Plans to build 359 flats on the old Siemens factory site next to the Thames Barrier have been withdrawn after five years. Landsec has pulled its proposals to redevelop the long-closed factory on the Charlton-Woolwich border as a development called Faraday Works. The factory was one of the biggest local employers for more than a […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Plans to knock down Woolwich pub thrown out by Greenwich Council
Plans to demolish a 175-year-old Woolwich pub and replace it with seven flats and a commercial unit have been refused by Greenwich Council planning officers. The Anglesea Arms on Woolwich New Road closed in January, when developer Jayraj Shah applied for permission to demolish the building and build a four-storey block. The commercial unit was […]
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Drainage problem shuts Woolwich Foot Tunnel for 36 hours in latest fiasco
Updated story: Woolwich Foot Tunnel, where one lift has now been out of service for nearly three years, has reopened after being closed because of a drainage problem. The issue is the latest fiasco to hit the river crossing, where promised works to fix the northern lift have not yet materialised. Greenwich Council announced the […]
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Help local people take over empty shops, London’s mayor told
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to boost the capital’s high streets by helping local people take over empty shop spaces for community projects. The London Assembly has told the mayor in a new report that residents often do not feel “meaningfully involved in high street regeneration plans” and that improvements to shopping […]
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Name Woolwich’s new leisure centre in online vote
Woolwich’s new leisure centre is nearly finished – and Greenwich Council is now asking locals what the new facility should be called. The £115 million centre, facing General Gordon Square, will replace the Waterfront Leisure Centre by the Thames, and is due to open later this year. It will incorporate two swimming pools, water slides, […]
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Dust off your instruments and join Woolwich’s Brassworks parade
People in Woolwich and beyond are being asked to dig out their old brass instruments to take part in this year’s Brassworks parade through the town centre, which returns in September. Last year the event had bands parading through the area at lunchtime to end up at Woolwich Works, where a whole day of shows […]
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Share your memories of Charlton Lido for a new history project
Do you have any memories of using Charlton Lido – legitimately or otherwise? Were you one of the youngsters who used to scale the walls and have a dip when it was closed in the Nineties, or did you use it for skateboarding in the Seventies or Eighties? NORMAN LEACH would like to hear from […]
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Woolwich and Plumstead among most gentrified areas, study finds
Parts of Woolwich and Plumstead are among the London neighbourhoods that have gentrified most rapidly over the past decade, an analysis has found. A study by the Trust for London charity identified 53 areas where average incomes had grown by an average of 11 per cent between 2012 and 2020, compared with a 1 per […]
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