Greenwich Council’s scheme to allow community groups to share in some of the cash it gets from developers is due to return in September after not taking place last year. The Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund has been running since 2018, and community groups have been invited to submit bids for projects that will help local […]
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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What’s gone wrong with Greenwich Council’s Plumstead roadworks?
Bus users and drivers face another fortnight of delays because of the closure of a short stretch of road outside Plumstead bus garage – and Greenwich Council insists its temporary traffic lights are not to blame for this week’s long queues. Works to repair part of the bridge parapet at the junction of Pettman Crescent […]
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Heritage buses to run on route 54 from Blackheath for one day only
Heritage buses will ply the streets of Blackheath and Lewisham next month – offering passengers a free ride and a chance to go back in time on route 54. The event will coincide with an open day at Catford Bus Garage, which will mark 111 years of the depot that currently runs the modern-day 54 […]
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‘Sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme axed in Plumstead and Shooters Hill
Plans to implement controlled parking zones across Shooters Hill and Plumstead have been scrapped by Greenwich Council, only four weeks after they were first announced. The sudden announcement on Monday evening follows a botched consultation launch. Residents were expected to sift through a series of detailed maps to find their streets, and initially given less […]
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Lander 23: Punchdrunk to bring video game action to Woolwich
The immersive theatre company Punchdrunk’s latest production will come to Woolwich next month – turning audience members into players in a video game. Lander 23 will feature “ true video game mechanics” and bring immersive theatre into “unchartered territory”, the company says, meaning that tickets for the first two weeks of the show have been […]
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Thamesmead DLR extension should run to Belvedere, Bexley Council says
Bexley Council has reiterated its call for the Docklands Light Railway to be extended to Belvedere, and not just Thamesmead, and asked its residents to tell Transport for London in the latest consultation. The demand from Bexley’s leader, Baroness O’Neill, has come in the same week as her counterpart in Greenwich, Anthony Okereke, signed off […]
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Greenwich Peninsula’s Now Gallery to close after 11 years
The Now Gallery on Greenwich Peninsula will close at the end of this month, 11 years after it first opened. The gallery occupies part of a marketing pavilion run by the peninsula’s developer, Knight Dragon, on Peninsula Square, behind North Greenwich station. The building was originally intended to be temporary and was given planning permission […]
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No plans to sell allotments in Greenwich with hundreds waiting to dig
Greenwich Council has reassured residents that it has no plans to sell or build on any of its allotments after a political row broke out at Westminster over the issue. Neighbouring Lewisham and Bexley also say they have no plans to do away with allotments, with hundreds of residents on waiting lists across the three […]
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