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Marine Drive, BARKING, IG11 0GJ

Barking Riverside is a huge new 11,000 home development on the old Barking Levels. The land was originally grazing marshes consisting of flat, low-lying grasslands, dissected by ditches and it survived in this form until the 1920s. Much of this has now gone although a few of the ditches have been incorporated into the new development as seen here. In the distance is the bus terminus at Marine Drive An interesting article about Barking Riverside can be seen at https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/17/no-cafe-pub-doctor-londons-most-isolated-suburb-barking-riverside

Barking Riverside is a huge new 11,000 home development on the old Barking Levels. The land was originally grazing marshes consisting of flat, low-lying grasslands, dissected by ditches and it survived in this form until the 1920s. Much of this has now gone although a few of the ditches have been incorporated into the new development. That is probably the best thing about the development as the 'architecture' is, to be kind, nondescript. An interesting article about Barking Riverside can be seen at https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/17/no-cafe-pub-doctor-londons-most-isolated-suburb-barking-riverside

Although mapped simply as a substation, this is clearly a rather special one. All very high voltage, gently sizzling in the sun (not that the sun has anything to do with it).

There seems to be a lot of electricity around here. Power installations, pylons, cables in all directions. Some of the industry may have gone, but big housing developments are going up all around so there will be new customers.

This is just a small section of the electrical substation at Creekmouth

Photo taken from bridge on Galleons Drive, Barking Riverside. New terraced properties, built by Bellway, are pictured nearing completion.

The pylons carry high voltage electricity cables to and from the National Grid's Barking Sub-Station, which is on the left side of the road.

The Ripple is a former ash dump form the now demolished Barkingside Power Station. The kit in the background is Creekmouth Substation. Nature has reclaimed this industrial wasteland and it is now a Nature Reserve managed by The London Wildlife Trust to find out more see http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/Naturereserves/TheRipple/tabid/141/Default.aspx

The plants are in Image Nature Reserve and the buildings are Image Nature has reclaimed this industrial wasteland and it is now a Nature Reserve managed by The London Wildlife Trust to find out more see http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/Naturereserves/TheRipple/tabid/141/Default.aspx

Waste ground off Renwick Road.