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 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 from the river, to Barking Riverside and across the river to Thamesmead. In December 2016 the Barking Riverside extension was approved and is expected to open by 2021, whilst a further extension to Thamesmead has not yet been approved. In October 2016 Mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans for a DLR extension to Thamesmead