Barking Creek joins theRiver Roding to theRiver Thames. It is fully tidal up to the Barking Barrage[1] (a weir), which impounds a minimum water level throughBarking.[2]
In the 1850s, the creek was home to England's largest fishing fleet and a Victorianicehouse – where the fish were landed and stored prior to being transferred to London's fish markets. Barking Creek contains a small number of house boats, and the former village ofCreekmouth is nearby.[3]
TheBarking Creek Barrier, atidal flood barrier, was constructed in the 1980s as part of the Thames flood defence system, opening in 1983.[4] Like all of the subsidiary gates, it is normally closed before, and opened after, the mainThames Barrier. The barrier is 38 metres wide, held aloft by two 40 metre towers to allow boats to pass at high tide.[5]
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