The end is coming for the old Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich after formal plans to demolish the complex were published. After 37 years as the borough’s main leisure centre, the Waterfront closed on New Year’s Eve and was replaced by Woolwich Waves, which took its first customers the following day. Greenwich Council plans to […]
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More homes behind Woolwich Waves leisure centre approved
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved by Greenwich councillors – amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site. An official from the Ramgarhia Sikh temple feared that residents in the block would object to the noise coming from early morning services. […]
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Woolwich’s Waterfront Leisure Centre site to be sold for housing
Greenwich Council has confirmed that the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich will be knocked down and sold for housing after it closes. The centre, which opened in 1988, will be replaced in the coming weeks by the new Woolwich Waves complex facing General Gordon Square. The new leisure centre is due to open next month. […]
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Council homes behind Woolwich Waves to be scrapped to save development
Plans to build council housing behind the new Woolwich Waves centre are to be scrapped to save the next phase of the project from sinking. While the newly-christened leisure centre is expected to be finished this October, work on the housing project which was meant to pay for it has stalled. Five residential blocks of […]
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Name of Woolwich’s new leisure centre revealed as water slides installed
The name of Woolwich’s new leisure centre has been revealed after more than 3,000 people took part in an online vote held by Greenwich Council. The £115 million centre, which will replace the Waterfront, will open later this year, with two swimming pools, water slides, a gym across two levels, and a health suite with […]
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