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Galleons Drive, BARKING, IG11 0GU

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

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

This path leads from Thames Road towards Thames View School fields and then onwards to Bastable Avenue. The path follows beside a reed filled culvert which is also runs parallel to Thames Road. See Image