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🌱 Urban park

Barking Park

74 ha

Plan your visit

PlayDogsFamily
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome74 ha

Best for

5 activities

Playgrounds

Free93%

playground, toilets, café, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Cycling

Varies58%

Named cycling route nearby: LCN

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 15, alternate route avoiding locks)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring (Section 14)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

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153 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

About this urban park

Barking Park is a urban park covering 74 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

Café

Barking Park Cafe · 143m

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Parking

2 nearby · 257m

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Playground

142m away

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Toilets

3 · 127m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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