The trust that runs Woolwich Works has been given 15 more years to repay a £2 million council loan that bailed out the arts venue four years ago. Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke authorised the payment to the Woolwich Creative District Trust in July 2022, despite concerns from Labour councillors, who raised concerns about how […]
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Open House Festival to show off Woolwich’s new-look market square
The architects behind the transformation of Beresford Square will be returning to Woolwich next month as part of the Open House Festival. The team from LDA Design, who redesigned the square for Greenwich Council, will be talking about their work in the event, which is one of over 700 taking place across London between September […]
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No second entrance for Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station under new towers
Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station was not designed to have a second entrance, the developers behind plans for new tower blocks over the eastern end of the platforms have said, confirming that they do not plan to build one. But Greenwich Council has said it would like to see a new way in and out of […]
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Woolwich Works set to make its first profit after ‘substantial donation’
Woolwich Works is likely to turn a profit for the first time this financial year, its boss has said – two years after Greenwich Council bailed out the cultural hub with a £2 million loan. But the improved financial situation has been helped by a mystery “substantial donation” that has helped secure its future for […]
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Royal Arsenal residents told not to object to new buildings, developer admits
Residents in Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal are officially discouraged from objecting to planning applications put forward by Berkeley Homes that could affect their homes, the developer has admitted at a council planning meeting. The revelation came as the final details of the last stage of the Arsenal development – on the site of the temporary Maribor […]
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Greenwich’s heritage centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich, trust boss says
The Greenwich Heritage Centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich because of a lack of funding, according to the head of the trust in charge of the borough’s archives. Janet Denne, the chief executive of the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, told councillors last week that “the situation had moved on” from the council’s plan that […]
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Starbucks all set for a return to Woolwich – but there’s a catch for coffee lovers
Starbucks is all set for a return to Woolwich – less than five years after it pulled out of the town. The global coffee chain had an outlet in Powis Street for about a decade, but shut up shop in 2018 in what was seen as another blow for the area. Now it hoping to […]
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Woolwich councillor helps overturn plans for LED screen in historic Royal Arsenal
Updated story: A Woolwich councillor has helped overturn plans for a new advertising screen in the heart of the historic Royal Arsenal – right opposite the area’s Elizabeth Line station. Berkeley Homes, which is developing the Arsenal into an estate of more than 5,000 homes, said the screen would advertise the development, “local events, activities […]
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