Rail passengers in southeast London will get a “turn up and go service” on most routes on Mondays to Saturdays from December, Southeastern has said, as it confirmed plans to reverse many of the service cuts made after the pandemic. Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham stations are due to get more trains to Charing Cross from […]
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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts
Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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Shared ownership housing becoming ‘problematic’ in London, Greenwich MP says
Shared ownership is becoming a “problematic” form of housing in London, Greenwich & Woolwich’s MP Matt Pennycook has said. The housing minister said he had seen issues in his own constituency with the tenure, which allows people to buy a share of their new home and pay regulated rent on the rest. Shared ownership is […]
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More than 250 homes could be built on sports ground disused since 1990s
More than 250 homes could be built on a playing field between Blackheath and Kidbrooke that has been disused for nearly 30 years. The last matches took place on the Huntsman sports ground, which lies between the private Blackheath Cator Estate and Berkeley Homes’ Kidbrooke Village development, in 1998, and there have been four unsuccessful […]
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New school could open after closure of Kidbrooke’s Holy Family primary
The closure of a primary school in the Kidbrooke Village development is likely to be rubber-stamped next week – but the site could be turned into a school for children with special educational needs. Holy Family Catholic Primary School was proposed for closure in January, after it was revealed that it had just 128 out […]
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Kidbrooke Village traders will stay in Pegler Square after Berkeley Homes U-turn
Traders who had been threatened with losing their pitches in the Kidbrooke Village development have been told they can stay after a change of heart from Berkeley Homes. Last year The Greenwich Wire revealed that the developer was planning to end their leases in favour of new shops that were opening in Pegler Square, next […]
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Kidbrooke Village primary school could be closed – despite area’s growing population
A primary school at the heart of the new Kidbrooke Village development has been earmarked for closure – despite the growing population around it. Holy Family Catholic Primary School has room for 210 pupils but is attended by just 128 children, with only 19 reception students starting last September. The school is the first primary […]
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