Until four years ago, Woolwich’s old covered market was threatened with the bulldozer. Now it’s home to a psychedelic art experience which is free for all to visit for the next 10 weeks. NIKKI SPENCER took a trip and found out more. A new, free immersive art experience which explores the limitless potential of the […]
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Street Feast: Firm behind Woolwich’s Public and Lewisham’s Model Market collapses
The company behind Lewisham’s Model Market and the failed Public in Woolwich’s old covered market has gone out of business – with its founder complaining of being “completely screwed over”. Street Feast ran a number of food courts across London, including Model Market, which closed its gates for the last time only last month. It […]
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Woolwich Exchange approved as councillors voice reservations about 801-home scheme
Greenwich councillors swallowed their doubts to back plans for 801 homes, shops and a new cinema in the heart of Woolwich on Tuesday night after a last-minute plea for support from town hall leader Danny Thorpe. The controversial Woolwich Exchange project will see scores of small businesses moved or closed and buildings on Plumstead Road […]
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Woolwich Exchange: ‘Affordable’ housing drops in new covered market redevelopment
Updated story: New proposals to redevelop the area around Woolwich Public Market have been submitted to Greenwich Council – with a sharp drop in the number of “affordable” homes in the scheme to help pay for the retention of the historic market. Developer St Modwen and housing association Notting Hill Genesis plan to build 801 […]
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Woolwich covered market to stay as Spray Street developers review plans
The developers behind controversial plans to develop a chunk of Woolwich town centre have confirmed they will be keeping the old covered market when they submit new proposals for the area. St Modwen and the housing association Notting Hill Genesis had planned to demolish the former Woolwich Public Market in their plans to build 742 […]
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Other traders interested in Woolwich Public Market, Greenwich Council says
853 exclusive: Other traders are interested in taking on the empty Woolwich Public Market after Street Feast abandoned its street food market there, Greenwich Council has told this website. The Public food and drink space opened in the dilapidated market in March 2018 after Street Feast, which also operates Model Market in Lewisham and Hawker […]
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Woolwich Street Feast shuts after botched electrical work and Crossrail delay
Street food operator Street Feast will not be reopening in Woolwich Public Market in 2019 because of the electrical work carried out incorrectly in the Grade II-listed building and the ongoing delay to Crossrail. The firm, which has run Lewisham’s Model Market as a summer street food arena since 2015, had planned to run the […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Woolwich Public Market gets Grade II listed status
Controversial plans to knock down and redevelop Woolwich’s historic covered market have hit a setback after Historic England gave the 1930s structure a Grade II listing. A Greenwich Council-backed scheme seeks to demolish the 1936 Public Market and surrounding buildings – including scores of businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – […]
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