The Thamesmead Town Centre Clock is here seen across one of the landscaped canals which were former drainage ditches on Plumstead and Erith Marshes.
The 18th century clock faces and cupola were donated to the Greater London Council who built Thamesmead. They came from the former Great Storehouse of the Deptford Royal Dockyard, which was demolished in 1981. The GLC paid for them to be restored and later funded the construction of a supporting 100 feet high clock tower in the classical style, which was completed in 1987.