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Inside the Thames Tunnel
Dark holes in Rotherhithe don’t normally strike people as a must-see. But when it’s Marc Brunel’s 1843 Thames Tunnel, open to the public possibly for the last time before the London Overground rail...
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Boris bikes and Greenwich – so near, but yet so far
If you travel by Docklands Light Railway, you’ve probably seen signs at stations north of the Thames trumpeting the imminent arrival of the London cycle hire scheme – the Boris bikes. They’ll be coming...
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Crawling for glory
Keep an eye out for this fella over Easter – fundraiser Lloyd Scott is crawling along the marathon route raising funds for Action For Kids. I just bumped into him on Woolwich Road, Charlton, and he’ll...
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London Marathon organisers – why keep locals in the dark?
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again on Sunday, and I’ll say it again now. There’s no better morning to be in this part of south-east London than London Marathon day. A rolling carnival of human...
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Are Boris bikes finally coming to Greenwich? The mayor backs it…
The Dome features on the new London Cycle Hire branding – but you can’t pick up a bike there The prospect of London’s cycle hire scheme coming to Greenwich came a step closer this morning after mayor...
View Article‘We couldn’t just do nothing’: The boatyard company that made 10,000 visors...
There are a few signs that the South Dock Marina in Rotherhithe is finally creeping back to normality. On Friday, a welder fired embers into the air while repairing a rusted hull and a carpenter put...
View ArticleTfL cash crisis: DLR to Thamesmead in doubt but Greenwich and Lewisham cycle...
Plans to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead have been cast into doubt by Transport for London’s financial crisis, with the authority’s finance chiefs warning that it may not be able to...
View ArticleGet your mopeds out of Greenwich’s new cycleway, Papa John’s warned
A pizza takeaway in east Greenwich has been warned to get its mopeds out of a new segregated cycle lane after months of complaints about its delivery riders blocking the road. The route of Cycleway 4...
View ArticleCouncil could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London...
View ArticleFarewell Quietway 1 – TfL’s backstreet cycle route is given a new name
The Quietway 1 cycle route, which links Greenwich and Deptford with the South Bank, is getting a new name as part of a plan to rebrand London’s cycleways. Signs have appeared along the route bearing...
View ArticleCovid jabs: Mass vaccination centre comes to Millwall’s Den as case rates jump
Millwall’s stadium will host a mass vaccination clinic for over-18s on Saturday as the push to get all SE Londoners inoculated against coronavirus continues. The pop-up clinic at The Den in Bermondsey...
View ArticleRotherhithe Tunnel could face year-long closure for £120m repair work, TfL warns
The Rotherhithe Tunnel could close for a year to carry out essential repairs, Transport for London has warned. More than 12 million vehicles use the 114-year-old tunnel between Rotherhithe and...
View ArticleFarewell Quietway 1 – TfL’s backstreet cycle route is given a new name
The Quietway 1 cycle route, which links Greenwich and Deptford with the South Bank, is getting a new name as part of a plan to rebrand London’s cycleways. Signs have appeared along the route bearing...
View ArticleCovid jabs: Mass vaccination centre comes to Millwall’s Den as case rates jump
Millwall’s stadium will host a mass vaccination clinic for over-18s on Saturday as the push to get all SE Londoners inoculated against coronavirus continues. The pop-up clinic at The Den in Bermondsey...
View ArticleRotherhithe Tunnel could face year-long closure for £120m repair work, TfL warns
The Rotherhithe Tunnel could close for a year to carry out essential repairs, Transport for London has warned. More than 12 million vehicles use the 114-year-old tunnel between Rotherhithe and...
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The Big Half 2023: Mo Farah to finish last London race in Greenwich
Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah will finish his last London race in Greenwich next month when he joins thousands of others in The Big Half. Farah, who has won four Olympic gold medals – including...
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