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plan to develop the area to improve the conservation interest and to create new opportunities for recreation and education. The River Beam is home to the rare water vole, while the grassland in the valley includes certain rare and endangered plants.
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works. The Beam Valley comprises 182 acres (0.74 km) of land running the entire stretch of the river. The valley also includes various historical features including tank traps, pillboxes and a section of the old
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Further downstream, the Beam Valley is a mixture of woodlands, acid grassland, ponds and marsh areas, a habitat for many types of wildlife. The London
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and experiences a drop of 24 metres (79 ft) in elevation before it enters the ringroad enclosed town centre of
Romford where it becomes underground in a
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Throughout the northern section, where the Rom starts, in the north western part of the London
Borough of Havering its valley has been designated as a
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district of Essex which rises 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast at Spring Farm by
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The river is culverted north of Roneo Corner and runs underneath
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Geography of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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in the Dagenham industrial estate which included the
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527:in winter. Apart from the river environs, the
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993:Geography of the London Borough of Havering
885:"River Rom at King George's Playing Fields"
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840:Mills, D.,
703:Road bridge
582:Tributaries
565:Beam Valley
513:kingfishers
509:water voles
367:and enters
353:London Loop
331:Description
274:Tributaries
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18:Rom (river)
982:Categories
959:Wogebourne
784:References
775:Hornchurch
669:Footbridge
613:Hornchurch
605:Hornchurch
497:Sparganium
446:Hornchurch
301:River Beam
185:51°30′45″N
965:River Rom
638:Crossing
631:Crossings
593:tributary
486:bur-reeds
428:Rom is a
416:Etymology
325:culverted
297:River Rom
217:Discharge
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961:(south)
726:See also
575:Havering
544:coppices
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454:the Beam
395:and the
321:Havering
188:0°9′33″E
168:Dagenham
95:Havering
81:Counties
66:Location
804:website
764:network
647:Opened
609:Romford
573:and of
559:Romford
521:lapwing
499:emersum
438:Romfort
434:Romford
357:culvert
343:in the
313:Romford
138:Romford
109:Romford
75:England
71:Country
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653:Photo
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