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For anyone who has a car, it is well worth seeing several of the nearby towns and cities. On the top of many tourists list are the cities of Southend-on-Sea, Grays, Rochester, Ilford, Ipswich, East Ham, Bexleyheath, Hertford, Walthamstow and Woolwich. We can recommend visiting Southend-on-Sea. The city itself has many things to see and do, so put this on top of your list. It is situated around 32 km (19.8 miles) from Barking, so it will take approximately 25 minutes if there is no traffic. Should you have plenty of time, take a trip to Grays also as there are some interesting places to see.
Witham, Maldon, White Notley, Mundon, Cold Norton and Virley could also be worth a visit if you want to get into to the culture.

Town/CityDistanceDriving TimeUseful Website
Southend-on-Sea30 km/ 19 miles25 minutesSouthend-on-Sea on Wikipedia
Grays45 km/ 28 miles40 minutesGrays on Wikipedia
Rochester50 km/ 31 miles40 minutesRochester on Wikipedia
Ilford55 km/ 34 miles45 minutesIlford on Wikipedia
Ipswich60 km/ 37 miles45 minutesIpswich on Wikipedia
East Ham60 km/ 37 miles45 minutesEast Ham on Wikipedia
Witham5 km/ 3 miles7 minutesWitham on Wikipedia
Maldon5 km/ 3 miles10 minutesMaldon on Wikipedia
White Notley10 km/ 6 miles12 minutesWhite Notley on Wikipedia
Mundon10 km/ 6 miles14 minutesMundon on Wikipedia

There are many nearby attractions with a 30 minute drive of Barking. One of the most popular things to see nearby are the Castle. There are actually 93 nearby with the most popular being Colchester Castle, Hedingham Castle, Hadleigh Castle, Clare Castle, Cooling Castle and Clavering Castle. Many Church's can also be found within a close drive. There are the St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, St Andrew Undershaft, All Hallows-on-the-Wall, All Hallows Staining, All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Dutch Church and Austin Friars.

A full list of the most popular attractions can be seen below, but you will find locally the Bridge of Tower Bridge, London Bridge and Cannon Street Railway Bridge, the Buildings of Excel (Excel exhibition centre), Natwest Tower (Tower 42) and Business Design Centre, the Shopping Mall of Grand Arcade, Blue Water and Stratford Shopping Centre, the Stadium of Upton Park (Boleyn Ground), Millenium Dome (The O2) and The Home of Football (Arsenal Stadium), the Ruins of St Dunstan-in-the-East, St Alphage London Wall and Christ Church Newgate (Christ Church Greyfriars) and the Theater of Shakespeares Globe (Globe Theatre), Young Vic theatre and Old Vic Theatre.

AttractionAmountTop 3 within 50 Kilometers
Castle93Colchester Castle, Hedingham Castle and Hadleigh Castle
Church's32St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, St Andrew Undershaft and All Hallows-on-the-Wall
Parks17Bluewater, Postman's Park and Harlow Town Park
Bridge7Tower Bridge, London Bridge and Cannon Street Railway Bridge
Buildings5Excel (Excel exhibition centre), Natwest Tower (Tower 42) and Business Design Centre
Shopping Malls5Grand Arcade, Blue Water and Stratford Shopping Centre
Stadium4Upton Park (Boleyn Ground), Millenium Dome (The O2) and The Home of Football (Arsenal Stadium)
Ruins3St Dunstan-in-the-East, St Alphage London Wall and Christ Church Newgate (Christ Church Greyfriars)
Theater3Shakespeares Globe (Globe Theatre), Young Vic theatre and Old Vic Theatre
Lakes1Hollow Ponds
Nature Reserve1Newbourne Springs
Monument1Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
Racetrack1Brands Hatch
Square1Angel
Tower1St Augustine and Watling Street

Near Barking

London Ilford (3.6 km)
London Bow (10.0 km)
Bromley (16.7 km)
London Enfield (18.7 km)
London Finchley (23.1 km)
Watford (38.3 km)
Gatwick Airport (46.2 km)
Luton Airport (51.4 km)