Greenwich Council’s latest car park sale has netted more than a million pounds after 30 spaces in Blackheath went under the hammer. Former tram shelters in Eltham and old toilets in Greenwich also found buyers in the sale of council assets. The car park, on Old Dover Road, sold for £1,155,000 at the online auction […]
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Eltham’s historic tram shelters go up for auction with Blackheath car park
Three historic tram shelters in Eltham which date back more than 100 years will go up for auction next month, along with a car park in Blackheath which was pulled from sale last year. The buildings in Well Hall Road once formed part of a terminus at St John’s Church, but served as public toilets […]
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Irish horror show to take over Avery Hill Mansion for Halloween run
An immersive horror attraction from Ireland is coming to the University of Greenwich’s old Mansion site in Eltham, nearly a year after plans to build a school there were scrapped. The Nightmare Realm, billed as “Europe’s most terrifying horror attraction”, will run for 18 nights from October 9 to November 1 at the historic landmark […]
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Neighbours warned as plan to build homes on sports ground thrown out
Plans to tear down a much-loved sports ground in New Eltham and replace it with 205 new homes have been rejected by Greenwich Council – but delighted neighbours have been warned that the developer is likely to appeal. Greenwich’s planning board unanimously threw out the plans to bulldoze the STC Sports Club on Ivor Grove, […]
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Antique Chinese carpet returns to Eltham Palace after 80 years
An antique Chinese carpet has returned to its original home at Eltham Palace after 80 years and will go on show to visitors from Saturday. The carpet was donated to English Heritage by the estate of Mrs MR Bernard, the niece of Stephen Courtauld, who lived with his wife Virginia in the art deco mansion […]
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Liz Truss’s husband among Greenwich Council election candidates
The husband of former prime minister Liz Truss is among the candidates in the most unpredictable Greenwich Council election for more than half a century. Hugh O’Leary is standing for the Conservatives in Woolwich Arsenal ward on May 7, nearly four years after his wife began her short but calamitous spell in Downing Street. Greenwich […]
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More Charing Cross trains on the way for Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham
Rail passengers in southeast London will get a “turn up and go service” on most routes on Mondays to Saturdays from December, Southeastern has said, as it confirmed plans to reverse many of the service cuts made after the pandemic. Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham stations are due to get more trains to Charing Cross from […]
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‘Missed opportunity’ as TfL rejects Eltham to Woolwich Superloop bus
Transport for London has rejected calls to extend Eltham’s new Superloop bus to Woolwich, despite campaigns for a fast link between the two town centres. Greenwich Council’s Labour leadership and Conservative councillors both said it was a “missed opportunity” to provide a limited-stop service from Eltham to the Elizabeth Line. TfL said that providing new links […]
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