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.
Alexandra Road Estate Institute of British Architects. Brown died, aged 88, in January 2018. The brutalist architecture of the estate has been used as background or location in a number of films: It has also featured in a number of music videos and album covers including: The Highgate New Town/Whittington Estate by Peter Tabori has a similar design. Alexandra Road Estate The Alexandra Road estate, properly known as the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, but often referred to as Rowley Way, the name of its main thoroughfare, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North West London, England. It was designed