Barking Central is one of the most successful regeneration projects in the UK. It has revitalized Barking town centre with a large mixed-use scheme of seven new buildings including a new Learning Centre, over 500 residential apartments, a 66 bed hotel, a bicycle shed for 250 bikes, nine retail units, a café, a new town square and an arboretum. Delivered in two phases over nine years, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris master planned and designed the buildings, overcoming many challenges to create a scheme that symbolizes the regeneration of this Thames Gateway town.