Thamesmead as a new and better alternative through the eyes of two small children who live in older, dilapidated flats on the other side of the city. The Tavy Bridge area of Thamesmead South, including Southmere Lake, was used as a setting for the Stanley Kubrick film "A Clockwork Orange" and also the play and Channel 4 gay coming-of-age film "Beautiful Thing". British TV Drama "Misfits" was also filmed in Thamesmead. Many scenes take place around Southmere Lake, while Bexley College was once also used as a setting. The estate featured in The Libertines video What Became of the Likely Lads.
Thamesmead railway station never went through. Buses that connect it to Abbey Wood station are at full capacity. It is also in the centre of a 15-mile gap in river crossings. An extension to Thamesmead is thought to have great potential, especially as much of the area is being regenerated and new homes are being built. Thamesmead railway station Thamesmead is a proposed London Overground and/or Docklands Light Railway (DLR) railway station that could be built in the future if approved. This was revealed in 2015 as a possible extension of the Gospel Oak to Barking line from Barking in east London, north