Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has confirmed he won’t intervene in Greenwich Council’s decision to allow a huge new Ikea superstore in east Greenwich. Greenwich Council gave outline permission for the store, on the site of the “eco-friendly” Sainsbury’s store in Peartree Way, in March. Planning officers ignored concerns about increased traffic and air pollution, a decision later backed […]
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Ghana’s Black Stars shine at the Castle Tavern, Woolwich
During every World Cup, there’s always somewhere to go in London if you want to follow a particular team. For Ghana, one of those places is the Castle Tavern, by the Woolwich Ferry. As far as I can gather, it’s run by an English-Ghanian couple – so when the Black Stars are in action, the […]
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Will Greenwich Council’s new boss be the same as the old boss?
So, last week, Chris Roberts said his farewells as Dear Leader. I’m told he was still in his office at Woolwich Town Hall as the minutes ticked down until the end of his reign at 7pm last Wednesday. And as the effective editor of the council’s weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, he got to pen his […]
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Save Enderby House campaign launched by Greenwich locals
One of the saddest sights on Greenwich’s Thames Path is Enderby House, left vandalised and wrecked, neglected by developers who don’t seem to have a clue what to do with it. This is the site of the long-delayed cruise liner terminal, although much of the action on the site has been to build homes, presumably […]
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Woolwich Tesco up for bad architecture’s Carbuncle Cup
The development containing Woolwich’s giant Tesco store has been nominated for the Carbuncle Cup, architecture’s prize for the UK’s worst new building. The whole block has been developed by Spenhill, a subsidiary of the retail giant. The store, which opened in November 2012, and its associated Woolwich Central housing development have been shortlisted for the […]
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Greenwich’s mysterious Bugsby fends off Watermen’s Reach
Proof that not everything’s a done deal – and if you speak up, you can change things. Back in March, this website featured plans by the Port of London Authority to rename Bugsby’s Reach, the stretch of the Thames that passes Greenwich and Charlton, as Watermen’s Reach. Well, thanks to people getting off their backsides […]
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Greenwich’s Peninsula Square welcomes the World Cup
A year ago, I wrote how Peninsula Square, the open space between North Greenwich station and the Dome, planned as “a buzzing, exciting place to visit”, had become a sorely disappointing spot – simply nothing more than a glorified holding pen for O2 Arena customers. Twelve months on, and here was the scene as the […]
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M&S to close: Woolwich’s Marks finally loses its spark
The other week I found myself in Woolwich’s Marks & Spencer. An underpant crisis does that to a gentleman, you see. I stood for a minute, and looked around me. The shelves looked tatty. Wires hung down from the wall. The decor had barely changed since I was a kid, making 2014 fashion displays look […]
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