The Quietway 1 cycle route, which links Greenwich and Deptford with the South Bank, is getting a new name as part of a plan to rebrand London’s cycleways. Signs have appeared along the route bearing the name Cycleway 10, which will be what the route will be known as in future. When Quietway 1 opened […]
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News about Deptford, London SE8, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Council could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London Cycle Hire network when it launched under Boris Johnson in 2010, although an extension into east London in 2012 brought the […]
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‘I want to start crying’: Residents who fear bankruptcy slam Robert Jenrick’s cladding fund
August 2022 update: Optivo announced in May 2022 that it would cover remediation costs for leaseholders at Norfolk House in Deptford, including waking watches and fire alarms. This story is from February 2021 and does not reflect the current situation. Residents living in flats wrapped in unsafe cladding and insulation in two SE London developments […]
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP Pennycook speaks out on cladding as Starmer visits Thamesmead
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has criticised “reprehensible” proposals to make leaseholders pay to make the cladding on their homes safe, hours after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Thamesmead residents who fear bankruptcy. Pennycook spoke out in a Labour debate in the House of Commons on the crisis following the Grenfell Tower disaster, […]
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Deptford locals win planning battle over controversial flats plan
A developer’s appeal against a planning refusal for a block of flats by a playground in Deptford has been dismissed by a planning inspector. Aurora Apartments wanted to build the three-storey building on a small plot of land by the Armada Community Project and Charlotte Turner Gardens in McMillan Street, just off Creek Road. Locals set up […]
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Lewisham’s Ravensbourne Arms could reopen as community music venue
Lewisham’s closed Ravensbourne Arms pub could reopen as a community-run music venue if a Deptford record shop’s ambitious campaign is successful. The pub closed in October 2016, shortly after pub and property company Antic secured planning permission for flats above the bar on Lewisham High Street. The bar closed when Antic sold the property. Now […]
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Online memorial service marks 40 years since New Cross fire disaster
An online memorial service will take place today to mark 40 years since the New Cross fire disaster, which led to the deaths of 14 young people. Thirteen people died in the early hours of 18 January 1981 when the fire broke out at a 16th birthday in a house on New Cross Road. The […]
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Deptford’s Ahoy Centre aims to stay afloat amid loss of fundraising
How does a charity that revolves around water and relies on sport for fundraising continue through two lockdowns? For the last few months, The Ahoy Centre, based in Deptford, has kept on going despite a big financial loss. LAURA DAY found out more. “You can’t really replicate sailing on the Thames virtually,” says Dan O’Sullivan, […]
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