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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16 September 2026
Fifteen new Deacons were ordained at two services held at Chelmsford Cathedral on Sunday 13 September.
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.
23 March 2026
The Revd Philip Wright writes about his ministry as Chaplain at West Ham United Football Club.
21 January 2026
Holy Trinity Church in South Woodford are hosting a new "Discover the Bible" course" funded by the Mission Opportunity Fund.
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