I recently met with students from Oasis Academy Silvertown.
We spoke about the development of the area and its impact on them, especially about feeling safer travelling to and from school.
They were passionate and engaged and it was great to hear their perspectives.
We spoke about the development of the area and its impact on them, especially about feeling safer travelling to and from school.
They were passionate and engaged and it was great to hear their perspectives.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A detail of a recent oil painting of the Tate and Lyle Sugar factory in Silvertown, #Newham. I have painted this view a number of times, and I find it just keeps giving.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Nescio Bridge in Amsterdam allows people to cycle over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal to the new housing distrcit IJburg. It cost €16.5m and was designed by British architects. The garden bridge in London cost £43m and was never built. The Thames cable car cost £60m. Silvertown tunnel was £2.2 billion.
September 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Churchill inspects a guard, stopping to ask a sergeant about his medal ribbons. With his wife Clementine, Churchill sees the heavily bombed Millennium Mills flour mill in Silvertown, and chats with firemen.
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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A relatively recent one that makes me wheeze with laughter:
September 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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It's taken 20+ years but the first homes and shops are now almost complete at Silvertown Quays.
6,500 homes proposed across the wider site.
6,500 homes proposed across the wider site.
September 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Silvertown Tunnel.
You don’t need to look far to see that air pollution is harming our health. The evidence is everywhere.
So, why aren't we doing more?
Email Mayor Sadiq Khan and ask him to go further and faster to clean up London's air: https://bit.ly/46vlTja
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So, why aren't we doing more?
Email Mayor Sadiq Khan and ask him to go further and faster to clean up London's air: https://bit.ly/46vlTja
https://bit.ly/4ggpaWZ
Air pollution has been tied to Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what you need to know
‘Air pollution doesn’t just increase the risk of dementia — it actually makes Alzheimer’s disease worse,’ Dr. Edward Lee says
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September 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The great thing about cycling to work is you can avoid being stuck on a bus in a traffic ja- oh.
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This photo marks targets in east London's Silvertown docks. Highlighted in red are four large flour mills.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Another one from London's Silvertown. A 'Gummiwerk', or rubber factory, on the banks of the River Thames.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Between 4:30 and 7:00pm, large swathes of London’s docklands were bombed, resulting in a series of conflagrations and severe damage to the surrounding houses. Silvertown was worst hit, but many other places suffered badly, including Poplar, Woolwich, Millwall and Limehouse.
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September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Greenwich are now publicising meagre measures on streetscapes across Greenwich as part of Silvertown tunnel mitigation work.
Compare £26m being spent north of the river to penny change south in Greenwich. They've also got non functioning links again on their news page.
Compare £26m being spent north of the river to penny change south in Greenwich. They've also got non functioning links again on their news page.
September 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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🌱🌍🌾🌺🌳🌿🪳 Final thought-provoking lecture ended 3rd Student Botany Festival. Inspirational finale. Jonathan Silvertown, University of Edinburgh, 'Separating plant myth from plant science'. jonathansilvertown.com #BUC2025
August 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Figures in the city
Silvertown, London, 2024
Silver gelatin print
#photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #blackandwhitephoto #analoguephoto #London #Silvertown #woman #figure #city #mill #solitary #flourmill #derelict #docklands #RoyalVictoriaDock #urban #urbanlandscape #hoardings #sidewalk
Silvertown, London, 2024
Silver gelatin print
#photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #blackandwhitephoto #analoguephoto #London #Silvertown #woman #figure #city #mill #solitary #flourmill #derelict #docklands #RoyalVictoriaDock #urban #urbanlandscape #hoardings #sidewalk
August 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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And yet, in the 2015 consultation booklet TfL actually said it would improve cycle network in North Greenwich and Silvertown outside of tunnel works. It has not done this in North Greenwich. The route to cable car is exactly as it was ten years ago, perhaps slightly worse after development impacts.
February 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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More Blackwall Tunnel closures will take place this summer as work on the Silvertown Tunnel enters its "final phase", TfL says greenwichwire.co.uk/2024/07/08/m...
More Blackwall Tunnel closures as Silvertown Tunnel enters 'final phase' - The Greenwich Wire
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed on two more weekends this summer to allow for works to take place on the new Silvertown Tunnel, which is due to open next year. Traffic will be unable to...
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July 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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So interesting. Thanks for posting. My family lived in Silvertown at the time and although I knew they'd been impacted I had no idea of the scale.
January 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Important confirmation from the London Assembly this morning: the Silvertown Tunnel is a 'Design-Build-Finance-Operate' funding mechanism
Basically, it means the private partner - not TfL - takes on the financial risk in the early stages (i.e. now) if things go tits up
Basically, it means the private partner - not TfL - takes on the financial risk in the early stages (i.e. now) if things go tits up
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Buses using the Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnel will be free even if their journey doesn't cross the Thames, TfL has confirmed.
TfL has also said route 108 will not be reduced in frequency once the tunnel opens.
TfL has also said route 108 will not be reduced in frequency once the tunnel opens.
Silvertown Tunnel bus routes will be free even if you don't cross the Thames - The Greenwich Wire
All three bus routes serving the Blackwall Tunnel and the new Silvertown Tunnel will be free of charge for their entire length for a year, Transport for London has confirmed. TfL’s offer means that…
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January 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Another stellar development for our public transport system! I can only see this working out just peachy! No catastrophes for anyone involved whatsoever! Go fuck yourselves, TfL.
August 15, 2023 at 9:38 AM
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In Pictures: The Silvertown Tunnel Is Open
In Pictures: The Silvertown Tunnel Is Open
Controversial river crossing is open for business.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Every time I think about how much of a failure of vision the Silvertown Tunnel is, I think about how they could have just made it like the Fyllingsdaltunellen
April 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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he Mayor’s ULEZ and Silvertown Tunnel are diametrically opposed projects:
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ULEZ, Silvertown, and the Mayor's PR spin
With one month to go to the opening of the £2.2bn Silvertown road tunnel, the Mayor of London chose to tell you about the results of ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) expansion. It’s cracking news that t...
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March 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Silvertown Tunnel to Gleadless would be quite something though.
January 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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