Woolwich Barracks could be used as a home for Greenwich’s archives after all – after the council ruled out the main building being used as a home for the borough’s heritage centre. But developers will have to find a location and ensure a proposal works among demands for cheaper housing and other issues. Since the […]
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Woolwich Barracks plan ‘honours military history’, council leader says
Plans to redevelop Woolwich Barracks when the army moves out will honour “our borough’s unique military history”, Greenwich Council’s leader has said – even though it has ruled out using the main building for the civic archive. A consultation about the masterplan has now opened, with residents being asked for their views about what the […]
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Woolwich Barracks could host 1,900 homes – but not Greenwich’s archives
Greenwich Council has ruled out using Woolwich’s historic barracks building as a new home for the borough archives once the army moves out in 2028. Up to 1,920 homes could be built on the site – including converting the Grade II*-listed main building with its Georgian frontage, said to be one of the longest in […]
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Greenwich’s heritage centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich, trust boss says
The Greenwich Heritage Centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich because of a lack of funding, according to the head of the trust in charge of the borough’s archives. Janet Denne, the chief executive of the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, told councillors last week that “the situation had moved on” from the council’s plan that […]
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Restoring Greenwich borough museum and archive ‘would be an economic boost’
Opening a new museum and archive dedicated to Greenwich could be an economic boost to the borough, a historian and former councillor has said. Mary Mills spoke as Greenwich Council responded to a petition calling for a “properly functioning” archive and museum service following the sudden closure of the Greenwich Heritage Centre in 2018 to […]
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Greenwich Heritage Centre may not move back to Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal
The future of the Greenwich Heritage Centre remains “under discussion” and it may not move back to the Royal Arsenal as promised, councillors were told last night, three years after it was evicted from its home in Woolwich to make way for a £31m arts centre. Thousands of artefacts and historical records have been stored […]
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New Greenwich borough archive not fit for purpose, users say
The replacement for the closed Greenwich Heritage Centre is “not fit for purpose”, its users’ group has said – branding it difficult to access and “impossible” for many visitors to use. Users can only book appointments to view items from the borough’s archive on Tuesdays, and one part-time member of staff is facing an “intolerable […]
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Greenwich Heritage Centre: Trust left frustrated as council delays archive move
A Greenwich Council delay has meant the borough’s archive will not now open in its temporary home in Charlton until March, the charity that runs the archive has said. Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust was thrown out of its home in the Royal Arsenal in July, when the council took back the Greenwich Heritage Centre for […]
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