Just Walk Programme
Self Walk Map
Barking Park
Time
Approximately 25 minutes.
Distance
Approximately 1.7kms/1 mile.
Route information (e.g. flat, easy walking)
Flat - easy walking.
Footpath information
Permanent footpaths and tarmac.
Start point
Longbridge Road, Entrance to Barking Park.
Accessible
Accessible for all.
Wildlife to look out for
Great Crested Grebe - this slender diving bird has a long neck.
Tufted Duck - a common diving duck. The males have black and white plumage and have a tuft on the back of the head.
Scots Pine - native to Scotland but now widespread throughout Britain. The needles are bluish green and paired; the male cones are yellow while the female cones are green when young but become brown when mature.
Health fact
Regular exercise can help to strengthen bones.
Points of interest
Barking Park is a Victorian Park that officially opened in 1898. Today the park offers a boating lake, tennis courts, football pitches, indoor and outdoor bowls and skate boarding facilities.
The boating lake was dug by hand and took over 2 years to complete.
Transport links
Buses: 5, 62, 145 and 387
Tube: Barking District Line
Step by Step - Barking Park Walk
Enter the park by the Lodge and continue down the path following it to the right. Walk past the car park and continue walking straight past the tennis courts and the short mat bowls centre and into another car park.
Walk around the car park to the end and towards the end of the lake. Turn sharply left and continue along the bank of the lake.
Upon reaching the boat-houses follow the path second to the left then take the second turning on the left.
At the landscaped roundabout walk round to the left and 3 quarters of the way round take the left path, then turn right and continue back to the car park.
Route map
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