Barking Town Centre: Barking Mini Cabs Barking is a town of East London in IG11 postcode, England, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and in the traditional county of Essex. It is approximately 11 miles from Central London and Charing Cross Station. The economic history is characterized by a shift from agriculture and fisheries to horticulture and industrial development south of the Thames. Barking Station opened in 1854 and served the London Underground since 1908. As part of the growth of the London suburbs in the twentieth century, Barking has significant demographic growth and growth, notably through the development of Becontree. In the 1920s, it became an urban city and part of Britain in 1931. London 1965. In addition to a large, sparsely populated residential area, the city centre forms a large shopping and business district.