Barking
Barking is a riverside town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is 9.3 miles east of Charing Cross. The total population of Barking was 218,534 in 2021.
Photo: MRSC, Public domain.- Type: Town with 219,000 residents
- Description: area of east London
- Also known as: “Barking Town”, “Barking, London”, “巴金市”, and “柏京”
- Postal code: IG11
Places of Interest
Highlights: Ilford railway station and Barking Abbey.
Barking Abbey
Park
Photo: MRSC, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilford and Becontree.
East Ham
Town
Barking
- Categories: area of London, market town, and locality
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- 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”
- “Barking”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The Triangle and Harts Lane Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Barking and Barking Baptist Tabernacle.
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