Plans to cut down more than 50 trees on Woolwich Common for a road widening project are still being pursued – but the NHS trust behind the scheme says it will plant 76 replacement trees instead. The Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust wants to upgrade the road running past Queen Elizabeth Hospital to include a […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Open House Festival to show off Woolwich’s new-look market square
The architects behind the transformation of Beresford Square will be returning to Woolwich next month as part of the Open House Festival. The team from LDA Design, who redesigned the square for Greenwich Council, will be talking about their work in the event, which is one of over 700 taking place across London between September […]
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What’s gone wrong with Greenwich Council’s Plumstead roadworks?
Bus users and drivers face another fortnight of delays because of the closure of a short stretch of road outside Plumstead bus garage – and Greenwich Council insists its temporary traffic lights are not to blame for this week’s long queues. Works to repair part of the bridge parapet at the junction of Pettman Crescent […]
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‘Sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme axed in Plumstead and Shooters Hill
Plans to implement controlled parking zones across Shooters Hill and Plumstead have been scrapped by Greenwich Council, only four weeks after they were first announced. The sudden announcement on Monday evening follows a botched consultation launch. Residents were expected to sift through a series of detailed maps to find their streets, and initially given less […]
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Lander 23: Punchdrunk to bring video game action to Woolwich
The immersive theatre company Punchdrunk’s latest production will come to Woolwich next month – turning audience members into players in a video game. Lander 23 will feature “ true video game mechanics” and bring immersive theatre into “unchartered territory”, the company says, meaning that tickets for the first two weeks of the show have been […]
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Last orders for never-opened Woolwich pub as plan for shops submitted
Hopes that Woolwich town centre would get a new pub look set to be dead without a pint being served after plans to turn the site into two shop units were submitted. The pub group Antic had long planned to open The Volunteer at the west end of Powis Street, next to the former Co-op […]
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Woolwich’s Poundstretcher store could be replaced by 160 co-living homes
Woolwich’s Poundstretcher store and a neighbouring shop could be pulled down and replaced with 160 co-living homes. The developers behind the scheme, Buccleuch Property and Packaged Living, announced that they had bought the site on Beresford Square earlier this year and held a brief consultation in May. Now plans to tear down the old supermarket […]
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Stop being negative about Woolwich, Greenwich Labour councillor says
A Greenwich Labour councillor has poured scorn on criticism of the revamped public spaces of Woolwich, telling one of her political rivals not to be so negative about the area. Jackie Smith said that residents needed to “behave” and not leave litter in the town centre, which has had a £17.1 million refurbishment with new […]
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