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Barking Walks * 9 8 Welcome to the Walking Tours of Barking Town Centre Barking Walks * 9 8 Welcome to the walking tours of Barking Town Centre. 10 7 5 The walks are designed to showcase local 11 regeneration and public art; giving a flavour of the area’s rich history and a glimpse of the Abbey Road 13 local vibrant, diverse, community. Barking River Roding Town Centre is changing fast. Its reputation 12 for high quality design and public realm is 14 North growing with numerous awards including Best 5 Street 6 7 European Public Square. Population growth 15 through new housing and a rising birth rate East Street 16 alongside a rich mix of culture and diversity 3 brings new opportunities for the town centre. FINISH HERE 2 j 4 k 1 i 12 London Road * Linton Road Station Parade h START HERE Barking Station g 14 a * Road Northern Relief f Relief Northern Road b 15 c There are two routes. The first is the main d route, which focuses on regeneration in Barking Town Centre (approx 1.5 miles). e The second route is an additional route showcasing public art and housing around the town centre (approx 1.4 miles). These walks 16 highlight some of the recent changes and the town centre’s rich heritage. Key: Please see- http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/ main tour route place of interest Regeneration/BarkingTownCentre/Pages/ X X (see tour information) home.aspx for more information. housing and art tour route explorers pack activity turn around point X (see explorers pack) Drawings by Riverside School year 7 16 students. The Malthouse and Granary: War Memorial: Tour Information - Main Route 9 The restored 5-storey Victorian 13 A recent statue of Sergeant granary on the River Roding Job Drain VC, Field Artillery Constellations: St Margaret’s 1 5 with contemporary bronze who was born and lived in the Six moulded Church & Watch Tower: clad extension, featuring Borough until his death in 1975. concrete, LED and low-tech approach to viable The plaque on the reverse stainless steel light Grade I listed, St sustainability. Sustainable side depicts Job Drain’s heroic sculptures appearing Margaret’s Church features include photovoltaics, action in saving the guns at Le throughout the East (1215 onwards) natural vent and thermal mass. Architects: Cateau, France 26th Aug 1914. London Transit bus route. A collaboration has interesting Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Pollard Sculptor: Steve Hunter, 2009. between TfL, Burns and Nice Urban monuments, art and stained glass. Includes Thomas Edwards, 2012. Designers. Artist: Tony Stallard, 2009. Arts and Crafts work by George Jack, and Barking Town Hall: Magistrates Court: Walker Organ (1914). Captain Cook was The first phase of the 14 married here. Restored in 2005 by Ronald 10 Creative Industries Designed in the 1930s but 2 Built in 1893 as Barking Town Wylde Associates. Quarter (CIQ): not built until the 1950s. The Hall and Library. From the lower part of the building 1950’s to 2012 the building Abbey Ruins: The quarter will stretch 6 across the historic retains a strong ‘30s influence. was a magistrates court. A Scheduled Ancient Despite a regular arrangement Proposals have been put Monument, the Abbey Barking Abbey grounds to the Broadway of windows in the Georgian forward for the ground floor dates from 666 AD and style, the imposing clock tower to be converted to shops and restaurants includes ruins, Curfew Theatre. The three acre site fronting the River has unexpectedly Baroque and the upper floor to residential. Original Tower and Chapel of Holy tendencies. Architect: Herbert architect: Charles James Dawson. Rood with 12C Rood Roding offers space for creative and cultural businesses alongside new housing. Jackson & Reginald Edmonds, Proposed conversion Architect: AWW. Stone. 1930s/1950s. Public Art on the Short Blue Place: Town Quay: Secret Garden, a 3 7 11 Green: A new public square Barking’s economic 15 modern folly: named after Barking’s history originates Vitreous enamel A public art element historic fishing fleet and from its location by plaques are part of provides the fourth featuring a model of one the River Roding at the ‘Making Barking elevation to the of the fishing smacks. Barking Creek, an Brilliant’ art project, public square. This Architects: Patel Taylor inlet of the Thames. made with local children 7m high folly recreates a fragment of the and Muf, 2013. This harbour basin was a flourishing fishing and community groups. imaginary lost past of Barking. The project port from the 1400s until late Victorian times, There are several very large plaques in involved a number of diverse groups in Technical Skills with the Barking fishing fleet one of the most Abbey Sport Centre. Artist: Dale Deveroux 4 Academy: its development including students from important in the country. In 1601 Barking Barker, local community groups, 2007. the Theatre School, elders from the Afro- High quality Creek was used by boats carrying