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More than 600 homes and a 17-storey tower will now replace the derelict Leegate shopping centre – but the developer got a ticking-off from Lewisham councillors for branding the scheme “Blackheath Gate”.
Taller Leegate tower approved - but developer sorry for Blackheath branding - The Greenwich Wire
More than 600 homes and a 17-storey tower will now replace the derelict Leegate shopping centre – but the developer got a ticking-off from Lewisham councillors for branding the scheme “Blackheath…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
More than 600 homes and a 17-storey tower will now replace the derelict Leegate shopping centre – but the developer got a ticking-off from Lewisham councillors for branding the scheme “Blackheath Gate”.
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We're in Blackheath tonight, reading, chatting and drinking at @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social
Propping up bars in Blackheath and Penge this week, chatting about the book and doing some readings.
Thursday at @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social
Friday at Southey Brewing Taproom
We’ll be in the house for about 7pm. Free entry. No tickets, just grab a seat or a good lean.
Come and say hi 👋🍻📘
Thursday at @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social
Friday at Southey Brewing Taproom
We’ll be in the house for about 7pm. Free entry. No tickets, just grab a seat or a good lean.
Come and say hi 👋🍻📘
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We're in Blackheath tonight, reading, chatting and drinking at @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site.
The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.
The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.
More homes behind Woolwich Waves leisure centre approved - The Greenwich Wire
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved by Greenwich councillors - amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site.
The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.
The scheme includes the demolition of the old Bull pub, branded a "dump" by one councillor.
Three of Greenwich Council’s five adventure play centres face closure under plans to save £600,000 per year from town hall budgets.
The centres would be replaced with unsupervised play areas - but the council insists facilities would be improved.
The centres would be replaced with unsupervised play areas - but the council insists facilities would be improved.
Greenwich Council reveals plans to cut three adventure play centres - The Greenwich Wire
Three of Greenwich Council’s adventure playcentres face closure under plans to save £600,000 per year from town hall budgets.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Three of Greenwich Council’s five adventure play centres face closure under plans to save £600,000 per year from town hall budgets.
The centres would be replaced with unsupervised play areas - but the council insists facilities would be improved.
The centres would be replaced with unsupervised play areas - but the council insists facilities would be improved.
The Labyrinth on Thames festival will return to the Old Royal Naval College for eight events next year, promising a “legendary English artist” on the line-up, after Greenwich councillors approved its application for a licence.
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Labyrinth on Thames festival wins Greenwich licence for 2026 and beyond - The Greenwich Wire
The Labyrinth on Thames festival will return to the Old Royal Naval College for eight events next year, promising a “legendary English artist” on the line-up, after Greenwich councillors approved its…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Labyrinth on Thames festival will return to the Old Royal Naval College for eight events next year, promising a “legendary English artist” on the line-up, after Greenwich councillors approved its application for a licence.
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Join @vincerai.bsky.social and I as we go boatpubbing in Greenwich and Deptford.
Still feeling a bit seasick, tbh. Or is it just hungover?
Still feeling a bit seasick, tbh. Or is it just hungover?
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And if you're visiting Greenwich, our new book is on sale in the new Greenwich Gallery: thegreenwichgallery.co.uk
Out now wherever you get your podcasts or here on our website: deserter.co.uk/podcasts
And if you're visiting Greenwich, our new book is on sale in the new Greenwich Gallery: thegreenwichgallery.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join @vincerai.bsky.social and I as we go boatpubbing in Greenwich and Deptford.
Still feeling a bit seasick, tbh. Or is it just hungover?
Still feeling a bit seasick, tbh. Or is it just hungover?
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Important developments in #Greenwich, via @greenwichwire.bsky.social
Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force.
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
Greenwich Council reveals HMO clampdown in new Local Plan - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Important developments in #Greenwich, via @greenwichwire.bsky.social
More than 50 trees on Woolwich Common that were set to be chopped down have been given a reprieve - at least for now - after an application to widen a road was taken off a planning committee’s agenda.
Plans for a new cycle lane had received over 500 objections.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/14/w...
Plans for a new cycle lane had received over 500 objections.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/14/w...
Reprieve for Woolwich Common trees after cycle lane plans halted - The Greenwich Wire
More than 50 trees on Woolwich Common that were set to be chopped down have been given a reprieve after an application to widen a road was taken off a planning committee’s agenda.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
More than 50 trees on Woolwich Common that were set to be chopped down have been given a reprieve - at least for now - after an application to widen a road was taken off a planning committee’s agenda.
Plans for a new cycle lane had received over 500 objections.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/14/w...
