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Barking
Town in Greater London, England

Barking

Barking is a riverside town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

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It is 9.3 miles (15 km) east of Charing Cross. The total population of Barking was 218,534 in 2021. In addition to an extensive and fairly low-density residential area, the town centre forms a large retail and commercial district, currently a focus for regeneration. The former industrial lands to the south are being redeveloped as Barking Riverside.

How locals move

Getting around Barking the local way

  • Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.

From Wikivoyage: London/East, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Christian Ferrer (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.