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Warrior Close, LONDON, SE28 0NL

Maintenance on a not very old building.

Low-rise housing with a wide, grassed central reservation.

Several flats on the southern side of the river, I think they may be accommodation for students at the University of East London.

This small bay with an old jetty is just at the northern edge of the Royal Arsenal development, downriver of Woolwich.

This old wooden jetty is beside the Thames Path heading between Thamesmead and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Across the river is North Woolwich.

Two unusual WW2 defences overlooking Gallions Reach are slowly sliding down towards the river. Next to each other on the banks of the Thames are these variants. The pillbox behind is double-level with steps inside. It is covered in pitch. The pillbox in the foreground is a thin-walled brick variant, presumably a machine-gun emplacement. The area is littered with rubbish and debris including anti-tank concrete and rusting poles. Both defences are in poor condition and badly vandalised. I had to walk a long way to find them and clamber down a very slippery river-bank to investigate these. Both appear to be unlisted by 'Defence of Britain'. If you have any more information about them, please email me. I have visited many pillboxes and never seen ones like this.

For more on Thamesmead visit http://www.hidden-london.com/thamesmead.html

A new apartment block in Thamesmead, South East London. These apartments have a view out over the River Thames. Thamesmead is a new town developed since the 1960s, on reclaimed marshland south of the Thames.