One of southeast London’s best-known hotels could close after welcoming visitors from around the world for more than five decades. Elysian Residences hopes to turn The Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath into retirement accommodation if Lewisham Council approves plans that will be submitted in the coming weeks. Until a decision is made, it remains business as […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel user creates app to warn of lift closures
A disgruntled user of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel has created a web app so fellow walkers and cyclists can warn each other when the crossing’s unreliable lifts are broken. The lifts have been regularly out of action since a botched refurbishment by Greenwich Council 14 years ago. Both Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils own the […]
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Duke of Greenwich pub to close after just two years in business
An east Greenwich pub that was at the centre of a lengthy planning dispute is to close later this month after failing to agree terms with its landlord, an Isle of Man-based developer. The Duke of Greenwich – once known as The Vanbrugh – opened only two years ago, but will close its doors for […]
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DLR strikes coming next week as Tube staff also walk out
Transport for London has warned that there will be no Docklands Light Railway service for two days next week, while the Tube faces almost a week of disruption because of two separate RMT strikes. There will be no DLR service on Tuesday and Thursday next week as staff walk out in a dispute over pay […]
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Woolwich Works to throw open its doors for Heritage Open Days festival
Woolwich Works will be throwing open its doors later this month to show off the history of the Royal Arsenal as part of the Heritage Open Days festival. Free tours of Woolwich Works will be on offer on the open day, on Sunday September 21, along with talks and activities. The Chineke! orchestra, one of […]
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Major plans to replace shops and flats on New Cross Road submitted
Plans to knock down shops and flats on the New Cross one-way system and replace them with a new estate with buildings of up to 16 storeys have been submitted by Lewisham Council. The Achilles Street Estate, built in the 1950s, contains shops facing New Cross Road, along with three council-built blocks – Azalea House, […]
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Cutty Sark DLR station on track to reopen in the spring, TfL says
Work to replace the escalators at Cutty Sark station is on track for it to reopen in the spring, Transport for London has said after releasing pictures of what is going on behind the closed gates. The upper two escalators have now been dismantled and removed, with work ongoing to remove the other pair. Work […]
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Council-backed developer plans homes for Woolwich and Abbey Wood
A Greenwich Council-backed developer has applied to build 45 new homes across two sites in Woolwich and Abbey Wood. Meridian Home Start is planning to convert an old office block on Artillery Place, opposite Woolwich Barracks, into 17 homes, by adding two floors to the block and building an extension to the rear. Meanwhile, in […]
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