17 Aug
Ceiling | Artexing
Romford, Ilford - RM6
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Start Date: Immediate
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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 areas were nearly all of the Municipal Borough of Barking and also the largest part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham, the former area 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 region designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. It covers a total area of 13.93 square miles.
In accordance with the 2011 census, the area features a population of about 198294, the majority of which reside inside the Becontree estate. Major settlement of the region, mainly escaping slum conditions in the East End of London, occurred through the era when the new motor and chemical industries, such as the Ford Motor Company plant at Dagenham were set up. Since the decline of those industries in the 1980s, employment has shifted more towards service sector jobs.
Much of the borough is within the London Riverside part of the Thames Gateway zone and it is the site of considerable house developing along with other development. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
