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Lower Sydenham tops the list (just about).
From sleepy station to a good few hundred homes built alongside with more on the way
From sleepy station to a good few hundred homes built alongside with more on the way
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lower Sydenham tops the list (just about).
From sleepy station to a good few hundred homes built alongside with more on the way
From sleepy station to a good few hundred homes built alongside with more on the way
The elephants of Abbey Wood. For some reason adorning a development built around 2000.
Lovely little bastards.
Fun fact: this development was built on a former lead works. Kids in Abbey Wood used to need regular testing in school for lead poisoning from the fumes
Lovely little bastards.
Fun fact: this development was built on a former lead works. Kids in Abbey Wood used to need regular testing in school for lead poisoning from the fumes
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The elephants of Abbey Wood. For some reason adorning a development built around 2000.
Lovely little bastards.
Fun fact: this development was built on a former lead works. Kids in Abbey Wood used to need regular testing in school for lead poisoning from the fumes
Lovely little bastards.
Fun fact: this development was built on a former lead works. Kids in Abbey Wood used to need regular testing in school for lead poisoning from the fumes
Rail changes on the Southeastern line via Kidbrooke.
Plenty more new housing has been completed in Kidbrooke since the period covered so those rises should continue.
The line still sees cuts made in 2022 under Tories retained under this Labour govt. A sign of GBR in future?
Plenty more new housing has been completed in Kidbrooke since the period covered so those rises should continue.
The line still sees cuts made in 2022 under Tories retained under this Labour govt. A sign of GBR in future?
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rail changes on the Southeastern line via Kidbrooke.
Plenty more new housing has been completed in Kidbrooke since the period covered so those rises should continue.
The line still sees cuts made in 2022 under Tories retained under this Labour govt. A sign of GBR in future?
Plenty more new housing has been completed in Kidbrooke since the period covered so those rises should continue.
The line still sees cuts made in 2022 under Tories retained under this Labour govt. A sign of GBR in future?
Charlton retail park is generally poor when on foot. Not just on approach from thousands of new homes (Greenwich rarely if ever allocate s106/CIL to improve it) but also on Bugsby's way itself
No footways on obvious direct routes from A to B in a number of places hence desire lines abound.
No footways on obvious direct routes from A to B in a number of places hence desire lines abound.
December 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Charlton retail park is generally poor when on foot. Not just on approach from thousands of new homes (Greenwich rarely if ever allocate s106/CIL to improve it) but also on Bugsby's way itself
No footways on obvious direct routes from A to B in a number of places hence desire lines abound.
No footways on obvious direct routes from A to B in a number of places hence desire lines abound.
Orchard House in Rotherhithe.
Once home to the exiled first President of Uganda.
He died three years into exile aged 45. Alcohol poisoning. Some say suicide. Some an accident. Some assassination.
Once home to the exiled first President of Uganda.
He died three years into exile aged 45. Alcohol poisoning. Some say suicide. Some an accident. Some assassination.
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Orchard House in Rotherhithe.
Once home to the exiled first President of Uganda.
He died three years into exile aged 45. Alcohol poisoning. Some say suicide. Some an accident. Some assassination.
Once home to the exiled first President of Uganda.
He died three years into exile aged 45. Alcohol poisoning. Some say suicide. Some an accident. Some assassination.
Train usage shooting up in North Kent
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Train usage shooting up in North Kent
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
Train usage shooting up in North Kent
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Train usage shooting up in North Kent
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
I've been nagging on about this for for some time. Major housing growth.
Better links to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are sorely needed.
Sometimes I wonder why there are such low rise buildings in the middle of Woolwich.
Then like a dopey sod I remember the railway line runs beneath.
Then I forget and wonder again.
Then like a dopey sod I remember the railway line runs beneath.
Then I forget and wonder again.
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sometimes I wonder why there are such low rise buildings in the middle of Woolwich.
Then like a dopey sod I remember the railway line runs beneath.
Then I forget and wonder again.
Then like a dopey sod I remember the railway line runs beneath.
Then I forget and wonder again.
I had some very kind payments sent over by readers of the site this week.
I used them to buy a new kettle and the brews have been helpful when looking through and working station changes for posts on the site
N. Kent stations seeing big growth. Lots of new homes.
Better links to Liz line a must
I used them to buy a new kettle and the brews have been helpful when looking through and working station changes for posts on the site
N. Kent stations seeing big growth. Lots of new homes.
Better links to Liz line a must
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I had some very kind payments sent over by readers of the site this week.
I used them to buy a new kettle and the brews have been helpful when looking through and working station changes for posts on the site
N. Kent stations seeing big growth. Lots of new homes.
Better links to Liz line a must
I used them to buy a new kettle and the brews have been helpful when looking through and working station changes for posts on the site
N. Kent stations seeing big growth. Lots of new homes.
Better links to Liz line a must
And another cancelled this evening peak due to a "planning error"
Crap service from Abbey Wood Liz line station to thousands of new homes (end existing homes of course) in NW Kent stations is the result.
