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Plans for 1,300 homes on Greenwich’s Ikea car park withdrawn because of ‘spiralling costs’
Updated story: Proposals to build 1,290 homes in a development surrounding east Greenwich’s Ikea store have been withdrawn by the developer because of “spiralling” construction costs, it said this evening.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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Quiet Hallowe’en in fenced-off Woolwich – but firework fights hit Greenwich Peninsula
Hallowe’en passed off quietly in Woolwich last night – a year after the worst disorder seen in the town centre since the riots of 2011. But while all eyes were on the area after the installation of a fence to seal off General Gordon Square last week, trouble broke out three miles away on the […]
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Five years on from Grenfell Tower fire, 73 Greenwich buildings still have safety defects
Five years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, 73 buildings in Greenwich borough still have serious fire safety defects such as flammable cladding, combustible balconies or missing fire breaks, according to data released by City Hall. Events have been taking place across London to mark the anniversary of the fire, which killed 72 people in […]
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