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Walsham Close, LONDON, SE28 8ND

One part of an elaborate drainage system doubling as ornamental waters.

As seen from Crossway road bridge. The bridge leads across a drain/river within the housing estate.

Wroxham Road, in Thamesmead.

A substantial amount of the land at Thamesmead once formed part of the Royal Arsenal where explosives and weapons were manufactured, tested and stored. About 30 moated magazines, known as tumps, were built around 1890 to direct any accidental explosion harmlessly upwards. Some of the tumps have been preserved within Thamesmead. The brick walls, banked with earth have been preserved but the special lightweight roofs have been removed. After the First World War the Arsenal declined because it lay too far from coal and steel sources and the site was vulnerable to air attacks. The GLC was able to purchase the land from the Ministry of Defence in 1965 to build Thamesmead on the site. This tump is on the Green Chain Walk near Fieldfare Road and is now a park. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6455551 which shows another tump on Thamesmead which is now a nature reserve.

A substantial amount of the land at Thamesmead once formed part of the Royal Arsenal where explosives and weapons were manufactured, tested and stored. About 30 moated magazines, known as tumps, were built around 1890 to direct any accidental explosion harmlessly upwards. Some of the tumps have been preserved within Thamesmead. The brick walls, banked with earth have been preserved but the special lightweight roofs have been removed. After the First World War the Arsenal declined because it lay too far from coal and steel sources and the site was vulnerable to air attacks. The GLC was able to purchase the land from the Ministry of Defence in 1965 to build Thamesmead on the site. This tump is on the Green Chain Walk near Fieldfare Road and is now a park. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6455551 which shows another tump on Thamesmead which is now a nature reserve.

Part of an extensive drainage system, much of which has been incorporated into linear parks.

Looking north-northeast.

A substantial amount of the land at Thamesmead once formed part of the Royal Arsenal where explosives and weapons were manufactured, tested and stored. About 30 moated magazines, known as tumps, were built around 1890 to direct any accidental explosion harmlessly upwards. Some of the tumps have been preserved within Thamesmead. The brick walls, banked with earth have been preserved but the special lightweight roofs have been removed. After the First World War the Arsenal declined because it lay too far from coal and steel sources and the site was vulnerable to air attacks. The GLC was able to purchase the land from the Ministry of Defence in 1965 to build Thamesmead on the site. This tump is on the Green Chain Walk near Fieldfare Road and is now a park. The old wall can just be seen beyond the tree. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6455551 which shows another tump on Thamesmead which is now a nature reserve.

A substantial amount of the land at Thamesmead once formed part of the Royal Arsenal where explosives and weapons were manufactured, tested and stored. About 30 moated magazines, known as tumps, were built around 1890 to direct any accidental explosion harmlessly upwards. Some of the tumps have been preserved within Thamesmead. The brick walls, banked with earth have been preserved but the special lightweight roofs have been removed. After the First World War the Arsenal declined because it lay too far from coal and steel sources and the site was vulnerable to air attacks. The GLC was able to purchase the land from the Ministry of Defence in 1965 to build Thamesmead on the site. This tump is on the Green Chain Walk near Fieldfare Road and is now a park. The old wall can just be seen on the left. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6455551 which shows another tump on Thamesmead which is now a nature reserve.