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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6 October 2025
Bishop Lynne and members of the Barking Area Team join walk to support housing charity, Crisis.
29 September 2025
On Saturday 27 September, twelve new priests were ordained at four services across Essex and East London.
26 September 2025
A group of walkers from the Parish of Wanstead walked from Wanstead to the doors of Canterbury Cathedral.
23 September 2025
William Ford Church of England Primary School, Dagenham were featured on Channel 4's Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution, with TV personality and chef, Jamie Oliver.
15 September 2025
Ordination services There were three services held at, 11am, 2pm and 4.30pm. The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev Dr…
12 September 2025
In responding to God’s call, Samuel Topping, followed a pathway to become a Minister in Secular Employment.
