Thamesmead
Sign in to saveThamesmead () is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Belvedere. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Thamesmead
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Erith and Thamesmead
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- SE
- UK place.postcode_district
- SE2, SE28
- UK place.post_town1
- ERITH
- UK place.postcode_area1
- DA
- UK place.postcode_district1
- DA18
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ475805
- UK place.london_borough
- Bexley
- UK place.london_borough1
- Greenwich
- UK place.population
- 31,824
- UK place.population_ref
- (Thamesmead Moorings and Thamesmead East wards 2011)
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 10.6
- UK place.charingX_direction
- W
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- History
- Military use
- Original concept
- Problems with the Estate
- Lack of Public Transport
- Lack of Public Amenities
- 21st century
- Geography
- Areas
- Neighbouring areas
- Demography
- Crime
- Education
- Transport
- Buses
- National Rail
- Cycle paths
- Culture
- Sport and leisure
- Cultural references
- See also
- References
- External links
Thamesmead () is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Bexley. It is located east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Belvedere. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.
== History ==