Train services between Woolwich, Charlton and Lewisham will be disrupted again for ten weeks this spring and summer as engineers work to fix a leaky rail tunnel under Blackheath. Network Rail has confirmed the line between Charlton and Blackheath will be closed from May 19 to July 27. Most trains will be diverted via the […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Ban Lime bikes from Greenwich if it doesn’t clean up its act, councillors demand
Greenwich Council could back a call to ban Lime bikes in the borough next week after two frustrated councillors spoke out against the company for not taking action against riders dumping their bikes on pavements. Since summer 2023 the council has been due to sign an agreement with Lime that would mean users would have […]
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Greenwich Council asks residents if they would help clean streets
Greenwich borough residents are being asked if they would volunteer to help clean their street as part of a consultation into cuts to the service. Earlier this year, the cash-strapped council said it wanted to cut 22 jobs and save £1.2 million by cutting street cleaning to as little as once a month in some […]
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Vandalism blamed for Greenwich Council’s decision to sell car park
Greenwich Council’s cabinet has approved plans to sell three car parks – with repeated vandalism partly blamed for the decision to put one of them on the market. The car parks – in Old Dover Road, Blackheath; Charlton Village and Abery Street, Plumstead – are being put on the market by the cash-strapped council as […]
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Greenwich Council houses approved for ‘village green’ in Blackheath
Six council homes will be built on a “village green” in a Blackheath conservation area, despite objections from the local MP and residents who said it was a place where children could play safely. Richmount Gardens was built as part of the Brooklands Park Estate in the 1950s. It features housing surrounding green space and […]
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More Blackwall Tunnel closures coming as Silvertown Tunnel noise barrier plans confirmed
More weekend closures of the southbound Blackwall Tunnel are coming up as work continues on the Silvertown Tunnel, which is due to open next year. The company building the new tunnel, Riverlinx, is installing drainage beneath the road and new gantries above it. Closures are planned for January 13-15 and 20-22 as well as February […]
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Return of the LTN: Council revives plans for traffic curbs in Greenwich and Blackheath
Just 18 months after scrapping the west Greenwich low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council is proposing bringing it back – but this time as part of measures to cut through traffic on both sides of Greenwich Park. A consultation opened on Monday evening, but went largely unnoticed on social media with the council preferring to use the […]
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Sun in the Sands closes after green light given for flats behind landmark pub
A landmark pub whose name is familiar to millions of London radio listeners has closed its doors, two years after its owner won approval to convert part of the building into flats. The Sun in the Sands, in Blackheath, has sat on the corner of Shooters Hill Road and Sun Lane since the 1840s, although […]
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