Greenwich Council is hoping that London’s mayor will help with long-delayed plans to knock down shops and businesses around Woolwich Public Market for a major new housing and retail development. Traders have been left in limbo since plans for hundreds of homes, shops, restaurants and a new cinema in the old covered market were first announced […]
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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HMO rules could be tightened further in updated draft of Greenwich’s Local Plan
Greenwich Council is planning to further tighten controls on new HMOs after residents said that its original plans were too weak. Local campaigns have sprung up in many parts of the borough because of the growth in family homes being bought by landlords and converted into bedsits – or homes in multiple occupation. While the […]
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Two-day London Marathon to bring 100,000 runners to the streets of Greenwich
A “one-time-only” double London Marathon will go ahead next year, organisers have confirmed – bringing 100,000 runners to the streets of Greenwich over the weekend of April 24 and 25. Organisers are promising a “citywide celebration of sport, music, and community” with a week-long series of events before the two days of races, and say […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market to reopen in ‘late summer’ with German Kraft in charge
Lewisham’s revived Model Market will open in “late summer” with the German Kraft brewery in charge of the operation, its owners have announced. Plans to bring back the much-loved street food market were announced last year, with the developer LandSec, which owns the site and the shopping centre, pledging to open up this spring. But […]
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Drivers face 20p increase in rush-hour tolls at Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels
Car drivers using the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels face paying 20p more to use the crossings during the rush hour, according to Transport for London papers. A northbound car trip between 6am and 10am and a southbound journey between 4pm and 7pm will rise from £4 to £4.20 if plans are approved. All other trips […]
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TfL could reduce buses to Bluewater because of Kent cash demands
Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed by Transport for London after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked charges to use an access road to reach the shopping centre. Councillors in Dartford have been told that TfL is considering reducing the number of its buses that run east of the town to Darent Valley […]
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Fire brigade investigates after recycling plant blaze halts trains
Fire officials are investigating after Monday night’s blaze at a recycling yard in Bermondsey that halted rail services and produced smoke that could be seen across London. About 100 officers with 15 fire engines tackled the blaze in Landmann Road, Bermondsey, close to the South East London Combined Heat and Power incinerator (SELCHP) and Millwall’s […]
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Century-old panorama of Greenwich’s lost landmarks goes up for sale
A century-old panorama of Greenwich featuring some of the town centre’s long-lost landmarks is going up for auction next week. The Flowing River Winds Past Palace, Park, and the Homes of Toiling Millions by William Lionel Wyllie captures a view from Greenwich Park across the working River Thames in 1924. Wyllie, a celebrated maritime artist, […]
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