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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.

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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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Population
31824
Image
Pilkington Canal, Thamesmead - geograph.org.uk - 369840.jpg
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Commons category
Thamesmead
postal code
DA18
OS grid reference
TQ475805
P8168
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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.

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