Work on Deptford’s new segregated cycle route has been brought forward to later this year, meaning riders will be able to cycle along Creek Road several months earlier than planned, Transport for London has said. Construction of Cycleway 4 – the new name for what had been called Cycle Superhighway 4 – from Tower Bridge […]
Greenwich SE10 news
News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Council backs five hours’ free parking at ‘sustainable’ Ikea
Plans for up to five hours’ free car parking at east Greenwich’s “sustainable” Ikea store have been approved by Greenwich Council – despite initial objections from the council’s own officers. Shoppers using the Millennium Retail Park had been able to park for up to four hours, although this limit had not been enforced since the […]
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Passengers asked for ideas for reopened £220,000 Thameslink fund
Rail passengers are being asked for ideas for what can be done to improve their journeys from six Greenwich and Woolwich line stations after local MP Matt Pennycook successfully fought to have a little-publicised scheme reopened for suggestions. As part of its apology for the botched introduction of May 2018’s timetable – which saw a […]
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Old Royal Naval College to keep its name as rebrand dumped
The Old Royal Naval College is to keep its name after the charity which runs the focal point of Greenwich’s World Heritage Site scrapped plans to rebrand the world-famous buildings. 853 revealed the plans last November, which could have seen the college, which is home to the recently-revamped Painted Hall, the University of Greenwich and […]
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Vanbrugh pub developer loses appeal to build house behind beer garden
Plans to build a house behind one of Greenwich’s best-loved pubs have been rejected by a planning inspector, a year after Greenwich Council threw out the plan. Wakaf Ltd had wanted to erect a three-bedroom house on land next to the beer garden of The Vanbrugh, the latest in a long line of attempts to […]
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Greenwich’s air pollution chief ‘slightly optimistic’ about ULEZ effect on Woolwich
The Greenwich councillor in charge of air quality is “slightly optimistic” that Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone will not damage air quality in Woolwich, she said last night. Denise Scott-McDonald, whose portfolio covers both transport and air quality, said she had been reassured by reports that 74 per cent of vehicles inside the current […]
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Football’s coming home? Greenwich Park set to host Euro 2020 fan zone
Greenwich Park could be hosting a “family-friendly” Euro 2020 fan zone next year as part of London’s co-hosting of Europe’s international football tournament. Part of the park could be closed in June and July next year as part of the plans, the first major event to be held there since the Olympic Games in 2012. […]
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Enderby Wharf: Greenwich cruise liner terminal formally sunk by new owners
The new owners of Enderby Wharf have placed the last nail into the coffin of Greenwich Council’s junked plan for a cruise liner terminal by announcing plans to build “low-cost” rental housing on the site. Criterion Capital, which owns the Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus, has bought the land from Morgan Stanley, the investment bank which […]
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