Greenwich Council’s cabinet quietly voted to sell the borough’s equestrian centre on Tuesday evening – agreeing to dispose of it in less than a minute. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre on Shooters Hill closed earlier this year after North Kent College, which had been operating the facility, pulled out. The building has been boarded up since […]
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Labour’s Raja Zeeshan wins Shooters Hill by-election
Labour has convincingly won the Shooters Hill by-election, with Raja Zeeshan becoming the area’s new councillor. The election was called after Danny Thorpe, a former leader of Greenwich Council, stood down six weeks ago after 22 years at the town hall. Thorpe led the council for four years until May 2022. Zeeshan, a legal consultant […]
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Five stand to replace ex-council leader in Shooters Hill by-election
Five candidates will vie to replace Danny Thorpe as Shooters Hill councillor when the by-election is held on November 14. The former Labour council leader announced three weeks ago that he was standing down after 20 years as a councillor. He led the council for four years until 2022. Labour will be hoping that Raja […]
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Greenwich’s Olympic equestrian centre has closed and could be sold off
A Greenwich Council-owned equestrian centre built in the wake of the London Olympics has been closed and could be sold after the college involved pulled out of the project. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre opened in Shooters Hill in 2013, offering training in equestrian skills run by Hadlow College. It also offered riding lessons to local […]
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Ban King’s Troop horses from residential streets, ex-council leader demands
The horses of the King’s Troop have been trusted with Britain’s most important state events – including the funeral of Queen Elizabeth two years ago. But the ceremonial regiment, which is based off Woolwich Common, has been leaving a trail of damage in the quiet streets of Shooters Hill, according to a former Greenwich Council […]
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20mph limits coming to parts of South Circular Road, A2 and A20
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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