provisions education and Broadway Caribbean lunch club and apprentices from to the Abbey, and corn and meal to and from 12 the local bricklayers college. Architect: Muf. vocational training the adjoining water mills. Theatre: facility for young Original theatre Town Square / Fresh Wharf: 16 people (14-19 8 recently modernised arboretum: years). Focus on hospitality and food, An old industrial site, with striking, but A bold new town hair and beauty, and construction trades. may well host 700- sympathetic, new centre development Commissioned by LBBD, run by Barking 1,000 new homes double-height foyer comprising a Learning and Dagenham College and a key part of in the future. Please space, preserving the original façade, which Centre and library, the regeneration of Barking Town Centre. see: http://www. now forms part of the interior. Neil Young framed by colonnades and topped by two Sustainable features include combined heat boldanddynamic. recorded his famous Harvest Album here. parallel housing blocks and a wooded and power heating system. Architects: Rick co.uk/about/a-brief-economic-history for a Architect: H Jackson and R Edmonds, 1930. public square. RIBA Award Winner 2011. Mather Architects, 2012. more detailed history of the area. Tim Foster Architects (refurb), 2004. Architect: AHMM and Muf, 2007. Tour Information - Additional Route j The Catch: Equinox House: William Street g a A gateway d The second phase Quarter: public artwork of the Tanner Street A new housing for Barking development, a block development Town Centre. of apartments called replacing the The theme Equinox Tower. former Lintons Blocks of London Bridge: reflects two Architect: Peter Estate. Phase 1 Two granite blocks from the foundation of key elements Barber Architects has 31 terraced the demolished London Bridge are placed of the heritage and Jestico + Whiles houses on a 2.5 near each other and connected with a and history of Architects, 2007. ha site. Known stainless steel bridge, creating a sculpture Barking - the fishing industry and the area’s as Anne Mews, it is the first Council housing with a background and history. Artist: Joost Tanner Street: Van Santen, 2004. Saxon heritage. Artist: Loraine Leeson of e in the Borough for 27 years, completed cSPACE, in collaboration with Anne Thorne Known locally as in 2011. Phase 2 now on site with 477 ‘Costa Del Barking’, it Lighted Lady: Architects Partnership, 2002. affordable homes, ranging from flats, duplex k A 20m high landmark is a re-development blocks and 1-4 bed houses. Completion is East Thames of the Clevelands, sculpture forming a b due in 2014. Architects: AHMM & Maccreanor gateway into Barking Foyer / Media Bloomfields and Lavington Architects, 2001 & 2014. Centre: Wakering tower blocks. Town Centre. Subtle The 116 unit Foyer Barking daylight reflects at the 165 mixed tenure h service works homes including 1 & Enterprise top. It is best seen with and engages 2 bed flats and 4 bed Centre: at night when the young people houses. Tanner Street Part of the William sculpture is lit by lamps who live in and won the 2005 Housing Street Quarter of different colours, around Barking Design Awards, Development. The which are situated and Dagenham. 2007 RIBA Award and the Daily Telegraph four storey building around the sculpture. The Foyer is New Home Award. Architects: Peter Barber provides much needed space for small The Lady is a reference a place where Architects, 2005. businesses with easy-in/easy-out terms. It to the maternal forces young people can aims to bring home the message to residents of nature and to the Northbury nearby Christian live and receive support to enable them f and visitors that Barking and Dagenham is to achieve their goals. Architect: Jestico + Junior School a place where businesses can start up and Abbey. Architects: Muf Artist: Joost Van Whiles Architects, 2009. Extension: flourish. Sustainable features include a brown Santen, 2007. An expansion roof and photovoltaics. Architect: Pellings UP! Barking: Light Waves: to a Victorian Architects, 2011. c A dynamic light school taking * Community installation the form of a London Road / art project for with pulses of giant timber i North Street: 16-25 year olds coloured lights classroom box, This scheme will which aims to triggered by raised up on deliver a new Asda produce 350 passers by wooden legs. A glass curtain wall gives every store for Barking metres of art work (best seen at classroom an 8m wide x 3m high window. Town Centre, part for numerous night). Funding Sustainable features include stack-effect of Barking and Dagenham’s £45 million hoardings around for this project was secured through a natural ventilation, solar-reflective glass, full- redevelopment of London Road. The overall key regeneration Section 106 Agreement with the developers heat recovery and ventilation. RIBA Award project also includes 100 private apartments sites. Please visit of the nearby Tanner Street housing Winner in 2010.
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