St Erkenwald’s Church, Barking
St Erkenwald's Church is a Church of England parish church on Levett Road, Barking in Greater London. It was established as a temporary church in 1934, which was only replaced by a permanent red-brick church twenty years later – the latter was part-funded by money from a War Damage payment for Holy Trinity Church, Canning Town, destroyed in the London Blitz.Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Church in Barking, London
- Also known as: “St Erkenwald, Barking”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upney tube station and Barking Park.
Upney tube station
Metro station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Upney is a London Underground station on Upney Lane in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, east London. It is on the District line between Barking to the west and Becontree to the east. Upney tube station is situated 2,200 feet southeast of St Erkenwald’s Church, Barking.
Barking Park
Park
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barking Park is a public park covering 30 hectares to the northeast of Barking town centre in east London. It was opened as the Recreation Ground in 1898 by the Barking Town Urban District Council and is now the oldest public park in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Barking Park is situated 2,200 feet west of St Erkenwald’s Church, Barking.
Eastbury Community School
School
Eastbury Community School is a co-educational all-through school and sixth form located in the Barking area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, England. Eastbury Community School is situated 1,300 feet southwest of St Erkenwald’s Church, Barking.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loxford and Barking.
Loxford
Quarter
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loxford is an area of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, UK. It is a built-up, multi-ethnic locality.
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.
Thames View Estate
Suburb
Thames View Estate is a large housing estate in Barking and Dagenham in East London, England.
St Erkenwald’s Church, Barking
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.54342° or 51° 32′ 36″ northLongitude
0.09447° or 0° 5′ 40″ eastOpen location code
9F32G3VV+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 860400214OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q28803115
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