A developer is hoping to build giant tower blocks next to the site of east Greenwich’s old gasholder – with 352 homes, 340 student rooms and a self-storage unit. Fairview New Homes has applied to Greenwich Council to build on an old newspaper distribution yard that is currently being used as a worksite for the […]
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Better services promised as Greenwich cable car gets new operator
Users of Greenwich’s cable car are being promised better services after a new company takes over the Thames crossing from the summer. FirstGroup will run the London Cable Car from June 28, the crossing’s 12th anniversary. It is currently operated by Mace, one of the companies that built the link to the Royal Docks. The […]
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Southbound Blackwall Tunnel closed this weekend – and will be shut in March and April too
Update, March 5: Story updated with new March closure dates of March 23-25. The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed this weekend – with two more shutdowns coming in March and April, Transport for London has confirmed. There have been regular weekend closures of the southbound tunnel over the past year to allow for construction […]
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Brew by Numbers’ Morden Wharf brewery closes — with taproom’s future in doubt
The Brew by Numbers brewery on the Greenwich Peninsula has been closed by its new owners, with the future of its taproom at Morden Wharf looking in doubt. The company was sold to a private equity business, Breal Group, last summer after falling into administration. The brew kits have been moved to Masham, North Yorkshire, […]
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Councillors back 36-storey student block next to North Greenwich station
A 36-storey student block next to North Greenwich station has been approved by councillors – but the developers said it was hard to say when work would actually start. The plot between the station and the O2 has been empty since the Millennium Dome closed at the end of 2000, and was last used by […]
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TfL plans to reroute North Greenwich bus to serve new developments
One of the main buses serving North Greenwich bus station is set to have its route changed so it can serve new developments in the area. The 188 from Tottenham Court Road would no longer serve St Mary Magdalene School and Millennium Way under the proposals. Instead the route would use the north end of […]
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Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park volunteers win share of £1.9 million community fund
Volunteers in the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park are among the groups who will benefit from a £1.9 million community fund set up by the peninsula’s main developer, Knight Dragon. An initial £100,000 will be shared by seven groups who demonstrated that their projects had a social, economic, and environmental impact already as well as a […]
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Greenwich Council shells out £87m on new homes from developers — including controversial Woolwich block
Greenwich Council is to spend £87 million on buying 232 new homes to boost its council home-building programme – including buying out a scheme in Woolwich that was opposed by locals. The council is forking out £73.1 million for the leaseholds to two blocks in Greenwich Millennium Village blocks. One block, the ten-storey Hearn House […]
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