No wonder so many drive to pick up and drop off causing gridlock in Abbey Wood.
Crap service from Abbey Wood Liz line station to thousands of new homes (end existing homes of course) in NW Kent stations is the result.
No wonder so many drive to pick up and drop off causing gridlock in Abbey Wood.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And another cancelled this evening peak due to a "planning error"
Crap service from Abbey Wood Liz line station to thousands of new homes (end existing homes of course) in NW Kent stations is the result.
No wonder so many drive to pick up and drop off causing gridlock in Abbey Wood.
Crap service from Abbey Wood Liz line station to thousands of new homes (end existing homes of course) in NW Kent stations is the result.
No wonder so many drive to pick up and drop off causing gridlock in Abbey Wood.
Never let it be said Thameslink on the Greenwich line aren't consistent.
Absolute rubbish again. A "planning error". Again.
It's leading to crap services since SE Metro saw reduced services from 2022. Connections from thousands of new homes linking to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are threadbare
Absolute rubbish again. A "planning error". Again.
It's leading to crap services since SE Metro saw reduced services from 2022. Connections from thousands of new homes linking to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are threadbare
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Never let it be said Thameslink on the Greenwich line aren't consistent.
Absolute rubbish again. A "planning error". Again.
It's leading to crap services since SE Metro saw reduced services from 2022. Connections from thousands of new homes linking to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are threadbare
Absolute rubbish again. A "planning error". Again.
It's leading to crap services since SE Metro saw reduced services from 2022. Connections from thousands of new homes linking to the Liz line at Abbey Wood are threadbare
Found some old pics of Crossrail under construction from ten years back.
A fantastic addition to the area.
Sadly Peabody - who had been in charge of acres of nearby land for three years at the time - still havn't built on many empty plots after 13 yrs in charge despite funding via Housing Zone
A fantastic addition to the area.
Sadly Peabody - who had been in charge of acres of nearby land for three years at the time - still havn't built on many empty plots after 13 yrs in charge despite funding via Housing Zone
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Found some old pics of Crossrail under construction from ten years back.
A fantastic addition to the area.
Sadly Peabody - who had been in charge of acres of nearby land for three years at the time - still havn't built on many empty plots after 13 yrs in charge despite funding via Housing Zone
A fantastic addition to the area.
Sadly Peabody - who had been in charge of acres of nearby land for three years at the time - still havn't built on many empty plots after 13 yrs in charge despite funding via Housing Zone
Construction in a big downturn. Who needs new housing anyway?
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Construction in a big downturn. Who needs new housing anyway?
Want more Stevenage? Silly question.
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Want more Stevenage? Silly question.
Having a browse of Bexley Council's proposed housing and saw this render I've not seen before of planned homes beside Belvedere station.
Far from biggest in Belvedere mind, with a couple of thousand homes in planning (and possibly up to 8k one day) and not all near the station.
Far from biggest in Belvedere mind, with a couple of thousand homes in planning (and possibly up to 8k one day) and not all near the station.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Having a browse of Bexley Council's proposed housing and saw this render I've not seen before of planned homes beside Belvedere station.
Far from biggest in Belvedere mind, with a couple of thousand homes in planning (and possibly up to 8k one day) and not all near the station.
Far from biggest in Belvedere mind, with a couple of thousand homes in planning (and possibly up to 8k one day) and not all near the station.
They've had a shocker of a year but this week share price drops have increased.
Paper sales are dismal. Daily Express for example only sells 80k copies on weekdays now and dropping 20 per cent a year.
Paper sales are dismal. Daily Express for example only sells 80k copies on weekdays now and dropping 20 per cent a year.
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
They've had a shocker of a year but this week share price drops have increased.
Paper sales are dismal. Daily Express for example only sells 80k copies on weekdays now and dropping 20 per cent a year.
Paper sales are dismal. Daily Express for example only sells 80k copies on weekdays now and dropping 20 per cent a year.
What's happening with Reach share price this week?
Their newspaper sales are in freefall with The Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star all dropping 20 per cent year on year with very low sales now, but is this due to trying paywalls online?
Their newspaper sales are in freefall with The Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star all dropping 20 per cent year on year with very low sales now, but is this due to trying paywalls online?
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What's happening with Reach share price this week?
Their newspaper sales are in freefall with The Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star all dropping 20 per cent year on year with very low sales now, but is this due to trying paywalls online?
Their newspaper sales are in freefall with The Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star all dropping 20 per cent year on year with very low sales now, but is this due to trying paywalls online?
Old signage at the Waterfront centre in Woolwich which is set to soon close.
