Parts of the South Circular Road, A2 and A20 in southeast London will have 20mph speed limits put on them in the coming months – including at a notorious junction where locals have campaigned for safety improvements. Transport for London, which controls the capital’s major roads, is imposing the limits on 65km of roads in […]
shooters hill
Posted inNews
Ice Cold in Alex on the bill as Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival returns
Classic war movie Ice Cold in Alex is among the highlights of this year’s Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival, which starts next month. The 1958 film, starring John Mills and Sylvia Syms, is set in the Western Desert campaign of World War II, and is best known for the legendary scene at the end […]
Posted inNews
Woolwich’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital gains a new night bus from tonight
North Greenwich station, Charlton and Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be linked by bus 24 hours a day, seven days a week from tonight, with all-night buses being introduced on route 486. Buses will now run between Bexleyheath town centre and North Greenwich seven nights a week, providing the hospital on Woolwich Common with its first […]
Posted inNews
Too few people hit by cars to justify school speed camera, Greenwich Council says
Campaigners who want speed cameras introduced outside a primary school on Shooters Hill have been told not enough people have been hit by cars to justify having the safety measure installed. Parents and neighbours at Christ Church Primary School have been concerned for years over drivers coming down Shooters Hill at high speed, with two […]
Posted inComment
‘We’re sick of living with crashes at Shooters Hill – we want safer roads’
The junction of the South Circular Road at Shooters Hill is notorious for collisions – and those who live near by often have to pick up the pieces, with two deaths in the past 16 years. Locals have had enough and want to see action from Greenwich Council and Transport for London, writes DAN O’LOGHLEN. […]
Posted inNews
Unholy row brewing over Shooters Hill church’s plans for new flats
Plans are to be unveiled to build flats next to a church on Shooters Hill – less than two years after local councillors insisted that land there was not being sold for development. Christ Church Shooters Hill is to work with a property developer, Urbanlab, to redevelop its community hall and scout hut, which is […]
Posted inNews
Greenwich Council to introduce landlord licensing in Woolwich and Plumstead
All privately-rented homes in parts of Woolwich, Plumstead and Shooters Hill will need a licence from October under plans approved by senior Greenwich councillors last week. The “selective licensing” scheme had been due to be introduced in 2020, but approval was delayed because of the pandemic, when private landlords were banned from evicting their tenants. […]
Posted inNews
Eltham could merge with Chislehurst as constituency review threatens Labour
Eltham’s parliamentary constituency could expand south to take in Chislehurst, threatening Labour MP Clive Efford’s hold on the seat. A review of England’s constituencies, published today, recommends shrinking Matt Pennycook’s Greenwich & Woolwich seat as well as uniting most of Plumstead under Abena Oppong-Asare’s Erith & Thamesmead constituency. But the Boundary Commission’s most eye-catching recommendation […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.