Millwall’s stadium will host a mass vaccination clinic for over-18s on Saturday as the push to get all SE Londoners inoculated against coronavirus continues. The pop-up clinic at The Den in Bermondsey follows similar events held at The Valley in recent weeks, which saw hundreds get their jabs at the home of Charlton Athletic. The […]
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News about Deptford, London SE8, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Tear out flammable cladding to allow Deptford hotel to open, owner set to be told
Dangerous cladding on a Deptford housing development could be removed as part of plans to build a windowless 123-room hotel on its lower floors. Plans to convert the lower floors of Cavatina Point on Creek Road from commercial use to a hotel were halted a month ago after Greenwich councillors discovered that the block and […]
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Deptford’s Wavelengths leisure pool saved after campaigners make a splash
The leisure pool at Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford has been saved from closure after over 4,800 people signed a petition urging Lewisham Council to keep it. Lewisham announced yesterday that the pool, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, will reopen later this year after major renovation works. The announcement came […]
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Charlton Athletic’s The Valley to become mass vaccination centre this Saturday
Charlton Athletic’s stadium will become a mass vaccination centre for one day on Saturday – with all Greenwich borough residents who have not yet had a jab invited to the drop-in session. The first 1,000 people at The Valley between 8am and 8pm will get a free ticket for a future Charlton match, with other […]
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Flammable cladding fears halt decision on windowless Deptford hotel
Plans to convert a failed commercial development in Deptford into a 123-room hotel were deferred by Greenwich councillors last night after it emerged that the building is covered with flammable cladding. The lower floors of Cavatina Point, a 12-storey block on Creek Road, were meant to be a a hub for shops, offices and flats […]
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Flop Deptford development could become hotel with 123 windowless rooms
A flopped commercial development in Deptford could be converted into a hotel and covered in images of Greenwich town centre if councillors give plans the go-ahead next week. The 12-storey Cavatina Point development on Creek Road was meant to be a hub for offices, shops and cafes when it opened in 2011. While the flats […]
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Museum of Slavery and Freedom: ‘We want history told from Deptford’s point of view’
Deptford has a long naval history – but much of it is little talked about. EMILY FINCH met the local campaigners who want to tell the story of the area’s links with slavery. On a cold winter’s morning in 1762, a teenage boy was forced off his master’s ship and sold back into slavery on […]
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Lewisham Council ‘considering options’ for Deptford’s Wavelengths leisure pool
Lewisham Council says it is “considering the options” for the future of the leisure pool at the Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford because it needs major repair works. The leisure centre is a favourite with families from both Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, and its gym recently reopened after the coronavirus lockdown. But both its pools […]
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