Plans for a new cycle lane had received over 500 objections.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/14/w...
Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force.
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
Greenwich Council reveals HMO clampdown in new Local Plan - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force.
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
The borough's proposed Local Plan also includes the first hints of plans to redevelop council estates.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/13/g...
Three new Docklands Light Railway trains have been taken out of service after one overshot a platform in wet weather.
The long-awaited B23 trains started running between Stratford International and Woolwich just six weeks ago.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/n...
The long-awaited B23 trains started running between Stratford International and Woolwich just six weeks ago.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/n...
New DLR trains taken out of service to fix faulty brakes - The Greenwich Wire
Three new Docklands Light Railway trains have been taken out of service after one overshot a platform in wet weather. The new B23 trains started running on the Stratford International to Woolwich…
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Three new Docklands Light Railway trains have been taken out of service after one overshot a platform in wet weather.
The long-awaited B23 trains started running between Stratford International and Woolwich just six weeks ago.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/n...
The long-awaited B23 trains started running between Stratford International and Woolwich just six weeks ago.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/n...
The Waterfront Leisure Centre will be knocked down and sold for housing, Greenwich Council has confirmed.
The centre, a local landmark since 1988, is due to close after the new Woolwich Waves facility opens next month.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/w...
The centre, a local landmark since 1988, is due to close after the new Woolwich Waves facility opens next month.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/w...
Woolwich's Waterfront Leisure Centre site to be sold for housing - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council has confirmed that the Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich will be knocked down and sold for housing after it closes. The centre, which opened in 1988, will be replaced in the…
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Waterfront Leisure Centre will be knocked down and sold for housing, Greenwich Council has confirmed.
The centre, a local landmark since 1988, is due to close after the new Woolwich Waves facility opens next month.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/w...
The centre, a local landmark since 1988, is due to close after the new Woolwich Waves facility opens next month.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/12/w...
Rail travellers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood will face disruption this weekend as the Elizabeth Line closes for engineering works.
Woolwich station will also be opening later on two mornings in the coming weeks.
Woolwich station will also be opening later on two mornings in the coming weeks.
Elizabeth Line closure to affect Woolwich and Abbey Wood this weekend - The Greenwich Wire
Rail travellers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood will face disruption this weekend as the Elizabeth Line closes for engineering works.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Rail travellers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood will face disruption this weekend as the Elizabeth Line closes for engineering works.
Woolwich station will also be opening later on two mornings in the coming weeks.
Woolwich station will also be opening later on two mornings in the coming weeks.
Over 500 people have objected to plans to fell more than 50 trees to create a cycle lane at Woolwich Common – with the local London Cycling Campaign branch also unhappy.
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust plans to cut down 53 trees near Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust plans to cut down 53 trees near Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Cycling group among 500 objectors to Woolwich Common cycle lane - The Greenwich Wire
Over 500 people have objected to plans to fell more than 50 trees to create a cycle lane across Woolwich Common - with the local London Cycling Campaign branch also voicing its disapproval.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Over 500 people have objected to plans to fell more than 50 trees to create a cycle lane at Woolwich Common – with the local London Cycling Campaign branch also unhappy.
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust plans to cut down 53 trees near Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust plans to cut down 53 trees near Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath will be made permanent after a panel of Labour councillors rejected challenges to the scheme.
But there were pledges to fix traffic issues in Charlton that followed the LTN's introduction.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/07/g...
But there were pledges to fix traffic issues in Charlton that followed the LTN's introduction.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/07/g...
Greenwich LTN made permanent as pledges made to fix Charlton's traffic - The Greenwich Wire
The part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath will be made permanent after a panel of Labour councillors rejected two challenges to the scheme.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath will be made permanent after a panel of Labour councillors rejected challenges to the scheme.
But there were pledges to fix traffic issues in Charlton that followed the LTN's introduction.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/07/g...
But there were pledges to fix traffic issues in Charlton that followed the LTN's introduction.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/11/07/g...
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London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
The Labyrinth on the Thames music festival plans to return to the Old Royal Naval College next year with a bigger event spread across nine days - and will find out next week whether it will be allowed to.
Labyrinth on the Thames festival plans bigger Greenwich event for 2026 - The Greenwich Wire
The Labyrinth on the Thames music festival plans to return to the Old Royal Naval College next year with a bigger event lasting nine days.
greenwichwire.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Labyrinth on the Thames music festival plans to return to the Old Royal Naval College next year with a bigger event spread across nine days - and will find out next week whether it will be allowed to.
Greenwich Council’s leader has been told to mind his language after releasing a sweary video to promote an anti-flytipping initiative.
