The charity running Woolwich Works will be told to improve its marketing strategy as part of plans to secure the venue’s future, a senior Greenwich councillor said last night. Greenwich Council spent £45 million on refurbishing buildings in the Royal Arsenal so it could create both Woolwich Works and a new home for the immersive […]
June 2022
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Tear down this wall: Greenwich councillor wants cycle route into Royal Arsenal
A Greenwich councillor has begun a campaign to open up a walking and cycling route into Berkeley Homes’ Royal Arsenal development from neighbouring streets in his West Thamesmead ward. The two housing developments are separated by a brick wall between Erebus Drive, Thamesmead and Armstrong Road, Woolwich. Residents have to take a roundabout route via […]
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Greenwich Council confirms fortnightly waste collections to boost recycling
Greenwich Council has confirmed that it will be switching to fortnightly waste collections from February in an attempt get the borough’s falling recycling up. The plans were first announced in September 2020 but the timing of the switch, which affects black-topped bins, was finally confirmed today. A “no side waste” policy will also be introduced, […]
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New Greenwich Council leader backs away from plan to halt Silvertown Tunnel
Greenwich Council’s new leader has backed away from his pledge to try to get the Silvertown Tunnel halted, seven weeks after he told Labour councillors that he would work with his counterpart in Newham on the issue. Anthony Okereke was elected leader on the promise that he would meet Rokhsana Fiaz, the elected mayor of […]
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Nelson and Drake to stay in New Cross as Goldsmiths keeps statues
Statues of Lord Nelson and Sir Francis Drake will stay in place on New Cross Road after local residents said they wanted them to stay. Student campaigners at Goldsmiths University had demanded that four figures – Nelson, Drake, the 17th century admiral Robert Blake and an anonymous naval figure – should be removed from the […]
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Rerouting 53 bus could save it from TfL cuts, Greenwich councillor says
A Greenwich councillor thinks he has found a way to stop the 53 bus being cut back to Elephant & Castle – by changing its route across Blackheath. The long-standing route, which ran to Whitehall until 2019, faces being evicted from its Lambeth North terminal as part of a package of Transport for London cuts. […]
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Greenwich Council set to give ‘urgent’ help to £45m Woolwich Works
Greenwich Council is poised to give more money to Woolwich Works – despite initially pledging that the £45 million arts centre would not need any future funding. The centre opened last September and while it has been well received by critics, there have been rumours that it has been performing below expectations with disappointing ticket […]
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Woolwich riots inspired me to enter politics, Greenwich Council’s leader says
Greenwich’s new council leader says that he decided to enter politics after seeing Woolwich’s Wetherspoon pub burn down on TV during the London riots 11 years ago – and had to flee gang violence while he was at school. Anthony Okereke, who replaced Danny Thorpe as Labour leader last month, told the Local Democracy Reporting […]
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