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.
Ledbury Estate Ledbury Estate The Ledbury Estate is a large estate of social housing, in Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark. It is within the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area. The four high rise, H-shaped tower blocks were constructed in the mid-1960s using pre-fabricated concrete panels. It was found, while making fire safety checks in 2017 in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, that the blocks had not been strengthened, as required after Ronan Point collapse in 1968. The estate is just south of the Old Kent Road, part of the A2 from both Tower Bridge and the Elephant and