The Greenwich Peninsula’s controversial Morden Wharf development site has been bought by Galliard Homes and a developer from Singapore, a year after the site was first put on the market. Towers of up to 36 storeys are due to be built on the site, next to the Blackwall Tunnel entrance, along with 1,500 new homes. […]
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Plumstead’s long-closed Kinara building could become an Antic pub
A former health centre on Plumstead High Street that has been closed for many years could reopen as a pub. Antic, the company that formerly ran the Equitable in Woolwich, has applied for a licence to open up in the old Kinara Building, which was last used as a family centre in the mid-2000s. Greenwich […]
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‘Like Willy Wonka’s golden ticket’: Only 1,550 will get into Cray Valley’s FA Cup replay with Charlton
One of the greatest scrambles for tickets in south London football history began at lunchtime when tickets for Charlton Athletic’s FA Cup replay at Cray Valley Paper Mills went on sale to away fans. Just 1,550 tickets will be made available for the match at the Badgers Sports Ground in Eltham on Wednesday night, with […]
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Work will start on all-private Greenwich Peninsula towers in 2024, developer pledges
Plans for two Greenwich Peninsula tower blocks with no “affordable” accommodation were rubber-stamped by councillors last night – with the developer pledging to start work next year. The blocks of 36 and 20 storeys, plus commercial units and a three-storey cycle storage unit, would sit on vacant land between the Millennium Way roundabout, outside the […]
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Hardy’s Freehouse: 10-room hotel plan for Irish pub in east Greenwich
A well-known Irish pub in east Greenwich could become a hotel if councillors approve plans next week. Hardy’s Freehouse on Trafalgar Road would be refurbished and have an extra floor built on top to accommodate 10 “apart-hotel” rooms for short-term accommodation. The developer, MAF Real Estate, says it will retain a slightly smaller pub downstairs, […]
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Buskers coming to Elizabeth Line as TfL holds first auditions for six years
Elizabeth Line passengers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood could be hearing the sound of buskers in the future after Transport for London announced it would be opening pitches on the new network. It is 20 years since busking was allowed on the Tube – it was illegal before then – and TfL is marking the […]
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Kevin Nolan’s FA Cup Valley View: Charlton Athletic 1-1 Cray Valley PM
The first ever Greenwich borough derby in the FA Cup should have been a foregone conclusion, shouldn’t it? It might have been if the Addicks had put out a proper first team against eighth-tier Cray Valley Paper Mills, writes KEVIN NOLAN. The managerial mantra is, by now, time honoured. We respect the FA Cup. It’s […]
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Hundreds sign petition calling for return of Greenwich borough museum and archives
Nearly 800 people have signed a petition demanding Greenwich Council restore its museum and archive – five years after it was thrown out of its home in Woolwich. The Greenwich Heritage Centre, which was based in the Royal Arsenal, closed suddenly in 2018 and the space given over for the Woolwich Works arts hub, which […]
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