Woolwich is a step closer to getting on the Crossrail map, as Greenwich Council and Berkeley Homes have now pencilled in a deal on how its station will be paid for. Transport for London’s board will consider the deal at a meeting this Thursday. Crossrail, due to begin service in 2018, will link Maidenhead and […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Woolwich gets 21-storey towers – but will Crossrail follow?
Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal development is set to get 21-storey tower blocks after Greenwich Council’s planning board backed an application from Berkeley Homes tonight. (Thanks to Eltham North councillor Nigel Fletcher for the tweet from the town hall.) The board voted 3-2 for the plans, which will dramatically change the shape of Woolwich, and the riverside, […]
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Greenwich councillor’s Run To The Beat U-turn
It’s good to see any local politician attempt to engage with the masses, and so today sees senior Greenwich councillor and cabinet member for health and older people John Fahy launch his own website. It includes a blog where he updates us on what he’s going and what he’s thinking. In the past, he’s been […]
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The Crossrail conundrum towering over Woolwich
You might not know it, but the park above’s days are numbered. Opened in 2000, Royal Arsenal Gardens in Woolwich, which sits on the site of the old power station, has always been a temporary park, but since 2008 Berkeley Homes, which is developing the old Royal Arsenal site, has planned to build tower blocks […]
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Talking about cycling on Greenwich’s Thames Path
It hasn’t been the best of weekends to enjoy it, but the Thames Path is one of the best things about this part of London. If you take the borough as a whole, Greenwich borough has the longest riverfront in London, and as well as a walking route, it’s a designated cycle route too. A […]
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Has Woolwich finally got a decent pub?
Looks like good news if you like decent pubs and live near Woolwich – The Woolwich, the hostelry that successful pub firm Antic had planned to open in the old Woolwich Equitable headquarters, appears to have been given a licence. It appears as licence LN/000006775 in the essential reading that is the Greenwich Council Licensing […]
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Will Tesco save or strangle Woolwich?
Life in Woolwich won’t be the same again. The new Tesco on Woolwich New Road has just opened its doors for the first time. The motto “Every little helps” now looms over General Gordon Square – but will the rest of the struggling town centre be able to live with its giant new neighbour? The […]
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Lewisham A&E under threat – a danger to all SE London
I was going to write a long and involved post about the threat to Lewisham Hospital’s accident and emergency department, which is threatened with being downgraded under the proposals to clear up the fallout from the South London Healthcare NHS Trust collapse. But frankly, the NHS isn’t my strong point, and the effects of what’s […]
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