Deer have returned to Greenwich Park for the first time in four years after their paddock was improved and extended. Herds of fallow and red deer were moved to Richmond Park in 2021 to allow work to take place as part of the £12 million Greenwich Park Revealed programme, including the construction of a new […]
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Wildlife meadow and learning centre open in Greenwich Park
A wildlife meadow and learning centre have opened as part of a multi-million pound project to transform Greenwich Park. The Greenwich Park Learning Centre sits in an outdoor area of the park close to the flower garden. It includes a dipping pond and nature trails. The project is part of the £12 million Greenwich Park […]
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New Greenwich Park café honours writer Ignatius Sancho
Greenwich Park has opened a new café, naming it after a key figure in the abolition of the slave trade who lived close by. The Ignatius Sancho Café is in Vanbrugh Yard – a new public space in the southeast corner of the park, at the top of Maze Hill. The café was formerly a […]
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Big dig to find Greenwich Park’s lost Giant Steps set to start next month
Archaeologists are set to start work next month on searching for remains of giant grass steps that used to be on the hill in Greenwich Park – before a project begins to create them afresh. Volunteers will dig a trench along the hill leading from the Old Royal Observatory – below one of London’s best-loved […]
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New plans revealed for visitor centre as Greenwich Park revamp scaled back
Royal Parks has revealed new plans for a visitor centre and learning centre, six months after its plans to recreate “giant steps” by the Wolfe memorial were approved. The plans are part of its £8 million Greenwich Park Revealed project, which included creating a series of grass steps on the hill leading up to the […]
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Giant steps to come to Greenwich Park as council backs £10m revamp
Major changes to Greenwich Park – including creating a series of grass steps on the hill leading up to the Royal Observatory – were approved by Greenwich councillors tonight. The project will see the recreation of six 17th-century “giant steps” on the hill – a plan which has been mooted for decades. A favourite for […]
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‘Greenwich Park Revealed will help us face the future – and we’re still open to ideas’
Last month, 853 ran a Viewpoint piece from Meirion Jones about the possibility of Greenwich Park getting back its 17th century Giant Steps. Now park manager GRAHAM DEAR responds, and assures locals that nothing’s set in stone yet – and any Giant Steps won’t be set in concrete… The Royal Parks has applied for a […]
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