City East

WITH EVERYWHERE THAT MATTERS IN – EASY REACH

Close to Barking centre with its traditional, Continental and Christmas time markets combined with modern town shopping at the Vicarage Field centre, Cityeast is also just 40 minutes from Oxford Street.

At City east you are also ideally placed to enjoy some of the huge changes the 2012 Olympics will bring. New infrastructure and transport improvements, combined with the longer term development of the park after the games will ensure the wider economic and social regeneration of the area. The wider resurgence of East London is bringing new life such as Westfield Stratford City, which is to become Europe's largest urban shopping centre hosting 300 names, a 24-hour lifestyle street, as well as entertainment venues like a 14-screen Vue cinema.

STEP UP OR WIND DOWN

When it comes to leisure time, the Abbey Sports Centre in Barking offers excellent facilities from a well equipped fitness studio to squash courts and swimming pool. Nearby Mayesbrook Park offers green open space and lakes, where herons nest on its islands, and the Canoe Club takes to the waters.

In addition, exciting new elements like the AdiZone multi-sport outdoor gym and fitness trails have been added. Barking Park is the venue for events and activities throughout the year from funfairs to firework displays. Beam Valley and Eastbrookend Country Parks offer opportunities to unwind, or head into the Roding Valley with its villages and country pubs to escape the hustle and bustle.

FEELS MILES DIFFERENT JUST TEN MILES FROM THE CITY

At Barking Riverside you can always make tracks into the city fast. New transport links include the East London Transit, the 24-hour high frequency, environmentally-friendly technology iBuses – with the aim of over 30 per cent of the route separated from general traffic in two years.

Linking to Ilford, Barking and Dagenham Dock, rail services from Dagenham Dock station into Fenchurch Street take just 28 minutes, with Upney underground station under 2 miles away on the District Line with direct access to Tower Gateway, Bank and Cannon Street. Superbly placed near the major route of the A13, City East is just 5 miles from Canary Wharf, while City Airport is also 5 miles and Stansted Airport 28 miles, away.