A new theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula has attracted complaints about noise – before its stages and auditoriums have even been built. Councillors are due to make a decision on whether the Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula can go ahead at a meeting next week. Planning officers have recommended approving the scheme. Branded “London’s boldest new theatre”, […]
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Jubilee Line closed at North Greenwich for Charlton v Chelsea FA Cup match
There will be no Jubilee Line service through North Greenwich this weekend – affecting fans heading to Charlton Athletic’s FA Cup match against Chelsea and people going to the O2 Arena. On Southeastern Metro, the Bexleyheath line will also be closed all weekend, along with Lewisham station, adding to the disruption for travellers in SE […]
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Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower as a neighbour
Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower for a neighbour after the developers of the Millennium Village submitted new plans for the final phase of the site. But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon as part of the scheme. They say the development’s slogan of “village life in […]
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Greenwich cable structure given same protection as Tower of London
A structure in Greenwich that was instrumental in the first transatlantic telephone calls has been given the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of London. The cable hauler and winding gear by the Thames at Enderby Wharf, last used in 1978, have now been declared a nationally-important historical site by Historic England, after a […]
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Huge 3,000-seat theatre set to open on Greenwich Peninsula
A 3,000-seat theatre could come to the Greenwich Peninsula in what is being billed as “a new landmark for London”. Troubadour Theatres wants to open two auditoriums with 1,500 seats each next to the London Cable Car, on land currently used for coach parking and recently occupied by the HQ of the Silvertown Tunnel project. […]
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More than 1,300 student flats to be built opposite the O2
The view across the Thames from the O2 could change again soon after more than 1,300 student rooms and 208 homes at Orchard Wharf were approved by Tower Hamlets councillors. Property developer Regal also plans to build a facility to process parcels delivered by river on the site, which faces the Greenwich Peninsula and is […]
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Enhypen pop-up brings K-pop crowds – and their cash – to Greenwich
K-pop has become a K-pop-up. In the Design District, the futuristic assortment of shiny sheds by North Greenwich bus station, an Enhypen pop-up retail store has turned a few unused metres of floor space into a temporary embassy for the South Korean band and the whole K-pop movement — a place where music and merch […]
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First locations revealed for Greenwich Lime bike parking bays
The locations of Greenwich’s first dockless hire bike parking bays have been quietly released by the council – with a warning that they will be made compulsory for Lime bike users. Plans to strike a deal with Lime about creating bays were finally confirmed last month, three years after the San Francisco-based tech giant started […]
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