Connect Barking with Slow Ways
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Barking’s four Slow Ways are 88% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Barking from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Barking—Dagenham
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Bardag one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 12m | Descent 14m | ||
Barking—Dagenham
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Bardag two |
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1 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Barking—Dagenham
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Bardag three |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 38m | Descent 37m | ||
East Ham—Barking
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Easbar one |
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2 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent 9m | Descent 8m | ||
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Ilford—Barking
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Ilfobar one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent 5m | Descent 8m | ||
Ilford—Barking
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Ilfobar two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
North Woolwich—Barking
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Nortbark one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 24m | Descent 34m | |
North Woolwich—Barking
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Nortbark two |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 7km/5mi | Ascent 65m | Descent 58m |
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Collective progress
63% of Barking’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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9 people have contributed to Barking’s Slow Ways
2 people have pledged to walk and review a route
2 people have surveyed a route in Barking
27km out of 39km have been walked and reviewed
65km of reviews have been shared in Barking
Latest Updates
I walked from Barking to East Ham on a grey day. A functional walk between two urban centres. Mapping is a bit off but you can't get lost....
Strider
Only near the station in Ilford was it busy with traffic (photo #6, #7), and there was one set of crossings to make....
Derick Rethans
It's a little busy alongside Upney Lane (photo #6), but the rest of the route is along quiet residential streets (photo #8, #9, #10) — finishing at Barking (photo #11)....
Derick Rethans
JohnMyerson added Bardag three, a new walk from Barking to Dagenham
Walk this routeThe Heathway Shopping Centre advertises toilets but they don't exist, but Dagenham Library has decent facilities (120m south of station)....
JohnMyerson
I walked from Dagenham to Barking on a cold , increasingly windy, Autumn day....
Strider
Short, straight forward and predominantly along one road. An easy way to connect the two places...
Dan B - Slow Ways
If you have extra time a small diversion into Loxford park is a nice thing to do - looks unprepossessing from the road but has some nice specimen trees and a lake with cafe....
Elle
This walk included a short section along the Thames path at North Woolwich through Beckton and on to Barking....
Dominic Dragonetti
The route description suggests it’s to avoid steps, but there were plenty of steps in the Gardens....
Jane Taylor
There is a possible alternative which would go through central Barking and the Abbey grounds, with a short stretch along the Roding; but this option is serviceable and short....
Jane Taylor
It's not likely I'll walk it again but it's a solid 3/5 and it'll get you from A to B. But adding the riverside path also adds bigger nastier roads, and once I was there I could see the constant traffic on one of those roads from the Roding footbridge....
Daisy C
And as I was crossing the docks (on the Sir Steve Redgrave Bridge) a plane came in to land overhead at London City Airport, which is so close that the plane was very low indeed, quite a thrill!...
Daisy C
Daisy C added Nortbark two, a new walk from North Woolwich to Barking
Walk this routeThis route is disappointing in a few ways but primarily because it's unsafe at the Gallions Roundabout, it sends you around the south eastern sides which appears to have dropped kerbs and be usable and then up the Royal Docks Road, the pavement, then verge both peter out and there's no way out but back....
Daisy C
Like any possible route connecting East Ham and Barking this has to deal with a few big roads including crossing the North Circular so it is not the quietest but it is short and is has a small segment where it crosses the River Roding. It might be possible to re-route this and extend it slightly with more of a walk along the Roding to make a nicer walk. To cross the North Circular you take a bridge with sloping steps going up either side, the East Ham side is steeper....
Dan B - Slow Ways
Slow Ways added Nortbark one, a new walk from North Woolwich to Barking
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Barking’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
TQ4442984321
Lat / Lon
51.53932° / 0.08120°
Easting / Northing
544,429E / 184,321N
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