Well, the extension and bar/cafe closed a long time back. I signed up for a membership there about 2005. Hopefully new centre cafe is a bit more successful
Well, the extension and bar/cafe closed a long time back. I signed up for a membership there about 2005. Hopefully new centre cafe is a bit more successful
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Old signage at the Waterfront centre in Woolwich which is set to soon close.
Well, the extension and bar/cafe closed a long time back. I signed up for a membership there about 2005. Hopefully new centre cafe is a bit more successful
Well, the extension and bar/cafe closed a long time back. I signed up for a membership there about 2005. Hopefully new centre cafe is a bit more successful
Potential site of future Billingsgate and Smithfield markets as seen from a damp Superloop.
At the end of City Airport runway beside the Thames. Not suitable for housing of course and previous plans for the site yet to proceed.
At the end of City Airport runway beside the Thames. Not suitable for housing of course and previous plans for the site yet to proceed.
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Potential site of future Billingsgate and Smithfield markets as seen from a damp Superloop.
At the end of City Airport runway beside the Thames. Not suitable for housing of course and previous plans for the site yet to proceed.
At the end of City Airport runway beside the Thames. Not suitable for housing of course and previous plans for the site yet to proceed.
Thamesmead's town centre in the north of town dating from late 1980s.
18th Century clocktower moved from Deptford dockyard.
A shadow of its former self. Permitting retail park/extended Safeway (as was) with the main entrance moved away from this area helped kill it
18th Century clocktower moved from Deptford dockyard.
A shadow of its former self. Permitting retail park/extended Safeway (as was) with the main entrance moved away from this area helped kill it
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thamesmead's town centre in the north of town dating from late 1980s.
18th Century clocktower moved from Deptford dockyard.
A shadow of its former self. Permitting retail park/extended Safeway (as was) with the main entrance moved away from this area helped kill it
18th Century clocktower moved from Deptford dockyard.
A shadow of its former self. Permitting retail park/extended Safeway (as was) with the main entrance moved away from this area helped kill it
They've made a mistake somewhere! Here's their website on changes:
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
They've made a mistake somewhere! Here's their website on changes:
One example in Greenwich.
What are Greenwich doing now to plug financial gaps? Sell off further public land that could be used for new council housing.
What are Greenwich doing now to plug financial gaps? Sell off further public land that could be used for new council housing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
One example in Greenwich.
What are Greenwich doing now to plug financial gaps? Sell off further public land that could be used for new council housing.
What are Greenwich doing now to plug financial gaps? Sell off further public land that could be used for new council housing.
Given how big pressures on healthcare now are in Woolwich due to new housing and population growth (as seen in the council's own report this is taken from) it's impressive GLLaB again manage to secure more S106 revenue.
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Given how big pressures on healthcare now are in Woolwich due to new housing and population growth (as seen in the council's own report this is taken from) it's impressive GLLaB again manage to secure more S106 revenue.
Yep. I see Time Out have also rehashed some of TfL's bullshit.
Far from all Thamesmead residents have to use a bus to reach rail as Thamesmead starts 200m from Abbey Wood station and walkable from many S Thamesmead homes
Yet the DLR will require a bus from many parts of Thamesmead.
Far from all Thamesmead residents have to use a bus to reach rail as Thamesmead starts 200m from Abbey Wood station and walkable from many S Thamesmead homes
Yet the DLR will require a bus from many parts of Thamesmead.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yep. I see Time Out have also rehashed some of TfL's bullshit.
Far from all Thamesmead residents have to use a bus to reach rail as Thamesmead starts 200m from Abbey Wood station and walkable from many S Thamesmead homes
Yet the DLR will require a bus from many parts of Thamesmead.
Far from all Thamesmead residents have to use a bus to reach rail as Thamesmead starts 200m from Abbey Wood station and walkable from many S Thamesmead homes
Yet the DLR will require a bus from many parts of Thamesmead.
I see the Guardian have also gone full bullshit bingo with Thamesmead DLR story.
Obligatory tired Clockwork Orange reference. Yep
Rehashing bullshit about the length of time to reach places.
Complete BS. An hour to the City? No. 5 mins bus then 20 mins Liz line, or walk to it from S. Thamesmead
Obligatory tired Clockwork Orange reference. Yep
Rehashing bullshit about the length of time to reach places.
Complete BS. An hour to the City? No. 5 mins bus then 20 mins Liz line, or walk to it from S. Thamesmead
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I see the Guardian have also gone full bullshit bingo with Thamesmead DLR story.
Obligatory tired Clockwork Orange reference. Yep
Rehashing bullshit about the length of time to reach places.
Complete BS. An hour to the City? No. 5 mins bus then 20 mins Liz line, or walk to it from S. Thamesmead
Obligatory tired Clockwork Orange reference. Yep
Rehashing bullshit about the length of time to reach places.
Complete BS. An hour to the City? No. 5 mins bus then 20 mins Liz line, or walk to it from S. Thamesmead