Thamesmead Guide

Thamesmead was developed in the late 60s to house people who previously lived in overcrowded inner city estates. The futuristic, somewhat bleak-looking housing estates have been featured in numerous films (e.g. ‘A Clockwork Orange’) and the area has been notorious for crime (it is the UK’s number 1 area for bank fraud) possibly due to its location – it is almost completely cut off from the rest of London except for various bus routes - and the fact that the residents have been uprooted and are therefore lacking a sense of community. There is also little in the way of shopping for a population that numbers nearly 50,000.

Which borough is Thamesmead in?
Thamesmead is in the borough of Greenwich, Bexley

The following blog entries from the All In London blogs channel contain references to Thamesmead.