Barking Broadway Theatre Public Realm

This project is one of the four pilot projects that were developed in connection with the Barking Code. It illustrates how to implement the new Code and creates a distinctive local character for Barking.

The Broadway Public Realm Scheme has created a multi-purpose all-year round space that will stimulate informal meetings and events outside the Broadway Theatre and links Abbey Green, the historic open space within Barking Town Centre to the new Town Square being developed to the east of the Town Hall.

The public space has been designed as an elipse with an axis linking the Broadway Theatre entrance to the Curfew Tower and St Margarets Church within Abbey Green. Semi- mature alder tree planting along Clockhouse Avenue and Axe Street frame the Theatre and a lawn in front of the Theatre provides a visual link with the main Abbey Green open space to the west of Broadway.

Client: London Borough of Barking & Dagenham 2005 - ongoing