Visit Thamesmead Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Thamesmead

  

Thamesmead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Thamesmead

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Thamesmead history

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Military use

Most of the land area of Thamesmead previously formed about 1,000 acres (4.0 km) of the old Royal Arsenal site that extended over Plumstead Marshes and Erith Marshes . There is some evidence of prehistoric human occupation of the area .

Original concept

Thamesmead as it is now was built at the end of the 1960s . Efforts were made to solve social problems that had already started to affect earlier estates . These were believed to be the result of people being uprooted from close-knit working-class communities .

Problems of the original design

Thamesmead was not included in early proposals for the Jubilee Line Extension . The main reason cited for this decision was that many workers in Canary Wharf lived in Essex and could change from National Rail to Jubilee line .

21st century

In 2000, TTL was wound down and two new organisations formed . Gallions Housing Association took over the ownership and management of the housing assets . Tilfen is jointly owned by Gallions and Trust Thamesmead .

Thamesmead culture & places

There are a wide variety of active community groups and local bands. There are also a short-range commercial radio station – 106.8 Time FM – that grew from the original cable (subsequently FM) service “Radio Thamesmead”

Sport and leisure

Thamesmead Town F.C. were champions of the Kent League in 2007/08 . They were then promoted to the Isthmian League Division One North . Thames mead Town folded in October 2018 .

Cultural references

Thamesmead estate featured prominently in the film The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973) Peter Sellers’ film The Firm (1989) starring Gary Oldman was filmed in the estate . The Libertines’ video What Became of the Likely Lads was filmed at the estate in The Firm .

Thamesmead geography / climate

Thamesmead East is located 11 miles (18 km) east of central London. River Thames makes its most northerly incursion within Greater London near the Crossness Sewage Treatment Works.

Areas

Thamesmead consists of four distinct areas: Thamesmeads consists of areas of water and land . Thamesmeades consists of a series of rivers and springs springs springs up in the middle of a river .

Neighbouring areas

Barking & Dagenham (across the Thames), Belvedere, Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Welling, Woolwich, Bexleyheath, Erith and Woolwich .

You can visit Thamesmead places with Walkfo Thamesmead to hear history at Thamesmead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thamesmead has 86 places to visit in our interactive Thamesmead map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Thamesmead, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Thamesmead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thamesmead & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 86 audio facts unique to Thamesmead places in an interactive Thamesmead map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Thamesmead Places Map
86 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Thamesmead tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Thamesmead

  

Best Thamesmead places to visit

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Thamesmead has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Thamesmead’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Thamesmead’s information audio spots:

HyMag HYMAG (formerly the Hyman Archive) is a British archive of popular publications based in London . HYMAG was formerly known as HYMAG .

Winn’s Common Winn’s Common is a public open space in Plumstead, Plumstead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England . It is located in the Greenwich area of Plumstead and Plumstead .

Woolwich cemetery Woolwich cemetery is situated south-east of Woolwich, in Kings Highway, Plumstead, on land that was formerly part of Plumstead Common . The first cemetery was opened in 1856 by the Woolwich Burial Board and the 12-acre site was almost full within 30 years . In 1885, a new cemetery was established on adjacent land to the east, and contains graves of those who died in explosions at the Royal Arsenal .

Plumstead Cemetery Plumstead Cemetery is a cemetery in Plumstead, southeast London . It is situated south-east of Woolwich, to the north of Wickham Lane, west of Lodge Hill, and south of Bostall Wood .

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