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Crossness Road, BARKING, IG11 0TB

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 and water bodies have been incorporated into the new development as seen here. 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 former converted warehouse is on Thames Road. Now used by the Redeemed Christian Church of God.

A bus depot on River Road, near Barking in east London. The depot is operated by Go-Ahead London.

This shows the garage administration building and part of the forecourt. The garage is operated by Go-Ahead London and opened in 2016 to replace a similar facility in nearby Rainham. The premises can accommodate 155 buses and were previously used as a Ford van maintenance depot. There are now three bus garages in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, the other two being operated by Stagecoach and Arriva resepectively.

The garage is operated by Go-Ahead London and opened in 2016 to replace a similar facility in nearby Rainham. The premises can accommodate 155 buses and were previously used as a Ford van maintenance depot. There are now three bus garages in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, the other two being operated by Stagecoach and Arriva respectively.

Timber merchants on River Road, with a wharf on Barking Creek, probably no longer used in these days of containers. The premises have on display a Finnish locomotive, suggesting they get at least some of their timber from Finland. The locomotive is a 0-6-0T built 1925 by Tampella of Tampere, to the Finnish gauge of 1524 mm (5'-0").

An entrance road leading into an industrial estate at Creekmouth, in east London.

Decorated with 'Blumsom - fine timber - established 1896', the locomotive was actually built in 1925. It was a product of Tampella, Tampere, Finland, and is a 0-6-0T to the Russian/Finnish gauge of 1524 mm (5'-0").