Abbey Leisure Centre

Abbey Leisure Centre is a sports venue in Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England. Abbey Leisure Centre is situated nearby to the theater building The Broadway, as well as near the building Barking Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Broadway and Barking Abbey.

The Broadway

Theater building

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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.

Barking Abbey

Park

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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. Barking Abbey is situated 610 feet west of Abbey Leisure Centre.

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 390 feet northeast of Abbey Leisure Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barking and Wall End.

Barking

Town

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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.