Patel Taylor

Short Blue Place is a new piece of public realm linking the new Technical Skills Academy (and in future the new London Road/North Street development) to the main town centre shopping street and market.

Delivered as part of the LBBD framework plan, it consists of high quality granite paving, a feature Scots pine surrounded by a granite bench, a row of pleached trees, new street furniture and a new wall enclosing part of the space. The new public space is named after the Short Blue Fleet from when Barking was the busiest fishing town in the country.