London’s first brass-only street carnival is coming to Woolwich next weekend – ending in a grand finale concert featuring jazz acts including Steam Down and Ezra Collective’s Ife Ogunjobi. The Brassworks carnival, on Saturday September 21, will start at 11am with a free street parade from General Gordon Square, starting with the Bollywood Brass Band […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Private homes deal to kickstart delayed Maryon Grove estate redevelopment
Greenwich Council is poised to sign a deal to allow an estate that sat crumbling for years to finally be redeveloped. The private developer Lovell will be allowed to build 33 private homes on the site of the Maryon Grove estate in Charlton – partly rolling back a previous deal which kickstarted work on the […]
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Work starts on £9.3m project to fix Woolwich’s leaky town hall
Work is under way on a £9.3 million project to refurbish Woolwich Town Hall after water leaks forced the closure of part of the complex. The Edwardian building opened in 1906 as the HQ of the old Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, whose insignia still features above the entrance and in the council chamber. It was […]
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Residents still moving into ‘mutant’ Mast Quay in July, public inquiry hears
Tenants were still moving into the controversial Mast Quay Phase 2 development in July, ten months after Greenwich Council had ordered its demolition, a public inquiry has heard. Joseph Garfield said he had moved into his rented flat on the Woolwich riverside on August 8 – the week after the inquiry began – and had […]
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Woolwich’s Riverside House could become hotel and student housing
Greenwich Council’s old Riverside House offices in Woolwich could be enlarged and converted into student accommodation and a hotel under plans published this week. The tower block on Beresford Street would be enlarged from 14 to 17 storeys to house 332 student rooms, while the adjacent five-storey block would be extended by two floors to […]
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Children centres to go as Greenwich Council’s £33m cuts start to bite
Children’s centres in 13 locations across Greenwich borough face closure as part of the cash-strapped council’s plans to save £33.7 million. There are currently 23 centres in the borough, which offer early years education and childcare, healthcare services, early identification of children with special needs, family support and careers services . Four of the centres […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel lift to be fixed after councils patch up differences
Woolwich Foot Tunnel’s broken lift will finally be repaired after two years out of service after Greenwich and Newham councils came to an agreement over paying for the works. The lift on the North Woolwich side has been out of action since August 2022, and an argument briefly erupted between the two councils over paying […]
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Ban King’s Troop horses from residential streets, ex-council leader demands
The horses of the King’s Troop have been trusted with Britain’s most important state events – including the funeral of Queen Elizabeth two years ago. But the ceremonial regiment, which is based off Woolwich Common, has been leaving a trail of damage in the quiet streets of Shooters Hill, according to a former Greenwich Council […]
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