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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

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

A new housing development at Handley Page Road and Mintner Road.

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

Vintage London Transport RT 786 waits near the former Creekmouth Power Station in River Road, Barking on a special journey. A series of power stations had stood on this site on the north bank of the Thames from 1925 onwards, the last one finally closing in 1981. They were served by a number of bus routes operated by London Transport and its predecessors. One of these was route 62 which gained some Sunday-only journeys to Creekmouth in 1969 which continued until 1982. This route had the distinction of being London's last to be operated by RT-type vehicles similar to the one seen here. Their final day of operation on the 62 was 7th April 1979, the 40th anniversary of which was commemorated with special RT-operated journeys on 30th March 2019. RTs had first appeared on London's streets in 1939 and hence gave the capital some 40 years' service.

Handley Page Road in the Barking Riverside development, in east London.

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

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

This is a derelict ancillary building to the old Barking Power Station, long since demolished. The area is still owned by N-Power and this is their "Open Air Storage Depot" or so the sign nearby declares. Tied to the railings is a planning application for the old power station site. Included are 10800 homes, 65,000 sq metres of retail space, and all the infrastructure (schools, medical, facilities etc etc) to service them, in fact a new town in the Thames Gateway. Also included in the application are provision for a City Farm and an ecology centre.

The bus stop sees two buses a day, weekdays only, timed for workers. The rest of the day and at weekends the 387 route is cut back to terminate in a residential area.