A century-old panorama of Greenwich featuring some of the town centre’s long-lost landmarks is going up for auction next week. The Flowing River Winds Past Palace, Park, and the Homes of Toiling Millions by William Lionel Wyllie captures a view from Greenwich Park across the working River Thames in 1924. Wyllie, a celebrated maritime artist, […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich’s first 29 Lime bike bays confirmed – with Forest set to join too
Greenwich Council will finally introduce an initial 29 parking bays for Lime bikes – and is set to sign an agreement so Forest bike users will have to use them too. Plans to introduce 55 locations were revealed in August last year, mostly in Deptford, Greenwich and Blackheath, but objections by residents mean this total […]
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Rail services through Greenwich will be cut during summer to save cash
Summer might be peak tourist season for Greenwich – but it will be harder to get there during the school holidays because of temporary cuts to rail services in the area. Greenwich Council has written to Thameslink asking it to reconsider plans to cut trains between July 20 and August 29 as part of a […]
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Plan to cut down Greenwich trees halted after council steps in
Plans to cut down much-loved trees in a small street near Greenwich station have been halted after council officers intervened to place a protection order on them. Hyde Housing had applied to the council to fell the trees in Straightsmouth, and in a nearby courtyard, claiming that they were a threat to the railway line […]
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Greenwich Market ‘not for sale’ as naval charity set to sell properties
The naval charity that owns much of Greenwich town centre is planning to sell some of the properties there it has owned for centuries – but says it is holding on to Greenwich Market. Greenwich Hospital is looking for £80 million from the sale, according to the property industry website CoStar, which first reported the […]
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Greenwich street trees still face cutback – despite residents’ campaign
Much-loved trees in a street near Greenwich station still face being cut back after residents began a campaign to stop them being chopped down. Hyde Housing applied to Greenwich Council for permission to fell the trees in Straightsmouth and in a nearby courtyard last month. The housing association said the trees were damaging a boundary […]
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Bleak Greenwich flyover to be transformed by a ‘wall of stories’
East Greenwich is to get a “wall of stories” that will tell the tale of a part of the borough that is industrial, gritty and occasionally, world-beating. A nearly 15ft tall graphic artwork will transform the main wall of the Angerstein flyover, taking it from dreary slab of grey concrete to a representation of the […]
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More than 2,000 students could be living by Silvertown Tunnel entrance
Another tall student accommodation block could be built next to the Silvertown Tunnel entrance in Greenwich after planning documents were filed with the council. More than 2,000 students could be living close to the tunnel if three separate schemes in the area are built. Your Tribe, which recently had plans for student blocks by Deptford […]
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