Hilly
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Ye who have a spark in your veins of cockney spirit, smile or mourn according as you take things well or ill;— Bold Britons, we are now on Shooter's Hill!
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"Reeves has not met a single environmental organisation or the body for professional ecologists, while Pennycook has had just four meetings with such groups, compared with 16 with leading developers."
The Government's false binary that growth means sacrificing the environment in action again.
The Government's false binary that growth means sacrificing the environment in action again.
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
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November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Reeves has not met a single environmental organisation or the body for professional ecologists, while Pennycook has had just four meetings with such groups, compared with 16 with leading developers."
The Government's false binary that growth means sacrificing the environment in action again.
The Government's false binary that growth means sacrificing the environment in action again.
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As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
As it stands, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will undermine species protection. Write to your MP today, it takes less than 2 minutes act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp...
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
Thank you to everyone who has already spoken up for #bats 🦇. Please share widely
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Sad to hear some members of the @houseoflords.parliament.uk willing to undermine the protection of bats and dismiss the important role they play as part of our natural heritage. We need evidence based legislation that recognises the economic, social and cultural value of wildlife protection.
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill resumes the Lords committee stage tomorrow (Thursday 4th September). We have written a briefing which outlines the problems with the Bill and the potential solution. You can download and read the full briefing here: cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/...
September 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sad to hear some members of the @houseoflords.parliament.uk willing to undermine the protection of bats and dismiss the important role they play as part of our natural heritage. We need evidence based legislation that recognises the economic, social and cultural value of wildlife protection.
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Aug 1934: Freehold Houses ad from Wimpey
(+Deposit and Weekly Payment)
«House-Hunting in a WIMPEY PRIVATE CAR»
(+Deposit and Weekly Payment)
«House-Hunting in a WIMPEY PRIVATE CAR»
August 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Aug 1934: Freehold Houses ad from Wimpey
(+Deposit and Weekly Payment)
«House-Hunting in a WIMPEY PRIVATE CAR»
(+Deposit and Weekly Payment)
«House-Hunting in a WIMPEY PRIVATE CAR»
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A winter sunrise from Shooters Hill, south London #Stunday #ColoraDay #OrangeSun #Photography #EastCoastKin
August 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A winter sunrise from Shooters Hill, south London #Stunday #ColoraDay #OrangeSun #Photography #EastCoastKin
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Happy hot, Friday, from top
of South East London, Oxleas Wood.
of South East London, Oxleas Wood.
July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy hot, Friday, from top
of South East London, Oxleas Wood.
of South East London, Oxleas Wood.
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Sunday photo
London skyline (from Shooters Hill)
London skyline (from Shooters Hill)
July 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sunday photo
London skyline (from Shooters Hill)
London skyline (from Shooters Hill)
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Morning.
Let's start the week with some late-Victorian South East London crime.
A crime so shocking it'll make your eyes water.
A case with... many layers?
Let's start the week with some late-Victorian South East London crime.
A crime so shocking it'll make your eyes water.
A case with... many layers?
July 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Morning.
Let's start the week with some late-Victorian South East London crime.
A crime so shocking it'll make your eyes water.
A case with... many layers?
Let's start the week with some late-Victorian South East London crime.
A crime so shocking it'll make your eyes water.
A case with... many layers?
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The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.
The result is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and follows a row over the Labour council's land sales in the ward.
The result is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and follows a row over the Labour council's land sales in the ward.
Green Party's Tamasin Rhymes wins Shooters Hill by-election - The Greenwich Wire
The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.
greenwichwire.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election.
The result is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and follows a row over the Labour council's land sales in the ward.
The result is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and follows a row over the Labour council's land sales in the ward.
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At a local council by-election hustings where the chair has just had to ask the Reform candidate to calm down after he started shouting at everyone for suggestions that his party wants to privatise the NHS
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At a local council by-election hustings where the chair has just had to ask the Reform candidate to calm down after he started shouting at everyone for suggestions that his party wants to privatise the NHS
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Seven candidates will compete to succeed Ivis Williams as councillor for Shooters Hill at a by-election called after the Labour councillor’s resignation in a row over council land sales. The poll will be on June 26.
Seven candidates stand in Shooters Hill by-election following land sale row - The Greenwich Wire
Seven candidates will compete to succeed Ivis Williams as councillor for Shooters Hill at a by-election called after the Labour councillor’s resignation earlier this month.
greenwichwire.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Seven candidates will compete to succeed Ivis Williams as councillor for Shooters Hill at a by-election called after the Labour councillor’s resignation in a row over council land sales. The poll will be on June 26.
In its Planning and Infrastructure Bill the Government seems determined to do what Owen Patterson tried to do to nature in 2014. It was nonsense then and it's nonsense now, and deeply damaging to our environment. Here's what I wrote at the time. e-shootershill.co.uk/2014/01/09/w...
The Infungibility of Trees – a spark in your veins
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May 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In its Planning and Infrastructure Bill the Government seems determined to do what Owen Patterson tried to do to nature in 2014. It was nonsense then and it's nonsense now, and deeply damaging to our environment. Here's what I wrote at the time. e-shootershill.co.uk/2014/01/09/w...
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A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/l...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/l...
Labour councillor quits after facing sanction for defending residents - The Greenwich Wire
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. Ivis Williams, who…
greenwichwire.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension.
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/l...
greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/05/09/l...
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After seven years serving as a local councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, it is with regret that I announce my resignation from my role as councillor.
It had been my absolute pleasure representing residents in Shooters Hill since May 2022 and Woolwich Commom between May 2018-2022.
It had been my absolute pleasure representing residents in Shooters Hill since May 2022 and Woolwich Commom between May 2018-2022.
