The Greenwich Wire

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?

Good to see a detailed report on this issue - including details from us.

Important developments in #Greenwich, via @greenwichwire.bsky.social

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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…

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.

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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…

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Blimey. House phone rang and mobile just beeped

#Map of the M11 - M12 - M15 interchange in NE London from the Ringways Map, with the 1971 Greater London One Inch map faded in via the Map Fader functionality

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.

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.

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.

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.

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”.

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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

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...

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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.

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.

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…

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.

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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…

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.

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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…

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.

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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.

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.

Woolwich Elizabeth Line station could still get second entrance, developer insists - The Greenwich Wire Building 575 new homes on top of Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station would not prevent TfL adding a second entrance at a later date, developers said as Greenwich councillors approved their plans.

Building 575 new homes on top of Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station would not prevent TfL adding a second entrance at a later date, a developer said as Greenwich councillors approved its plans for towers of up to 26 storeys in the Royal Arsenal.

Superloop SL15: TfL reveals plan to give Eltham a Clapham omnibus - The Greenwich Wire Transport for London has revealed its long-awaited plan to put Eltham on the Superloop express bus network – with a service running to Clapham Junction.

Transport for London has revealed its long-awaited plan to put Eltham on the Superloop express bus network – with a limited-stop service running to Clapham Junction, via Catford and Forest Hill.

Nepal’s culinary peak is in... Woolwich There are mountains of Himalayan restaurants, cafés and food trucks to discover in south-east London

Delighted to see that How To Spend It has discovered, of all places, Woolwich and Plumstead …

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Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment approved amid angry scenes - The Greenwich Wire Plans to demolish Lewisham shopping centre and replace it with 1,700 homes were backed by councillors on Thursday night amid angry scenes in the public gallery.

Plans to demolish Lewisham shopping centre and replace it with 1,700 homes and a new mall were backed by councillors on Thursday night amid angry scenes in the public gallery.

Plumstead police station saved from closure - but with reduced hours - The Greenwich Wire Plumstead police station’s front counter has been saved from closure – but will no longer be open 24 hours a day after the Metropolitan Police partially rolled back its plans for cuts.

Plumstead police station’s front counter has been saved from closure – but will no longer be open 24 hours a day after the Metropolitan Police partially rolled back its plans for cuts.

Around 100 firefighters tackle shop blaze in southeast London London Fire Brigade said around 15 people were evacuated from the area around a shop in Forest Hill, and local residents were told to keep doors and windows closed because of the smoke.

Never shopped here but is a bit of an SE London institution? (Cc @greenwichwire.bsky.social a bit outside your beat I think?)

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Breaking news: Councillors voted to approve redeveloping Lewisham Shopping Centre tonight amid angry scenes. We’ll have coverage of this on the website tomorrow.

The Trafalgar, sketched loosely in black and white – a big pub with balconies facing out over the Thames.

“Before 1954 [The Cutty Sark] was named The Union. It is a free house and dates from about 1805, occupying the site of an ancient beer house known as The Green Man. The bar is old-fashioned, wooden-panelled and inviting, and if you want to enjoy a whitebait supper (a Greenwich tradition), the bow-windowed dining-room upstairs provides this in a plain, honest style, and draught Guinness, too... If your mood is for something grand, The Trafalgar is your tavern. Its recent restoration, after years of neglect, cost a fortune, and besides being a business proposition, was an act of piety for The Trafalgar is one of the great historic taverns of the nineteenth century and architecturally one of the most important in London.

A new Geoffrey Fletcher book has been added to our collection – ‘London’s River’ from 1966. Here's a bit on the pubs of Greenwich.

Woolwich Elizabeth Line station not busy enough for second entrance, planners say - The Greenwich Wire There are too few passengers to justify building a second entrance at Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station, despite complaints about crowding, Greenwich Council’s planning officers have concluded.

There are too few passengers to justify a second entrance at Woolwich’s Elizabeth Line station, despite complaints about crowding, planning officers have concluded.

Crowding is down to too many people getting off trains close to the escalators, they said.

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