Thamesmead

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Thamesmead
Aerial view of Thamesmead in July 2015
Thamesmead Location within Greater London
Population	31,824 (Thamesmead Moorings and Thamesmead East wards 2011)
OS grid reference	TQ475805
• Charing Cross	10.6 mi (17.1 km) W
London borough	Bexley Greenwich
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SE2, SE28
Post town	ERITH
Postcode district	DA18
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Erith and Thamesmead
London Assembly	Bexley and Bromley Greenwich and Lewisham
List of places UK England London 51°30′14″N 0°07′34″E / 51.504°N 0.1261°E / 51.504; 0.1261

Thamesmead (/ˈtɛmzmiːd/) 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.