Transport for London has spent over £9,000 on advertisements promoting two Woolwich bus services becoming double deckers – even though other services are being cut back to save money. A total of £8,283 was spent on poster ads at bus stops at 21 locations along the route of the 178 service from Woolwich to Lewisham […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Woolwich tower block to get memorial tree for murdered soldier
A memorial tree to Fusillier Lee Rigby will be planted close to where he was murdered in Woolwich six years ago as part of a scheme to improve the area around a council tower block. Greenwich Council says it has reached an agreement with Fusilier Rigby’s widow Rebecca and mother Lyn for a tree to […]
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Inside Equitable House: Woolwich landmark gets £1.4m revamp
Woolwich’s Equitable House is to finally get a new lease of life with flats nearing completion on the upper floors – with the building’s owner hoping it can make a contribution to the revival of the town centre. For 54 years until 1989, the striking building on General Gordon Square was the headquarters of the […]
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Senior Greenwich councillor branded ‘disingenuous’ over Woolwich plans
A senior Greenwich councillor has been accused of being “disingenuous” over the future of Woolwich town centre after claiming that a community group had withdrawn from proposals to hold a joint workshop into a new plan for the area. The disagreement centres on a consultation for an “urban design and public realm strategy” for Woolwich, […]
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West End theatre boss to run Woolwich’s £31m creative district
A West End theatre boss is to become the chief executive of the trust set up to run Woolwich’s £31m “creative district” in the Royal Arsenal. James Heaton, who will take up the role at the Woolwich Creative District Trust in August, is currently the operations director at Nimax Theatres, which runs seven venues including […]
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Blackheath public toilet among seven set to be sold by Greenwich Council
Greenwich Council is set to sell seven public toilets across the borough to raise money to fund local services, according to documents to be placed before a council meeting next week. The seven conveniences include the long-closed block on Blackheath next to the Long Pond, on Shooters Hill Road, which the council plans to sell […]
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‘We’re fed up’: The Woolwich traders blighted by Spray Street demolition scheme
The multi-billion pound Spray Street redevelopment scheme Woolwich, promoted by Greenwich Council, has kept long-standing and family business owners up at night fearing for their future. Local Democracy Reporter TOM BULL spoke to some of them. Traders in and around Spray Street have faced five years of uncertainty over controversial plans to bulldoze the covered […]
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Punchdrunk comes to Woolwich: Immersive theatre company confirmed for £31m creative district
Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk has been confirmed as the lead tenant in Greenwich Council’s £31m Woolwich Creative District project. The company, which stages hugely popular productions where audience are members free to wander around and take part in the shows, has long been linked with the project, based in Berkeley Homes’s Royal Arsenal development. Punchdrunk […]
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