Editing Thamesmead (section)

=== Areas ===
[[File:2017 Thamesmead aerial view 03.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Aerial view Thamesmead West, 2017]]
Thamesmead consists of four distinct areas:
* ''Thamesmead South'' is in Bexley and is the location of the original development built in the late 1960s to early 1970s. The buildings are almost entirely of concrete, in a [[Cubist]]/[[Brutalist]]/[[Modernist]] style, and include a number of high-rise blocks. It is east of Harrow Manor Way (A2041) and south of the A2016. ''Postcode(s): SE2, DA18''
* ''Thamesmead North'' is in Greenwich and Bexley and is north of the A2016 and east of the A2041. Built from the 1970s onwards, it was initially made up of town houses in grey brick; more recent builds are in red & yellow brick.<ref name="APP1">Appendix 1, section 7 of the Tripcock Point planning report 9Sep2005 (Planning document PDU/0514/03, relating to London Borough of Greenwich Planning Application 03/2618/O) Online rtf version available here [http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/2005/20050921/tripcock_point_thamesmead_report.rtf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604100310/http://www.london.gov.uk/archive/mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/2005/20050921/tripcock_point_thamesmead_report.rtf|date=4 June 2011}}, accessed 27 May 2008</ref> ''Postcode(s): SE2, SE28''
* ''Thamesmead Central'' is in Greenwich and was first developed in the early 1980s in the ring between the A2016 and A2041. It originally consisted of large, sprawling, concrete and red brick, eight- and nine-storey estates overlooking the A2041, and three-storey red-brick town houses. It has spread west of the A2041 and now also includes a number of red and yellow brick homes built from the 1990s onwards. ''Postcode(s): SE28''
* ''Thamesmead West'' (also known as Broadwater Green) is in Greenwich near Woolwich and Plumstead (Between Whinchat Road, the A2016 & the banks of the river Thames) and was built from the 1990s onwards. It is a significant distance from the original development and consists mainly of medium density residential development with yellow brick fascias, with towers along the riverside. ''Postcode(s): SE28''

[[HM Prison Belmarsh|Belmarsh Prison]], [[HM Prison Isis|Isis Prison]] and [[HM Prison Thameside|Thameside Prison]] are located on the western edge of the area, while the sewage processing works at [[Crossness]], built in the [[Victorian era]] is on eastern edge of Thamesmead. The southern boundary is the covered [[Southern Outfall Sewer]], which has been landscaped as an elevated footpath called the [[Ridgeway (London)|Ridgeway]].