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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Go Ape will come to Danson Park after angry scenes at Bexley Council
Danson Park will get a Go Ape high ropes course after Bexley councillors approved plans to shouts and groans from the public gallery. Over 2,000 people had signed a petition while 650 people lodged objections to the plan to bring a woodland adventure park to the north and west of the open space, between Welling […]
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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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Woolwich town centre to become giant dancefloor for GDIF 2026 launch
Pumping club music will turn Woolwich town centre into a dancefloor for the first night of the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, which will return in August. The French choreographer Mehdi Kerkouche’s performance of 360 will kick off the festival, which will also include the return of Greenwich Fair, an immersive nature show in Thamesmead […]
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Plans to demolish Woolwich’s Waterfront Leisure Centre published
The end is coming for the old Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich after formal plans to demolish the complex were published. After 37 years as the borough’s main leisure centre, the Waterfront closed on New Year’s Eve and was replaced by Woolwich Waves, which took its first customers the following day. Greenwich Council plans to […]
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