beck Way, Beckenham.
  The Beck flows into Cator Park, where it is joined by the Chaffinch Brook. The river after this juncture is called the Pool River, until it joins the River Ravensbourne which in turn joins the River Thames.
  The name probably derives from the town of Beckenham - Beohha's homestead (Old English). An alternative derivation  may be the Middle English beck (stream), which would be an example of a tautological name. However this usage is not common in southern England.
caption: The River Beck in Kelsey Park
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