The company behind Lewisham’s Model Market and the failed Public in Woolwich’s old covered market has gone out of business – with its founder complaining of being “completely screwed over”. Street Feast ran a number of food courts across London, including Model Market, which closed its gates for the last time only last month. It […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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The Proper Blokes Club gets set to walk away the winter blues in Greenwich and Woolwich
The Proper Blokes Club is countering “man up” culture with “walk and talk” sessions in Greenwich, Woolwich and Southwark. NIKKI SPENCER joined the blokes for an evening stroll along the Thames. On a beautiful autumn evening it’s easy to understand why Scott Johnson has chosen Cutty Sark Gardens as the starting point for The Proper […]
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Greenwich Council leader refuses to say why residents told Woolwich Works would cost £31m
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe refused to say last night why the town hall had claimed the Woolwich creative district would cost £31 million – when it ended up costing £45.6 million. Nigel Fletcher, the Conservative opposition leader, raised the issue three weeks after it was revealed that the project in the Royal Arsenal had […]
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Greenwich among the boroughs with most unsafe tower blocks
Greenwich is among the London boroughs worst affected by the capital’s building safety crisis, with just two boroughs having more unsafe tower blocks. The London Fire Brigade revealed last month that there were more than 1,000 buildings in the capital which require residents to evacuate in the event of a fire rather than stay put […]
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Woolwich Works: Creative district is £14m over budget, Greenwich Council admits
Work on the Woolwich creative district project has gone £14 million over its publicised budget, Greenwich councillors will be told at a meeting next week. The project was approved in 2017 with a budget of £31.6 million, with a contingency of £11.1 million. In publicity, the council sold the project to residents as costing £31 […]
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Woolwich Works boss: My Robin Hood approach will help local community
Woolwich’s multimillion-pound, new 15,000-square metre creative district will open its doors for the first time this week. The boss of Woolwich Works, the venue at the heart of the venture, took NIKKI SPENCER for a look around. James Heaton is the first to admit that there were a few times in the past year or […]
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Faraday Works: Four per cent ‘affordable’ housing planned for Charlton Riverside development
Revised plans for 374 homes on the site of the old Siemens factory on the Charlton-Woolwich border have been submitted – with only 15 flats available as “affordable” housing. Developer U+I is behind the Faraday Works project to redevelop the former telecommunication works, which closed in 1968 and became an industrial estate three years later. […]
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Woolwich leisure centre: 22-storey block set to feature in 530-home development
A 22-storey high tower is likely to feature in Greenwich Council’s plans for a new leisure centre in Woolwich, according to early planning documents lodged with the town hall. Up to 530 homes are planned in five blocks off General Gordon Square, along with shops, offices and a new complex to replace the Waterfront Leisure […]
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