116
Church Buildings
100
Clergy in
parish
99
Parishes
19
LLM & Readers
16
Church of England Schools
1.4m
Population
The Barking Episcopal Area consists of five deaneries covering the five East London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
The population of the Barking Area is larger than most Church of England dioceses and is served by The Bishop of Barking, The Right Reverend Lynne Cullens and two Archdeacons – The Archdeacon of Barking, The Venerable Chris Burke and the Archdeacon of West Ham, the Venerable Mike Power.
Our Bishops and Archdeacons work with an Area Team made up of Area Deans, Advisors and Voluntary Officers, details of whom can be found below.
Major locations in the Barking Area include the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London City Airport, ExCeL, Royal Docks, the University of East London and Barking Riverside.
Barking Lodge
Verulam Avenue
Walthamstow
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28 September 2026
On Saturday 26 September, twenty new priests were ordained at five services across Essex and East London.
7 September 2026
The Revd Ben King, Vicar of St Mark’s, Forest Gate, raised more than £6,000 for the church after completing the Three Peaks Challenge.
7 August 2026
Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, held a Community Summer Garden Party in July, bringing people of all ages and backgrounds together for a day of fun, connection and shared celebration that reflected its vision of creating a 'Neighbourhood of Solidarity and Love'.
16 June 2026
Kemi Ademola, Branch Leader of Leyton Emmanuel Mothers’ Union, has been recognised with an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List.
20 April 2026
The Theydon Parishes held their annual Lambing Service on Palm Sunday - blessing new lambs and to give thanks to all those who work on the land.
15 April 2026
The newly rebuilt Kennedy Footbridge in Barking was blessed by The Rt Revd Lynne Cullens, Bishop of Barking.
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