17 Facts About Thamesmead

Thamesmead used water as a calming influence on the residents.

Thamesmead was designed around futuristic ideas, and indeed, looked impressive at first from a distance.

Much of Thamesmead was initially built by the Greater London Council for rent to families moving from overcrowded back-to-back Victorian housing in south eastern parts of Inner London.

The pre-1974 parts of Thamesmead are a mix of modernist town houses, medium-rise and 12-storey blocks system-built in concrete, which have featured in various films due to their 'rough urban look'; the design of the newer buildings is more traditional and in brick.

Since then, Thamesmead has grown significantly, limiting the number of potential sites for a new river crossing.

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Thamesmead now features a retail park finished in brick anchored around a Morrisons Supermarket; there is a shopping parade which has mainly service-based outlets such as hairdressers and estate agents.

Trust Thamesmead is a registered charity set up to provide community services across Thamesmead.

Part of Thamesmead West is sometimes referred to as Gallions Reach Urban Village.

Early 21st century new build properties in Thamesmead West have been blighted by social problems and mass repossessions, attracting national attention.

In 2014, Gallions, Tilfen Land and Trust Thamesmead were taken over by Peabody Trust, a London housing association.

Thamesmead is located 11 miles east of central London, being on the same latitude as Westminster.

Thamesmead's population is increasing rapidly as new developments are being built in the area.

Thamesmead suffers from a higher crime rate than the London average.

Thamesmead is one of the starting points of the Green Chain Walk, which links to places such as Chislehurst and Crystal Palace.

Thamesmead estate was featured prominently in the film The Optimists of Nine Elms starring Peter Sellers.

Thamesmead is seen as a new and better alternative through the eyes of two small children who live in older, dilapidated flats in Nine Elms, Battersea.

The Tavy Bridge area of Thamesmead South, including Southmere Lake, was used as a setting for the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange and the play and Channel 4 gay coming-of-age film Beautiful Thing.