COMMENT: Last November, we reported how a coalition of groups had come together to call for the widening of pavements in Greenwich town centre. With council elections on their way, they are stepping up their call. MAUREEN O’MARA, who is stepping down as one of the area’s Labour councillors, explains what the campaign is about. […]
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Widening pavements in Greenwich town centre won’t get funding, council says
Greenwich Council has rebuffed calls for pavements in Greenwich town centre to be widened – saying it would bid to have part of the area pedestrianised instead. Last autumn the charity that owns a large part of the town centre, Greenwich Hospital, teamed up with the Greenwich Society to call for pavements around the market […]
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Greenwich Market’s landlord calls for wider pavements in town centre
Greenwich Market’s landlord has put pressure on Greenwich Council to make the area safer for pedestrians by widening pavements around the market, rather than pedestrianising streets in the town centre. At the beginning of the pandemic last year barriers were used to create more room for people and to allow for social distancing on the […]
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Olaudah Equiano: Blue plaque near Greenwich Park could honour former slave
A blue plaque on a house opposite Greenwich Park could mark the life of a former slave who campaigned to abolish the practice in the 18th century. Olaudah Equiano briefly stayed in the house on Maze Hill, owned by three sisters known as the Misses Guerin, in September 1767 after he had bought his freedom […]
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Council homes get go-ahead for Royal Hill community garden site
Plans to build homes for adults with learning difficulties on the old Royal Hill community garden in west Greenwich were approved by councillors this week. Greenwich Council is to build a house for four adults on the site, as well as four one-bedroom flats, plus a training office with a staff bedroom. The awkwardly-shaped site […]
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Anger as Old Royal Naval College bosses consider renaming historic site
853 exclusive: The Old Royal Naval College could be getting a new name under controversial plans being considered by the charity which runs the world-famous focal point of Greenwich’s World Heritage Site. Since the Ministry of Defence pulled out of the complex 20 years ago, the buildings have been run by The Greenwich Foundation for […]
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Greenwich Growth Fund: Council backs residents’ votes for spending developers’ cash
Plans to put money from developers into a “growth fund” were backed by Greenwich Council’s cabinet on Wednesday night – with residents able to vote online on how to spend some of it. Money from the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will be placed into a new Greenwich Growth Fund, and local groups will be […]
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Societies’ secrecy hides Olympics good news
This post could have brought you news of Wednesday night’s meeting between the organisers of 2012’s London Olympics and local societies in Blackheath and Greenwich, about the planned equestrian events in Greenwich Park and their ramifications. Unfortunately, the Blackheath Society did not respond to a request for access to the meeting, and I was told […]
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