The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is officially set to be extended to Thamesmead, following confirmation in today’s Autumn Budget.

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"WHO asked what living in Thamesmead is like?" yells a bespectacled man, charging out from behind the bar, and wielding a pub stool above his head. This, thank god, is a mock comeback to the question ...

An estate which served as the backdrop to Stanley Kubrick's classic big-screen adaptation of A Clockwork Orange is undergoing a £1.5bn regeneration. Brutalist 1960s concrete blocks in south-east ...

Fascinating photographs have revealed the changing face of one of London's most famous social housing districts as the 'town of tomorrow' reaches 50 years of age. Rising from London's Erith marshes in ...

Transport for London has rejected calls to extend the Elizabeth line or London Overground but will press ahead with plans to take the DLR to Thamesmead. TfL announced on Friday that, after positive ...

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Transport for London says with funding and planning approvals, services to Thamesmead could run by the early 2030s Transport for London (TfL) has opened a second public consultation on plans to extend ...

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A new set of murals have been commissioned to decorate the canal ways around the housing complex in south-east London, as part of a major regeneration of the area As the filming location for Stanley ...

Residents of a South London town are split over the newly arrived Elizabeth line as some said it was pricing locals out of the area. The recently opened Abbey Wood branch of the £18.9bn railway line ...

Built in the 1960s as a remedy to London’s post-war housing shortage, the concrete blocks and terraces of Thamesmead caught the attention of architects and sociologists around the world. Now 50 years ...