Thamesmead South Estate, Hartslock Drive
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Thamesmead South Estate, Hartslock Drive
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 1 Apr 2012
Four towers by South Mere, the largest of the lakes, Thamesmead's most striking features. This was the first part of Thamesmead, originally conceived by the Greater London Council as a new town with a population up to 100,000, dating from 1967-72. A mixture of towers with elevated walkways and maisonettes and flats beyond. Even though the population has yet to reach 50,000, today, the unrelenting expanses of tired concrete and brick are hard to take. Lest we judge the original planners too harshly, Pevsner remarks that, "Thamesmead today bears little resemblance to the ideal community visualized by its begetters".
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Image Location
Latitude
51.499226
Longitude
0.124885