Thamesmead East
Thamesmead East is a locality in Bexley, Greater London, England. Thamesmead East is situated nearby to the suburb Belvedere, as well as near the locality Lesnes Abbey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Crossness Pumping Station and Abbey Wood railway station.
Crossness Pumping Station
Museum
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver for the Metropolitan Board of Works's chief engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette.
Abbey Wood railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbey Wood is a major National Rail and Elizabeth line interchange station in Abbey Wood, south-east London, England. It lies between Plumstead and Belvedere on the North Kent Line, 11 miles 43 chains from London Charing Cross.
Crossness Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crossness Nature Reserve is a 25.5 hectare local nature reserve in Crossness in the London Borough of Bexley. It is part of the Erith Marshes Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thamesmead and Belvedere.
Thamesmead
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 east of Charing Cross, north-east of Woolwich and west of Belvedere. It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the River Thames.
Belvedere
Suburb
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belvedere is a town in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies close to the River Thames, with Erith to the east, Bexleyheath to the south, and Abbey Wood and Thamesmead to the west.
Abbey Wood
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbey Wood is an area in southeast London, England, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and bordering the London Borough of Bexley. It is located 10.6 miles east of Charing Cross. According to the 2021 census, Abbey Wood has a population of 17,700.
Thamesmead East
- Type: Locality
- Location: Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.50344° or 51° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
0.13569° or 0° 8′ 9″ eastElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9F32G43P+97GeoNames ID
12047999
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