Lewisham’s London Borough of Culture 2022 programme We Are Lewisham launches on Friday. Proud borough resident NIKKI SPENCER looks forward to the year ahead. After being postponed for 12 months due to the pandemic, Lewisham is finally set to have its year in the cultural spotlight with an array of events that will put the […]
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Lewisham Council to keep watered-down Lee low-traffic neighbourhood
Lewisham Council plans to keep its watered-down low traffic neighbourhood in Lee and Hither Green – but will replace the remaining planters with cameras. A wide swathe of streets between Hither Green station and the borough border with Greenwich were blocked to motor vehicles in the summer of 2020 to encourage more walking and cycling […]
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We want Santander Cycles to come to Deptford, Lewisham Council says
A senior Lewisham councillor is to raise extending TfL’s cycle hire scheme further into SE London when he meets City Hall’s walking and cycling commissioner next month. In June, Greenwich Council’s transport cabinet member, Sarah Merrill, said that she would be keen to see Santander Cycles extended along the route of the new Cycleway 4 […]
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Blackheath fireworks off because of austerity cuts, Lewisham Council says
There will be no Blackheath fireworks display this year because of Lewisham Council cuts, a senior councillor has said. The annual display, a fixture of SE London’s calendar since the late 1980s, was one of London’s most popular before the pandemic, regularly bringing more than 80,000 people to the heath and boosting local businesses across […]
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Help for Afghan refugees in Greenwich: Church launches appeal for clothes
11pm update: The church says it now has enough clothes but could do with nappies and volunteers – read on for the story as it was this morning. A church in east Greenwich is appealing for clothes to help refugees from Afghanistan who have just arrived in southeast London. Christ Church on Trafalgar Road is […]
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Suttons Radio: Lewisham High Street pub could close forever in shop plan
Lewisham town centre could lose one of its most high-profile pubs forever if plans submitted by the building’s owner are approved by the council. The long-anticipated Suttons Radio pub opened in November 2017 but without a permanent food offering it struggled to attract customers and was put up for sale just 11 months later. It […]
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Evelyn Street Cycleway 4 works to start – but riders left waiting on Creek Road
Work begins next week on the latest section of Cycleway 4 in Deptford – but riders are having to wait before they can use the most-recently built section of segregated track. Construction of the 1.4km section along Evelyn Street will begin on Monday and last until May, Transport for London said. Along with the protected […]
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Vote could help Railway Children ‘national park’ come to Grove Park
An “urban national park” inspired by The Railway Children, linking the South Circular Road with Elmstead Woods, could be on its way if campaigners in Grove Park get their way. The Railway Children Urban National Park would honour the author Edith Nesbit, who lived off Baring Road in a home that backed onto woodland by […]
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