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.
Sporting Club Thamesmead F.C. where their veterans, new Sunday side and youth teams play. Sporting Club Thamesmead F.C. Sporting Club Thamesmead F.C. is an English football club located in Thamesmead and Sidcup, both in the London Borough of Bexley. The club is affiliated to the Kent Football Association. The first team plays in the and the reserves play in the NRG Gyms Kent County League. From 1900 until 2011, the team was known as Seven Acre Sports, before being renamed as Seven Acre & Sidcup on moving to Oxford Road in Sidcup. The club's current name was adopted in 2016, following a further move