Buskers will need to get a licence to perform in Greenwich and Woolwich town centres under plans set for approval by senior councillors on Wednesday. Greenwich Council says it needs to regulate street performers in the two areas after regular complaints about noise and obstruction. Musicians will be restricted to two locations in each town […]
Greenwich SE10 news
News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Think again on Silvertown Tunnel, local MPs urge victorious Sadiq Khan
The Labour MPs representing communities at both ends of the Silvertown Tunnel appealed to Sadiq Khan to think again about the controversial new road, just hours after the mayor pledged that he would never ignore voters’ worries. Khan was confirmed as the winner of last week’s mayoral election on Saturday night after securing 55.2 per […]
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Cycleway 4 closure through Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College reversed
Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College has reversed its closure of a high-profile new cycleway through its grounds after 853 reported that security guards were stopping riders from using the route. The main route through the historic campus, College Way, is part of a new cycle route between Greenwich and Charlton which Transport for London hopes […]
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Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College Streetspace cycle route closes
Friday update: The decision to close the route has now been reversed. For the situation earlier in the week, read on… A showpiece Transport for London cycle route through the Old Royal Naval College has been suddenly closed to riders – less than a year after it opened in a fanfare of publicity. The “Streetspace” […]
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Greenwich Park bosses look for volunteer rangers to help visitors
The charity that runs Greenwich Park is looking for 30 people to become volunteer rangers, helping visitors get the most out of the 500-year-old open space. Royal Parks has issued the call for volunteers as part of its Greenwich Park Revealed project, which includes revamping areas of the park and recreating giant grass steps on […]
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More protests threatened as anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan jet-washed onto embankment
Protesters have jet-washed an anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan onto a Thames embankment facing the Greenwich Peninsula – and are promising more protests as construction steps up. Activists in hi-viz jackets clambered onto the foreshore close to Peruvian Wharf in Silvertown at low tide to write “Stop the tunnel” on the river wall. Construction work began earlier […]
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Controversial plan for 63 flats on Blackheath Hill gets green light from Sadiq Khan
London mayor Sadiq Khan has declined to intervene in plans for a controversial development of 63 flats on Blackheath Hill, on the border of Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs. Developers GS8 and Vabel plan to demolish the Blackheath Business Estate to build two blocks of nine and seven storeys, along with a four-storey workspace building. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – its equivalent […]
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Riverside brewery and taproom to come to Greenwich Peninsula’s Morden Wharf
One of London’s best-known craft breweries has signed up to move into the 1,500-home Morden Wharf development next to the Blackwall Tunnel. Brew By Numbers will open a taproom and brewery in a refurbished warehouse on the site of an old pub, The Sea Witch, which was destroyed in the Second World War. A planning […]
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