May 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After seven years serving as a local councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, it is with regret that I announce my resignation from my role as councillor.
It had been my absolute pleasure representing residents in Shooters Hill since May 2022 and Woolwich Commom between May 2018-2022.
It had been my absolute pleasure representing residents in Shooters Hill since May 2022 and Woolwich Commom between May 2018-2022.
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On Sunday I am doing the archaeological day job, conflict archaeology, leading three WW2 themed guided walks at Severndroog Castle in Shooters Hill, south east London, as part of their #VEDay80 commemoration.
Tickets are free via Eventbrite and I am pleased to report they are going fast.
Tickets are free via Eventbrite and I am pleased to report they are going fast.
VE Day 80 walking tours from Severndroog Castle
Book in advance for WWII history walking tours of Shooters Hill, presented as part of the Severndroog Castle VE80 Commemoration on 4 May 2025 - the 3pm timeslot currently has the best availability
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May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On Sunday I am doing the archaeological day job, conflict archaeology, leading three WW2 themed guided walks at Severndroog Castle in Shooters Hill, south east London, as part of their #VEDay80 commemoration.
Tickets are free via Eventbrite and I am pleased to report they are going fast.
Tickets are free via Eventbrite and I am pleased to report they are going fast.
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This guided walking quest through the woodland at Memorial Hospital is being delivered as part of Memorial in Bloom. It is funded by Greener Communities Fund, for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
#CuriousSparks #ClareBarryUK
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#CuriousSparks #ClareBarryUK
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April 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This guided walking quest through the woodland at Memorial Hospital is being delivered as part of Memorial in Bloom. It is funded by Greener Communities Fund, for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
#CuriousSparks #ClareBarryUK
urbantreefestival.org/walk-for-young…
#CuriousSparks #ClareBarryUK
urbantreefestival.org/walk-for-young…
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🦇The Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) is making its way through Parliament - and we urgently need your help to protect bats and other wildlife. Please ask your MP to help protect wildlife in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
More information here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
More information here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
Ask your MP to help protect wildlife in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill - News - Bat Conservation Trust
By contacting your MP today, you can help ensure key wildlife protections aren’t swept aside in the name of ‘streamlining’ planning.
www.bats.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🦇The Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) is making its way through Parliament - and we urgently need your help to protect bats and other wildlife. Please ask your MP to help protect wildlife in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
More information here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
More information here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...
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The Victorian pumping station at Crossness will be throwing open its doors this weekend as part of celebrations to mark its 160th anniversary.
Bexley borough's 60th anniversary will also be marked - the 32 London boroughs were founded on April 1, 1965.
Bexley borough's 60th anniversary will also be marked - the 32 London boroughs were founded on April 1, 1965.
Crossness steaming weekend to mark engines' 160th anniversary - The Greenwich Wire
The Victorian pumping station at Crossness will be throwing open its doors this weekend as part of celebrations to mark its 160th anniversary.
greenwichwire.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Victorian pumping station at Crossness will be throwing open its doors this weekend as part of celebrations to mark its 160th anniversary.
Bexley borough's 60th anniversary will also be marked - the 32 London boroughs were founded on April 1, 1965.
Bexley borough's 60th anniversary will also be marked - the 32 London boroughs were founded on April 1, 1965.
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Seven year old Rona Gordon is doing a 100Km bike ride to raise money to help bat conservation. How amazing is that? #lovebats 🦇 Please support by donating if you can and/or sharing widely www.justgiving.com/page/rona100...
Rona's 100km Ride
Help Rona Gordon raise money to support Bat Conservation Trust
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February 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Seven year old Rona Gordon is doing a 100Km bike ride to raise money to help bat conservation. How amazing is that? #lovebats 🦇 Please support by donating if you can and/or sharing widely www.justgiving.com/page/rona100...
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Greenwich Council has axed plans to close Maryon Wilson Animal Park after more than 10,000 people signed a petition against the plan.
The town hall had proposed closing the park, which is said would save £60,000, as part of a new round of austerity cuts.
The town hall had proposed closing the park, which is said would save £60,000, as part of a new round of austerity cuts.
Maryon Wilson Animal Park to stay open after Greenwich Council U-turn - The Greenwich Wire
Greenwich Council has axed plans to close Maryon Wilson Animal Park after more than 10,000 people signed a petition against the plan. The town hall had proposed closing the park, which is said would…
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January 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Greenwich Council has axed plans to close Maryon Wilson Animal Park after more than 10,000 people signed a petition against the plan.
The town hall had proposed closing the park, which is said would save £60,000, as part of a new round of austerity cuts.
The town hall had proposed closing the park, which is said would save £60,000, as part of a new round of austerity cuts.
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January 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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One from the archives:
The Shard at sunset, seen from Shooters Hill
Taken while standing in the middle of a busy road with a long lens and one eye on the traffic 😬
#landscapephotography #sunset #london #cityscape #photography
The Shard at sunset, seen from Shooters Hill
Taken while standing in the middle of a busy road with a long lens and one eye on the traffic 😬
#landscapephotography #sunset #london #cityscape #photography
January 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One from the archives:
The Shard at sunset, seen from Shooters Hill
Taken while standing in the middle of a busy road with a long lens and one eye on the traffic 😬
#landscapephotography #sunset #london #cityscape #photography
The Shard at sunset, seen from Shooters Hill
Taken while standing in the middle of a busy road with a long lens and one eye on the traffic 😬
#landscapephotography #sunset #london #cityscape #photography
The Shard in the mist this morning from Shooters Hill
January 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Shard in the mist this morning from Shooters Hill