Barking Abbey
The Abbey of St Mary and St Ethelburga, founded in the 7th-century and commonly known as Barking Abbey, is a former Roman Catholic, royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.Photo: MRSC, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: building in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abbey Green”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Margaret’s Church, Barking and The Broadway.
St Margaret’s Church, Barking
Church
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church or the Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Church of England parish church in Barking, East London. The church is a Grade I listed building, on a site dating back to the 13th century, within the grounds of Barking Abbey, the ruins of a former Roman Catholic royal monastery originally established in the 7th century.
The Broadway
Theater building
Photo: Alan Kinder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Broadway is a performance venue in Barking town centre. The building was previously a facility known as Barking Assembly Hall, forming part of Barking Town Hall. The Broadway is situated 470 feet east of Barking Abbey.
Barking Learning Centre
Library
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Barking Learning Centre, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, is a community-based learning facility. The centre is located in Barking Town Square and hosts a library, a cafe, an art gallery, a sauna and spa, and offers a range of courses and qualifications. Barking Learning Centre is situated 850 feet east of Barking Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barking and Wall End.
Barking
Town
Photo: MRSC, Public domain.
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.
Wall End
Locality
Wall End is a locality in East Ham in East London, located in the borough of Newham. It is a little-used name for the area lying to the north of Beckton between Barking and East Ham.
East Ham
Town
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Ham is a district of the London Borough of Newham, England, 8 miles east of Charing Cross. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Essex, East Ham is identified in the London Plan as a Major Centre. The population is 76,186.
Barking Abbey
- Categories: monastery and recreation area
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.53573° or 51° 32′ 9″ northLongitude
0.07573° or 0° 4′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F32G3PG+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 18936361OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q808279
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Barking Abbey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Barking abadia”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Barking”
- Dutch: “Barking Abbey”
- Esperanto: “Abatejo Barking”
- French: “abbaye de Barking”
- French: “Abbaye de Barking”
- German: “Barking Abbey”
- Irish: “Barking Abbey”
- Italian: “abbazia di Barking”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Barking”
- Russian: “Баркингское аббатство”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barking (opatija)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barking Abbey”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Barking”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Barking”
- Swedish: “Barking Abbey”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruins of Barking Abbey and The Broadway Theatre, Barking.
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