List of districts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

This is a list of 13 districts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

The postcode areas covering Barking and Dagenham are IG and RM.

Barking and Dagenham within Greater London

Neighbourhoods
District Post town Postcode Area/District/Sector Coordinates OS grid ref
BarkingBARKINGIG1151.536°N 0.077°E / 51.536; 0.077 (Barking)TQ440840
Barking RiversideBARKINGIG11 051.521°N 0.109°E / 51.521; 0.109 (Barking Riverside)TQ464823
BecontreeDAGENHAMRM51.548°N 0.142°E / 51.548; 0.142 (Becontree)TQ485855
Becontree HeathDAGENHAMRM51.563°N 0.152°E / 51.563; 0.152 (Becontree Heath)TQ493871
Castle GreenDAGENHAMRM51.533°N 0.122°E / 51.533; 0.122 (Castle Green)TQ472837
Chadwell HeathROMFORDRM651.575°N 0.144°E / 51.575; 0.144 (Chadwell Heath)TQ485885
CreekmouthBARKINGIG11 051.519°N 0.099°E / 51.519; 0.099 (Creekmouth)TQ457820
DagenhamDAGENHAMRM51.539°N 0.142°E / 51.539; 0.142 (Dagenham)TQ485845
Dagenham RiversideDAGENHAMRM51.521°N 0.146°E / 51.521; 0.146 (Dagenham Riverside)TQ489824
Marks GateROMFORDRM651.593°N 0.144°E / 51.593; 0.144 (Marks Gate)TQ485905
Rush GreenROMFORDRM751.562°N 0.171°E / 51.562; 0.171 (Rush Green)TQ505870
Thames ViewBARKINGIG11 051.529°N 0.104°E / 51.529; 0.104 (Thames View)TQ460831
UpneyBARKINGIG11 951.540469°N 0.098814°E / 51.540469; 0.098814 (Upney)TQ456844

Note that 'Barking' and 'Dagenham' are the names both of post towns and of districts listed above that are part of those post towns.

Character areas

These 11 "character areas" were proposed in Barking & Dagenham Council's 'Issues and Options' report on page 50 (list) and 51 (map). [1]. The character area names are unique within the list.

"We would appreciate your feedback on what you think the different places are in Barking and Dagenham. To help with this we’ve attempted to define what we think are the eleven places that make up the borough. Becontree; Becontree Heath; Barking Riverside/Thames View; Barking Town Centre; Chadwell Heath; Dagenham East; Dagenham Riverside; Faircross, Leftley and Eastbury; Goodmayes; Marks Gate; Rush Green."

The omission of Upney - an old place name and the name of a London Underground station - from this list is noteworthy.

Strategic sub-areas

These 7 areas are on a map published by Barking & Dagenham Council in September 2019:

Barking & The Roding; Becontree Heath & Rush Green; Becontree; Chadwell Heath & Marks Gate; Dagenham Dock & Beam Park; Dagenham East & The Village; Thames & Riverside

Similar (if not identical) areas were subsequently used, albeit with some names modified, in the council's Draft Local Plan 2019-2034 [2]:

Sub-Area 1: Barking Town Centre and the River Roding

2: Thames Road, Barking Riverside and Castle Green

3: Dagenham Dock, Beam Park and the Ford Stamping Plant

4: Becontree

5: Chadwell Heath and Marks Gate

6: Becontree Heath and Rush Green

7: Dagenham East and Dagenham Village

Electoral wards

The borough is divided into 17 wards: Abbey, Alibon, Becontree, Chadwell Heath *, Eastbrook *, Eastbury, Gascoigne, Goresbrook, Heath *, Longbridge, Mayesbrook, Parsloes, River *, Thames, Valence, Village * and Whalebone * wards. Each ward is represented by three Councillors

From the 2010 General election, the 6 wards indicated by * were in Dagenham & Rainham Constituency, with 3 wards from LB Havering, and the remaining 11 were in Barking constituency.

References
  1. https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/Issues-and-Options-Report.pdf
  2. https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/LBBD-Draft-Local-Plan-Reg-18-Consultation-version_121219.pdf
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