Wertham

The view of Wertham's council blocks and lake from the Community Centre.

Wertham, often simply called The Estate, is a fictional borough of inner-city London, United Kingdom, and the setting for the events seen in Misfits.

The show was filmed around Thamesmead in South East London, which stands in for the fictional Wertham. Although Wertham is never stated to be within London in-show, it clearly based on a borough of London; for example, in the first appearance of Tim, the O2 Arena is clearly visible in the background.

Wertham seems to be a largely impoverished urban area full of council houses, graffiti-covered concrete walkways, overpasses, down-at-heel public buildings, and disused factories, but with a cleaner suburban area too. There are some wilderness areas also, although it is mostly urban. So far Wertham has been revealed to have several pubs and bars, at least two nightclubs, a Community Centre (which is surrounded by Wertham's lake and in which much of the action takes place), a bowling alley, a warehouse, a convent for nuns, a graveyard, a zoo (where the gorilla Bruno lived), and Wertham General Hospital (which features heavily in a large number of episodes throughout the whole run of the show). Wertham is blighted by gangs, such as the one run by Derren.

Wertham is the only location where The Storm is known to have hit and given people Powers.

Gallery

A panorama of Wertham and tower blocks.

A view of Wertham's lake.

Another lakeside view.

Close-up of the lake.

Sunrise over Wertham.

Sunset over Wertham.

Wertham at night.

A night-time lake-side view.

Nathan takes a stroll under the overpasses of Wertham.

The Misfits Gang bury the bodies of Tony and Gary beside the river.

The Misfits Gang gardening outside Wertham General Hospital.

Wertham's lake with the Community Centre in the background.

The Community Centre on the side of the lake.

Trivia

• It is possible that Wertham is named after Dr Fredric Wertham, whose 1954 publication The Seduction of the Innocent ultimately led to the creation of the Comics Code Authority, which stopped publishers from producing comics with violent, sexual, horrific or otherwise risqué content.