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 (18 km) east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Erith. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.
Aerial view of Thamesmead in July 2015
Pilkington Canal (also called Broadwater Canal) - used to connect to Woolwich Arsenal, 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 foreground (2017)
The clocktower, originally in Deptford Dockyard, now in the pedestrianised central shopping area of Thamesmead
Woolwich
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Woolwich is a town in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Beresford Square market with Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (left) and Crossrail development in the background
Rectors of Woolwich from 1182
Woolwich Dockyard in 1790
Tower Place and the old Royal Military Academy, 1775