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Dagenham Dock is an industrial district in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in London, England. It is located to the south of Dagenham and is on the River Thames. It was once the site of a large coaling port and continues to be the location of a small terminal licensed to handle coal off-loading. Today the site is used for a number of river-related operations including a TDG Limited (now XPO Logistics) depot with around 200 tanks for the storage of petrol, distillates, aviation fuel, , tallow, ethanol, , and urea.
Early in the 20th-century, HMS Thunderer, the last major warship built on the Thames, was fitted out at a new jetty, still known as the Thunderer Jetty.
In December 2018, the City of London Corporation acquired Barking Power Ltd along with the Barking Reach Power Station site. The historic City of London Corporation is obliged to provide wholesale markets through legislation enacted in the Victorian era. It proposes to relocate Billingsgate Fish Market (currently in Poplar), Smithfield Meat Market (in Central London) and New Spitalfields Market (currently in Leyton) to a new consolidated site.
The corporation considered potential sites in Silvertown, Fairlop, Thurrock and Dagenham Dock and the possible expansion of the New Spitalfields site in Leyton. The Barking Reach Power Station site was selected in April 2019. In March 2021, Barking and Dagenham Council gave outline planning permission for the City of London Corporation proposals. On 28 November 2022, the corporation submitted a private bill to allow the relocation of Smithfield and Billingsgate markets.
In February 2023, Havering Council attempted to use the 1247 market rights of Romford Market to block the opening of the consolidated wholesale market to the general public.
The new consolidated market was expected to become operational in 2027/2028. However, in November 2024, the Court of Common Council announced it did not intend to proceed with these plans as they were no longer economically viable; instead, Billingsgate Fish Market and Smithfield Market would close in or after 2028 with no replacements, while New Spitalfields Market would continue as a London hub for wholesale fruit and vegetable produce.
East of Dagenham Dock is Hornchurch Marshes, west past The Gores waterway is Barking Riverside, to the south is the River Thames and to the north is the Merrielands Retail Park and the Becontree and Rylands estates.
Expansion of the little-used Dagenham Dock railway station is expected due to building development on the land along Choats Road and with the introduction of the East London Transit. Transport for London – East London Transit This replaced a planned extension on the Docklands Light Railway Transport for London – DLR takes first steps toward Dagenham. 29 January 2007. which instead is now projected to be extended to terminate at Thamesmead.
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