Barking

Barking is a riverside town in , England, within the . It is 9.3 miles east of . The total population of Barking was 218,534 in 2021.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 219,000 residents
  • Description: area of east London
  • Also known as: “Barking Town” and “Barking, London”
  • Postal code: IG11

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ilford railway station and Barking Abbey.

Railway station
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is on the Great Eastern Main Line serving the town of in the , east London. It is 7 miles 29 chains down the line from and is situated between and .

Park
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The Abbey of St Mary and St Ethelburga, founded in the 7th-century and commonly known as , is a former Roman Catholic, royal monastery located in Barking, in the .

Railway station
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Woodgrange Park is a London Overground station on Romford Road in the neighbourhood of the , East London. It is on the Suffragette line, between and stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilford and Becontree.

Town
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is a large town in , England, 9 miles northeast of . Part of the , is within the ceremonial county of .

Suburb
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is an area of the , England, 11 miles northeast of . It was constructed between 1921 and 1935 as the largest public housing estate in the world. is situated 2 miles east of Barking.

Town
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is a district of the , England, 8 miles east of . Within the boundaries of the historic county of , is identified in the London Plan as a Major Centre. The population is 76,186.

Barking

Latitude
51.539° or 51° 32′ 20″ north
Longitude
0.0804° or 0° 4′ 50″ east
Population
219,000
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9F32G3QJ+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26422736
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656333
Wiki­data ID
Q377720
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Barking” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باركينغ”
  • Asturian: “Barking”
  • Basque: “Barking”
  • Belarusian: “Баркінг”
  • Catalan: “Barking”
  • Cebuano: “Barking”
  • Chinese: “巴金”
  • Chinese: “巴金市”
  • Chinese: “柏京”
  • Czech: “Barking”
  • Dutch: “Barking”
  • Esperanto: “Barking”
  • French: “Barking”
  • German: “Barking”
  • Greek: “Μπάρκινγκ”
  • Hebrew: “בארקינג, לונדון”
  • Hindi: “बार्किंग”
  • Irish: “Barking”
  • Italian: “Barking”
  • Japanese: “バーキング”
  • Ladin: “Barking”
  • Latin: “Berecingum”
  • Malay: “Barking”
  • Newari: “बार्किंग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barking”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barking i England”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barking i London”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barking”
  • Norwegian: “Barking”
  • Persian: “بارکینگ”
  • Polish: “Barking”
  • Romanian: “Barking”
  • Russian: “Баркинг”
  • Scots: “Barking”
  • Slovenian: “Barking”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارکینق”
  • Spanish: “Barking”
  • Swedish: “Barking, London”
  • Swedish: “Barking”
  • Turkish: “Barking”
  • Ukrainian: “Баркінг”
  • Urdu: “بارکنگ، لندن”
  • Vietnamese: “Barking”
  • Welsh: “Barking”

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