cheap student accommodation rather than the having the common goal of the original ethos and as a result the ethnic make-up consisted of 96% African 3% British and 1% Asian. This was wildly disproportionate and different to the local boroughs ethnicity and at that time made it stand out. Subsequently, Thamesmead as a whole has been the favored residential starting point in the UK for most arriving West Africans to the extent that it is now known locally as "Little Lagos". The properties have continued as a shared housing scheme. See also Clays Lane Estate across the river Deptford Housing Co-operative is still running Sanford Housing Co-operative is still running References External links The Hyde Group Housing estates in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Housing cooperatives in the United Kingdom