Anthony Okereke said that fly-tipping was “lazy and criminal, and we’re not putting up with this s*** any more”.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/29/g...
Anthony Okereke said that fly-tipping was “lazy and criminal, and we’re not putting up with this s*** any more”.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/29/g...
Clean up your language, council leader told after swearing in fly-tipping ad - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council’s leader has been told to mind his language after releasing a sweary video to promote an anti-flytipping initiative.
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Greenwich Council’s leader has been told to mind his language after releasing a sweary video to promote an anti-flytipping initiative.
Anthony Okereke said that fly-tipping was “lazy and criminal, and we’re not putting up with this s*** any more”.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/29/g...
Anthony Okereke said that fly-tipping was “lazy and criminal, and we’re not putting up with this s*** any more”.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/29/g...
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Very privileged to be given a donation of the late, great Kevin Nolan's press passes along with hundreds of #cafc programmes and teamsheets
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Very privileged to be given a donation of the late, great Kevin Nolan's press passes along with hundreds of #cafc programmes and teamsheets
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Basics aren't being done. Complaints highlight failings that should be carried out as a matter of course. Council has been & continues to be, reactive.
Barnfield made me think of this. Clearly the cameras placed by their offshoot firm are long gone now...
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2022/ro...
Barnfield made me think of this. Clearly the cameras placed by their offshoot firm are long gone now...
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2022/ro...
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Basics aren't being done. Complaints highlight failings that should be carried out as a matter of course. Council has been & continues to be, reactive.
Barnfield made me think of this. Clearly the cameras placed by their offshoot firm are long gone now...
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2022/ro...
Barnfield made me think of this. Clearly the cameras placed by their offshoot firm are long gone now...
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/2022/ro...
Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower for a neighbour after the developers of the Millennium Village submitted new plans for the final phase of the site.
But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon.
But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon.
Greenwich's Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower as a neighbour - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower for a neighbour after the developers of the Millennium Village submitted new plans for the final phase of the site.
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower for a neighbour after the developers of the Millennium Village submitted new plans for the final phase of the site.
But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon.
But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon.
Greenwich Council is promising to spend £5 million on a fly-tipping crackdown as the ruling Labour group gets ready for its most difficult election in decades.
The cash, to be spent over the next four and a half years, is part of a package of spending promises.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/27/g...
The cash, to be spent over the next four and a half years, is part of a package of spending promises.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/27/g...
Greenwich Council spends £5m on fly-tipping in pre-election splurge - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council is promising to spend £5 million on a fly-tipping crackdown as the ruling Labour group gets ready for its most difficult election in decades. The cash, to be spent over the next…
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Greenwich Council is promising to spend £5 million on a fly-tipping crackdown as the ruling Labour group gets ready for its most difficult election in decades.
The cash, to be spent over the next four and a half years, is part of a package of spending promises.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/27/g...
The cash, to be spent over the next four and a half years, is part of a package of spending promises.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/27/g...
Greenwich Council has found a new operator for the new café in Woolwich’s revamped market square – but for less rent than it was hoping for.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...
Bob's Your Uncle! Tasty rent deal for Woolwich market square's café - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council has found a new operator for the new café in Woolwich’s revamped market square – but for less rent than it was hoping for. Bob’s Your Uncle, which has branches in Eltham and South…
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Greenwich Council has found a new operator for the new café in Woolwich’s revamped market square – but for less rent than it was hoping for.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/b...
Plans to redevelop Woolwich Barracks when the army moves out will “celebrate our borough’s unique military history”, Greenwich Council’s leader has said – even though it has ruled out using the main building for the civic archive.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/w...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/w...
Woolwich Barracks plan 'honours military history', council leader says - The Greenwich Wire
Plans to redevelop Woolwich Barracks when the army moves out will honour “our borough’s unique military history”, Greenwich Council’s leader has said – even though it has ruled out using the main…
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Plans to redevelop Woolwich Barracks when the army moves out will “celebrate our borough’s unique military history”, Greenwich Council’s leader has said – even though it has ruled out using the main building for the civic archive.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/w...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/10/24/w...
A structure in Greenwich that was instrumental in the first transatlantic telephone calls - and the development of today's internet - has been given the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of London.
Greenwich cable structure given same protection as Tower of London - The Greenwich Wire
A cable hailer and winder gear that was instrumental in the first transatlantic telephone calls have been given the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of London.
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A structure in Greenwich that was instrumental in the first transatlantic telephone calls - and the development of today's internet - has been given the same protection as Stonehenge and the Tower of London.