Thamesmead

Thamesmead
Aerial view of Thamesmead in July 2015
Thamesmead is located in Greater London
Thamesmead
Thamesmead
Location within Greater London
Population31,824 (Thamesmead Moorings and Thamesmead East wards 2011)
OS grid referenceTQ475805
• Charing Cross10.6 mi (17.1 km) W
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtSE2, SE28
Post townERITH
Postcode districtDA18
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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London Assembly
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51°30′14″N 0°07′34″E / 51.504°N 0.1261°E / 51.504; 0.1261

Thamesmead (/ˈtɛmzmd/) 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.