Tonbridge Construction and Damp-Proofing
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Andy L., TN12
Building work | Damp Proofing in Tonbridge
Very personable, honest and professional
Barking and Dagenham
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London, England. It lies about 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 parts were virtually all of the Municipal Borough of Barking plus the largest part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, the former location of which was transferred to Greater London from Essex. It's an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway, which is an region designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. It covers a total area of 13.93 square miles.
Based on the 2011 census, the area features a population of around 198294, the majority of which reside inside the Becontree estate. Significant settlement of the region, mostly escaping slum conditions within the East End of London, occurred through the era when the new motor and chemical industries, like the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham were set up. Since the decline of these industries in the 1980s, employment has shifted much more towards service sector jobs.
Much of the borough is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway zone and it is the site of considerable property building and other improvement. The local authority is Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.
