Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declined to fund an extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead in her spring statement – leaving London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan warning that the Labour government risked “levelling down” the capital. The mayor, Greenwich Council and Newham Council had hoped the chancellor would put cash into the cross-river project […]
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News about Thamesmead, SE2 and SE28, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Parkour comes to Woolwich and Greenwich Fair returns for GDIF 2025
French parkour artists will jump across the rooftops of Woolwich to launch the Greenwich & Docklands International Festival when it returns in August to mark 30 years of free shows. Lézards Bleus will open the festival on Friday August 22 in Beresford Square, with eight performers embarking on a “breathtaking journey across landmark buildings”. The […]
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Crossness steaming weekend to mark engines’ 160th anniversary
The Victorian pumping station at Crossness will be throwing open its doors this weekend as part of celebrations to mark its 160th anniversary. Visitors will be able to see the Prince Consort beam engine steaming, while there will be special talks and exhibitions as well as live music to recreate the sounds of the era […]
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Primary schools in Charlton and Thamesmead set to close nurseries
Three primary schools in Greenwich borough are set to lose their nurseries because of falling pupil numbers as families leave London. Fossdene and Thorntree schools in Charlton and St Margaret Clitherow Catholic school in Thamesmead are proposing to end their nursery provision from the end of this school year. The nurseries had been closed temporarily […]
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What do you think of Greenwich’s Thames Path? Councillors want to know
Greenwich councillors are asking residents what they think of the Thames Path as part of a review for a scrutiny panel. The borough has the longest Thames frontage of any in the capital, from Watergate Street in Deptford through to Thamesmead. Unlike its equivalent north of the river, almost all of the waterfront is open […]
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Thamesmead’s £23 million bus transit will not arrive until 2029, TfL reveals
A planned transit bus system for Thamesmead is not expected to be completed until 2029, it has emerged, a day after Transport for London announced plans for a new Superloop bus through the area. The government awarded £23 million to TfL in 2023 to develop the system between Woolwich, Thamesmead and Abbey Wood, similar to […]
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TfL reveals details of North Greenwich’s planned SL11 Superloop bus
Transport for London has revealed details of its planned Superloop bus between North Greenwich, Woolwich and Abbey Wood, which would replace the existing 472 service. The SL11 would be a limited-stop route serving Greenwich Millennium Village, Charlton station, Woolwich town centre, Belmarsh prison and various stops in Thamesmead. But a number of passengers, particularly in […]
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Royal Artillery Quays cladding campaigner to stand in by-election
A campaigner who has been fighting the developer behind a riverside housing development has been selected to fight a Greenwich Council by-election next month. Steve Day will contest West Thamesmead for the Liberal Democrats in the by-election, to be held on December 19. He hopes to succeed Chris Lloyd, who was the Lib Dems’ only […]
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