An interactive 3D light sculpture will be unveiled next to North Greenwich station in September to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light, staying in place for a year. Rangoli Mirrored Cosmos, by the artist Murugiah, will be installed at Peninsula Square as part of the London Design Festival and will stay in place for a […]
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36-storey student tower planned next to North Greenwich station
A 36-storey tower block for students could be built between the O2 and North Greenwich tube station if developers get backing from Greenwich Council. Plans have been submitted by Crosstree, a property company which has a half-share in the O2, for an 120-metre tower with 820 bedrooms for students. The land was originally part of […]
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Greenwich Peninsula developer launches £1.9m community fund – but hurry for grants
The developer behind the giant Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project has launched a £1.9 million fund to help community projects in the area. Knight Dragon, which is responsible for most of the developments on the north and east of the peninsula, says the scheme is part of its plans to create a “sustainable community” in the […]
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Plans for 1,300 homes on Greenwich’s Ikea car park withdrawn because of ‘spiralling costs’
Updated story: Proposals to build 1,290 homes in a development surrounding east Greenwich’s Ikea store have been withdrawn by the developer because of “spiralling” construction costs, it said this evening. The scheme, Peninsula Gardens, would have included the demolition of the adjacent B&Q store and the construction of blocks of up to 16, 17 and […]
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Greenwich’s Brew By Numbers brewery ‘could go into administration’
Brew By Numbers could enter administration just two years after the brewery moved into the Morden Wharf development in Greenwich, it emerged yesterday. The company filed a notice to appoint administrators yesterday, the trade website Just Drinks reported. The notice gives Brew By Numbers ten days in which no creditor can take any legal action […]
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Dome could have moved from Greenwich to Swindon, archives reveal
The Millennium Dome could have been dismantled and moved from the Greenwich Peninsula to Swindon under a plan considered two decades ago, newly-released documents reveal. Erected in the late 1990s on the old East Greenwich gas works to mark the year 2000, the Dome had been lambasted as a white elephant after visitor numbers failed […]
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Wetherspoon pub with riverside beer garden coming to Greenwich’s O2
The JD Wetherspoon pub chain is coming to the O2 in Greenwich – with plans to open a bar with a riverside beer garden next year. The Stargazer, which will be located next to the Mamma Mia! The Party attraction, is due to open in February. Wetherspoon says it will create 70 jobs. It will […]
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Morden Wharf’s willows face the chop in works to Greenwich’s Thames Path
Much-loved willow trees on the Greenwich Peninsula could be felled as part of plans to improve flood defences and widen the Thames Path. The 11 willow trees, which sit by a small sandy beach on the river, have formed a local landmark for years. But proposals submitted to Greenwich Council propose felling the willows and […]
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