Greenwich Council’s free screening of the King’s coronation was washed out in yesterday’s rain as ticketholders failed to show up in Woolwich town centre. Just a handful of people braved the weather to sit in deckchairs in General Gordon Square to watch the BBC’s coverage of the ceremony live from Westminster Abbey. Rather than open […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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We haven’t abandoned derelict Maryon Grove estate, Greenwich Council insists
Greenwich Council has denied abandoning a derelict estate in Charlton, despite rubbish continuing to pile up during the week amid homes that have been left open to the elements. The Maryon Grove estate, which is awaiting demolition and redevelopment, has been deteriorating for years but the final residents only moved out last month. Fire gutted […]
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Britain’s Got Talent winner and hip-hop pioneers lead Woolwich Works’ summer festival
A Britain’s Got Talent winner and rap pioneers the Sugarhill Gang are among the acts performing at Woolwich Works’ second summer festival, which will take place this September. Comedian Axel Blake, who won the TV talent contest last year, is on the line-up for Woolwich Words and Sounds, which runs from September 8 to 24 […]
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Woolwich Works lost £1.4m in its first year after Covid-19 disruption
Woolwich Works lost £1.4 million in its first year of operation as it battled against the effects of the pandemic and struggled to bring in audiences, its newly-published accounts reveal. The Woolwich Creative District Trust, which controls the arts hub in the Royal Arsenal, saw its bank balance halved in the year to March 2022 […]
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Derelict Charlton estate set to stay open to flytippers and vandals for five more weeks
Hoardings are finally being erected around a condemned housing estate in Charlton – but locals will have to endure five more weeks of the derelict homes attracting flytipping and antisocial behaviour, this website has discovered. Workers have started to put up fencing around the Maryon Grove Estate, two weeks after photos on this website showed […]
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Island Site: Plans to redevelop Woolwich’s old polytechnic buildings return
Plans to redevelop disused university buildings in the centre of Woolwich have come back into the spotlight – with another row likely to break out over the lack of “affordable” housing. Much of the University of Greenwich’s old Island site, between Calderwood Street and Wellington Street and opposite the council’s Woolwich Centre HQ, has sat […]
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Did fencing off Woolwich square at Halloween work? Greenwich Council kept no records
Greenwich Council failed to produce any written reports on whether fencing off the borough’s main public square over Halloween stopped crime, this website has uncovered. The council spent £10,000 last year on sealing off General Gordon Square, in the heart of Woolwich, for two weeks last October over fears of antisocial behaviour. Four police officers […]
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Woolwich councillor helps overturn plans for LED screen in historic Royal Arsenal
Updated story: A Woolwich councillor has helped overturn plans for a new advertising screen in the heart of the historic Royal Arsenal – right opposite the area’s Elizabeth Line station. Berkeley Homes, which is developing the Arsenal into an estate of more than 5,000 homes, said the screen would advertise the development, “local events, activities […]
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