Honours
- Len Beadell was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1958 for his work constructing the Gunbarrel Highway.
- He was awarded the Order of Australia medal in 1988 in the Queen's Birthday honours list.
- He was a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Mining Surveyors, Australia, hence his postnominal, FIEMS (Aust.).
- He has an asteroid 3161 Beadell named after him, an honour bestowed because his roads led to the discovery of several important meteorites in the Australian outback.
- The Len Beadell Library, City of Salisbury, Adelaide was renamed in his honour.
- In 1994, Len was named the Australian Geographic Society's Adventurer of the Year.
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