Barking and Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London, England. It lies around 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as the London Borough of Barking. The constituent areas were practically all of the Municipal Borough of Barking as well as the largest part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, the former location of which was transferred to Greater London from Essex. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside part of the Thames Gateway, which is an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. It covers a total area of 13.93 square miles.
According to the 2011 census, the area features a population of around 198294, the majority of which reside inside the Becontree estate. A lot of the housing within the borough was constructed by the London County Council in the course of the interwar period of 1921-1939. Since the decline of those industries during the 1980s, employment has shifted more towards service sector jobs.
A lot of the borough is inside the London Riverside area of the Thames Gateway zone and it's the site of considerable house developing along with other improvement. The local authority is Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.
