Barking Learning Centre

{{Short description|Community centre in London, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

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| name = Barking Learning Centre

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| caption = Work underway in March 2007

| location_town = Barking, London

| location_country = United Kingdom

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The Barking Learning Centre, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, is a community-based learning facility. The centre is located in Barking Town Square and hosts a library, a cafe, an art gallery, a sauna and spa, and offers a range of courses and qualifications.,{{cite web|url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/blc/index.html |title=Barking Learning Centre |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126053903/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/blc/index.html |archivedate=26 January 2010 }} It was constructed on the site of the much-lamented former Barking Library. Work was completed in November 2007.{{cite web|title=Barking Central 1, London |publisher=Housing Design Awards 2008 |url=http://www.designforhomes.org/hda/2008/must_see/barking.html |accessdate=6 May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601180423/http://www.designforhomes.org/hda/2008/must_see/barking.html |archivedate=1 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}

The Barking Learning Centre website states that its primary focus:

"is to provide education and training opportunities linked to the public service areas of health, education, social care and administration, to support increased participation to learning locally".,{{cite web|url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/blc/about.html |title=Barking Learning Centre: About |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131024128/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/blc/about.html |archivedate=31 January 2010 }}

The Barking Learning Centre was officially opened on 10 June 2008 by John Denham, the then Secretary of State for Innovation, University and Skills.{{cite web | title= Extra Opportunities with Barking Learning Cente Launch | url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/blclaunch.htm}}