Barking is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Needham Market until late 2017, and is currently sharing offices with the Suffolk County Council in Ipswich. The largest town of Mid Suffolk is Stowmarket. ...

district of the

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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

. It is west of

Needham Market Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. The town of Needham, Massachusetts, was named after Needham Market. History It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. ...

on the B1078 road. The village is linear along the road with its centre being around the area known as Barking Tye and away from the large village church of St Mary.St Mary, Barking
Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-01-25. There are six bells that hang the church of St Mary with the largest weighing 11 cwt - 1 qr - 7 lb.Dove's Guide
Retrieved 2013-04-14. All 6 bells were recast and rehung in 1911 by Alfred Bowell.

Barking Woods Barking Woods is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in six separate blocks north-east of Ipswich in Suffolk. Part of it is a nature reserve called Bonny Wood, which is owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. These ancient ...

is a

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

made up of a number of wooded areas mainly to the south of the village.Barking Woods map
, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-25. These are ancient woodlands documented since the 13th century and including many coppiced and pollarded

Oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

and

Ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

trees covering a total of .Barking Woods
, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-25. One of the sites has active

badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united b ...

setts.

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." It is a registered charity, and its headquarters is at Brooke House in ...

owns part of the largest of the wooded areas,

Bonny Wood Bonny Wood is a 20 hectare nature reserve east of Barking Tye in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The site is part of the Barking Woods biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Orchids in this coppiced wood include e ...

, which it operates as a nature reserve of , maintaining the coppiced woodland as a series of habitats.Bonny Wood
, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

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* Villages in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub