Barking Power Station
Barking Power Station refers to a series of power stations at various sites within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London. The original power station site, of the coal-fired A, B and C stations, was at River Road, Creekmouth, on the north bank of the River Thames.Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: power stations in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Barking Power Stations” and “former Barking Reach Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dagenham Dock railway station and Crossness Pumping Station.
Dagenham Dock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dagenham Dock is a National Rail station in the Dagenham Dock neighbourhood of Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, east London. The station is on the Tilbury loop of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, located 10 miles 45 chains down the line from London Fenchurch Street between Barking to the west and Rainham to the east. Dagenham Dock railway station is situated 2,000 feet north of Barking Power Station.
Crossness Pumping Station
Museum
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver for the Metropolitan Board of Works's chief engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Crossness Pumping Station is situated 1 mile southwest of Barking Power Station.
St Martin’s Church, Dagenham Dock
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin’s Church, Dagenham Dock is situated 4,200 feet north of Barking Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beam Park and Orchard Village.
Beam Park
Neighborhood
Beam Park is a new neighbourhood in the south of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Havering. It is named after the River Beam which forms the boundary between the boroughs.
Orchard Village
Neighborhood
Orchard Village, formerly known as the Mardyke Estate, is a housing development in the South Hornchurch area of London, England. From 2009 to 2017 the site underwent regeneration as part of the London Riverside part of the Thames Gateway.
Dagenham
Suburb
Photo: MRSC, Public domain.
Dagenham is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred 11+1⁄2 miles east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest in the north to the River Thames in the south.
Barking Power Station
- Categories: group, geographic location, and industry
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5208° or 51° 31′ 15″ northLongitude
0.14754° or 0° 8′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F32G4CX+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 697503310OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q4861044
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Barking Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Barking”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barking Reach kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Barking Reach kraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ford Heritage Centre and Dagenham Dock Railway Station.
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