Ten-week closure of the Blackheath to Charlton railway tunnel

Network Rail is warning that the railway tunnel between Blackheath and Charlton in southeast London will close for ten weeks this summer, affecting Southeastern customers.

London’s Alleys: Fairthorne Road, SE7

This is an alley in southeast London that has a unique feature in the middle, but is soon to be closed to the public.

London’s Pocket Parks: Charlton station

This is a pocket park that sits next to Charlton station in southeast London and was created in 2013 as the first site of a local community gardens group.

Charlton’s coronation drinking fountain

In the heart of Charlton village is a drinking fountain that arrived a year after the event it commemorates.

Plans shown off for a bridge across the Thames at the Barrier

The Thames Barrier could get a pedestrian bridge next to it under plans that have been shown off by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. The proposed 530-metre long “Barrier Bridge” is a multi-span, double-leaf bascule bridge that would be situated immediately upstream…

A Horn Fair Procession From Rotherhithe to Charlton

As much as a admire the Victorians for many achievements, they did have two rather annoying habits. One was to rewrite, or at least censor ancient history when they discovered the supposedly enlightened folk were rather keen on Bacchanalian propensities.…