Two of Greenwich’s best-loved venues – the Pelton Arms pub and Pistachios café in East Greenwich Pleasaunce – have launched crowdfunding appeals to help them survive the coronavirus crisis. Over the past 11 years, the Pelton Arms has built up a reputation as one of south-east London’s best music venues as well as being a […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Old Royal Naval College ‘watching advice’ on reopening grounds
The Old Royal Naval College says it is “monitoring government advice” on reopening its grounds, after calls on social media for it to allow cyclists once again to help them navigate their way through Greenwich. Routes for both pedestrians and cyclists from west to east Greenwich have been severely cut since the start of the […]
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Plans for homes on Royal Hill community garden site emerge
Plans have been submitted to build accommodation for adults with learning difficulties on the site of the former community garden in Royal Hill, west Greenwich. The former police car park had been maintained by volunteers as a garden for three years before Greenwich Council took the land back last spring, saying it was being “unlawfully […]
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Pavements widened to help social distancing in Greenwich town centre
Two weeks after the council said it would act to help people on two feet and two wheels get around the borough, roads have been narrowed and pavements widened in Greenwich town centre to help people get around on foot while staying two metres apart. Bright yellow barriers have been put in place on Nelson […]
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Two new community radio stations to join SE London’s waveband
SE London is to gain new two community radio stations after the communications regulator Ofcom awarded FM licences to Select Radio and Rainbow Radio yesterday. While an increasing amount of radio listening is done via DAB and the internet, Ofcom is still awarding licences to new community stations. Select Radio, which already broadcasts online and […]
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Greenwich one-way system could be removed early – if TfL funds it
Plans to take out the one-way system in Greenwich town centre could be brought forward as part of proposals to make it easier to people to walk and cycle during the coronavirus pandemic, Greenwich Council has said. A council statement issued on Tuesday said that it ask Transport for London to fund a trial scheme, […]
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Silvertown Tunnel architects ‘want to make new road more sustainable’
The architecture practice that has signed up to work on the Silvertown Tunnel says it is working on the controversial new road “ to try to make the project more sustainable”. dRMM, which signed up to an industry pledge to to evaluate all its projects on their effect on the environment, told Architects’ Journal that […]
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‘Eco-friendly’ Hastings Pier architects join Silvertown Tunnel scheme
The award-winning architects who revamped Hastings Pier are part of the consortium working on the controversial Silvertown Tunnel scheme, despite signing a pledge to evaluate all their projects on their effect on the environment, it was revealed last night. Architects’ Journal reported that dRMM is part of the Riverlinx consortium that has signed up to […]
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