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The London Borough of Dagenham
from The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Oral History of my Route through Barking and Dagenham
by Atta Ahmed
The London Borough of Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham used to be constituents of Essex County, in the late 18th century. However, after the growth of London, the two boroughs were joined and became a constituent of London. The differences between the two are still present today.
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Barking and Dagenham is a Labour Party borough. The diversity in the borough is the highest amongst the rest of London. The area has lower number of migrants and compared to Barking, and the area has a higher proportion of 60+ than the rest of the borough. Furthermore, the area tends to be anti EU, as seen with the graffiti on the shop front as the borough voted to leave for the BREXIT campaign.
Dagenham
The area has a lot flower shops and breakfast bars, its nice a cosy place. Furthermore, the area has a great number of large open spaces, such as Eastbrook County park.
Natural Landscapes of Dagenham
The area is open and has numerous jogging tracks. Compared it to Barking, the area is open to the public, has a great amounts of nature reserves and opportunities for school engagements.
The Nature Reserve
Eastbrook County Park has a vast pond space with various species making up the biodiversity in the area.
Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham are entirely different, where Barking has high density and small areas of public space, Dagenham is low density and an abundance of public space. However, Barking is getting closer to Dagenham with the emergence of new developments slowly peaking into the skyline through the parks.
