London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
{{ Infobox London Borough |
name = London Borough of Barking and Dagenham |
short_name = Barking and Dagenham |
imagename = Image:LondonBarkingDagenham.png |
status =
London borough |
area_rank = 327th |
area_km2 = 36.09 |
ons_code = 00AB |
ethnicity = 85.2% White
7.0%
Afro-Caribbean 5.1%
South Asian |
url = http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/ |
leadership = Leader & Cabinet |
mayor = â€" |
mps =
Jon Cruddas Margaret Hodge |
gla_constituency = City and East London |
gla_member =
John BiggsThe
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a
London borough in
East London and forms part of
Outer London.
The borough borders the
London Borough of Havering to the east with the
River Rom forming part of the boundary. It borders the
London Borough of Newham to the west with the
River Roding forming much of the border. To the south is the
River Thames which forms the borough's boundary with the
London Borough of Bexley and the
London Borough of Greenwich. To the north the borough forms a thin protrusion between Havering and the
London Borough of Redbridge in order to encompass
Chadwell Heath.
The borough consists of mostly
working class suburbs and includes the following areas:
*
Barking*
Becontree*
Becontree Heath*
Chadwell Heath*
Creekmouth*
Dagenham*
Rush GreenMost of the housing in the borough was constructed by the
London County Council during the
interwar period of
1918-
1939. Major settlement of the area, mostly escaping slum conditions in the
East End of London, occurred during this period when the new motor and chemical industries such as the
Ford Motor Company plant at
Dagenham were set up. Since the decline of these industries in the
1980s, employment has shifted towards
service sector jobs which has created an increase in the
middle class population.
As of 2006, the borough has the lowest average house prices in London. Much of the borough is within the
London Riverside area of the
Thames Gateway zone and is the site of considerable house building and other development. A £500 million budget has been earmarked for redevelopment of the borough's principal district of
Barking. [
1]
The borough was formed in 1965 by the
London Government Act 1963 as the
London Borough of Barking from the greater part of the
Municipal Borough of Barking and the
Municipal Borough of Dagenham the former area of which was transferred to
Greater London from
Essex. It was renamed Barking and Dagenham in 1980. In 2004 a
wind turbine was constructed on the Ford Motors plant grounds in the south east of the borough with another turbine in adjacent Havering.
51 councillors form Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. They are elected from the 17 wards which make up the borough. The wards are
Abbey, Alibon,
Becontree,
Chadwell Heath, Eastbrook, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook,
Heath, Longbridge, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, River, Thames, Valence, Village and Whalebone.
In the
2006 local elections, the
BNP gained 11 councillors in the borough and now form the second largest party represented on the council, after
Labour (who have 39 councillors). The other remaining councillor is
Conservative.
The town is twinned with
Witten in
Germany.
The Barking Campus of the
University of East London is located in the borough. Other educational institutions in the borough include
Barking College and
All Saints School, Dagenham, a
Roman Catholic secondary school.
Schools
Primary Schools
*Becontree Primary School
*Five Elms Primary School
*Hunters Hall Primary School
*John Perry Primary School
*Grafton |
*Manor Infant & Junior Schools
*Marks Gate Infant & Junior Schools
*Parsloes Primary School
*Richard Alibon Primary School
*Southwood Primary School |
*St. Joseph's Primary School
*St. Peter's Primary School
*Thomas Arnold Primary School
*Trinity School
*Village Infant & William Ford Junior |
Secondary Schools
*All Saints
*
Barking Abbey*Dagenham Park
*Eastbrook
*Eastbury
*Jo Richardson Community School
*Robert Clack
*Sydney Russell
*
Warren Comprehensive School*
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council 
