One of Deptford’s best-loved pubs could be rebuilt with 31 new homes if developers’ plans for the area succeed. Artworks Creekside, which owns the land next door to The Bird’s Nest, says its plans will “reinstate the pub as a focal point in the community”. The pub has been a live music favourite for decades […]
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News about Deptford, London SE8, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Route 188 to North Greenwich will cope with fewer buses, TfL insists
Transport for London has insisted that one of the key routes serving North Greenwich station will be able to cope when it has its frequency cut next weekend. Route 188, which runs from North Greenwich to Russell Square via Greenwich, Deptford and Bermondsey, will be cut back to six buses an hour – every ten […]
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Greenwich among the boroughs with most unsafe tower blocks
Greenwich is among the London boroughs worst affected by the capital’s building safety crisis, with just two boroughs having more unsafe tower blocks. The London Fire Brigade revealed last month that there were more than 1,000 buildings in the capital which require residents to evacuate in the event of a fire rather than stay put […]
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Creek Road’s £4.2m Cycleway 4 will not fully open until at least March, council admits
A £4.2m section of segregated cycle route in Deptford will not fully open until at least March 2022, Greenwich Council has admitted, because it and Transport for London have been unable to agree on costs for bridge repair work. The stretch of Cycleway 4 along Creek Road was finished in May, but the two-way track […]
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We want Santander Cycles to come to Deptford, Lewisham Council says
A senior Lewisham councillor is to raise extending TfL’s cycle hire scheme further into SE London when he meets City Hall’s walking and cycling commissioner next month. In June, Greenwich Council’s transport cabinet member, Sarah Merrill, said that she would be keen to see Santander Cycles extended along the route of the new Cycleway 4 […]
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Olaudah Equiano: Blue plaque near Greenwich Park could honour former slave
A blue plaque on a house opposite Greenwich Park could mark the life of a former slave who campaigned to abolish the practice in the 18th century. Olaudah Equiano briefly stayed in the house on Maze Hill, owned by three sisters known as the Misses Guerin, in September 1767 after he had bought his freedom […]
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Deptford’s new Cycleway 4 to stay closed for months because of bridge works
Transport for London says it is working with Greenwich Council to make sure a major new cycle route in Deptford can open “as quickly and efficiently as possible” after it emerged that it may not be ready for months. Most work on Cycleway 4, on Creek Road in Deptford, was finished in May. It is […]
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Evelyn Street Cycleway 4 works to start – but riders left waiting on Creek Road
Work begins next week on the latest section of Cycleway 4 in Deptford – but riders are having to wait before they can use the most-recently built section of segregated track. Construction of the 1.4km section along Evelyn Street will begin on Monday and last until May, Transport for London said. Along with the protected […]
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