Woolwich’s Old Town Hall is set to be turned into artists’ studios, two years after it was renovated as part of a £17.1 million project to rejuvenate the town centre. The building in Calderwood Street, which dates back to 1842 and is one of London’s oldest surviving local government buildings, is set to be leased […]
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Tunnels, Ikea flats and council rows: The Greenwich Wire’s top 25 stories of 2025
Thank you for your support of The Greenwich Wire during a turbulent and busy 2025. Before we throw the old year into the bin, editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN has a personal look back at the past 12 months, and reveals our most-read stories. We’ve made it to the end of another year. To everyone who has […]
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Woolwich’s new post office to open in the new year
Woolwich town centre will finally get a post office again in the new year, more than nine months after its old branch closed. The new post office will open for seven days a week from January 30 at 120 Powis Street, a few doors down from the old WH Smith store where the previous branch […]
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‘Headphones Norm’: Charlton Athletic pay tribute to much-loved supporter
Charlton Athletic have paid tribute to one of the club’s best-known fans, who died after being taken ill during a match at The Valley on Saturday, leading to the game being abandoned. Norman Barker, who had supported the club since being let into The Valley for free at half-time as a child in 1969, was […]
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Cut to bus linking hospital with Greenwich’s LTN branded ‘unacceptable’
A bus running through Greenwich and Blackheath’s controversial low-traffic neighbourhood has been reduced in frequency – reducing access to the borough’s only general hospital. The 386 service between Blackheath Village and Woolwich, which serves Queen Elizabeth Hospital, has only run with three buses an hour rather than four since November 29 – the worst level […]
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Woolwich to get another 930 student homes on derelict school site
Plans for a major housing development behind Woolwich’s main shopping street breezed through Greenwich Council’s planning board, four years after another plan for the site was thrown out. Some 930 student rooms, 425 co-living homes, 90 flats and three houses are set to be built behind shops on Powis Street as part of the Electric […]
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Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to the Royal Docks
Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to a site across the river from west Thamesmead under plans being considered by the City of London. The site at Albert Island, just north of North Woolwich and between Royal Albert Dock and the Thames, would be a “win-win for traders and Londoners”, according to Chris Hayward, the […]
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Woolwich Waves leisure centre to open on New Year’s Day
The new Woolwich Waves leisure centre will open its doors for the first time on New Year’s Day, Greenwich Council has confirmed. Council officials handed over the new centre to its leisure contractor, Better, on Tuesday, marking the start of a four-week countdown to its launch. The new centre, which will replace the Waterfront Leisure […]
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