Thamesmead
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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 11 miles east of Charing Cross, north-
Aerial view of Thamesmead in July 2015
Pilkington Canal (also called Broadwater Canal) formerly connected to Woolwich Arsenal, and now remains as a water feature.
Aerial view, looking south, of Thamesmead South and Central, with Southmere Lake which is fed by the River Wogebourne in the foreground (2017)
The clocktower, originally in Deptford Dockyard, now in the pedestrianised central shopping area of Thamesmead
Abbey Wood
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Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and bordering the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. According to the 2021
Thamesmead
…Sewer, which has been landscaped as an elevated footpath called the Ridgeway. Nearby areas are: Barking & Dagenham (across the Thames), Belvedere, Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Charlton, Welling, Woolwich, Bexleyheath, Erith and Greenwich. Thamesmead's population is increasing rapidly as new developments are being…
Abbey Wood is named after the ruined Lesnes Abbey, on high ground south of the town
Entrance to Thamesmead Library from Cygnet Square at Dusk
Entrance to Elizabeth Line Station at dusk