Barking
The suburban town of Barking in east London houses just over 100,000. It's 8.8 miles east of Charing Cross and is among the 35 key centres named in the London Plan. Historically, it had been a fishing settlement in Essex and an ancient parish. It then shifted to market gardening and industrial development towards the south, alongside the River Thames.
Barking soon progressed into a larger town and its rail station opened in 1854. It has been served by the London Underground since 1908. Through the twentieth century, when there was considerable suburban growth of London, Barking expanded and increased in population. This was primarily as a result of the development of the London County Council estate at Becontree inside the 1920s. Barking became a municipal borough in 1931 and part of Greater London in 1965.
The town centre is a substantial retail and commercial district which is presently in plans for regeneration. You will find former industrial lands to the south which are currently being redeveloped as Barking Riverside, which aims to regenerate the Thames riverside region of East London by means of new houses, jobs and services. It contains 350 acres of brownfield land, and development began in 2008. It's anticipated to be completed by around 2025. 10,000 properties are going to be built, which are expected to house 25,000 individuals. The developers will also offer new transport links, which includes East London Transit and an extension of the Docklands Light Railway at Barking Riverside DLR station.