London’s Pocket Parks: Streatham Green, SW16
Sitting next to Streatham High Street is a pocket park that likely owes its origins to attempts to save it from development when this part of London was still largely fields.
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London’s Pocket Parks: Streatham Green, SW16
Sitting next to Streatham High Street is a pocket park that likely owes its origins to attempts to save it from development when this part of London was still largely fields.
Step-free access completed at Streatham railway station
Two new lifts have recently been installed at Streatham station in south London, giving step-free access from street to platform, and they've been installed quicker than expected.
Step free access coming to Streatham station
Network Rail is about to start work on making Streatham station in South London accessible with a £5 million upgrade to add two lifts and revamp the ticket hall.
Free tours of Thames Water’s grand pumping stations
Next month, four of London's magnificent sewage and water pumping stations will be opened to the public for free tours, and tickets to go to three of them will be released this coming Monday (8th August).
South London train depot to be covered in solar panels
The roof of South London’s Streatham Hill train depot is being covered in solar panels and will generate a surplus of electricity that can be sold to local businesses.
Four London theatres are on the Theatres at Risk register
Four of London's older theatres are currently on a risk register with their long term future uncertain.
Unbuilt London: Extending the Northern Line to Peckham and Streatham
Back in the late 1980s, plans were seriously looked at which could have seen a new Northern Line spur constructed between Kennington, and either Streatham, or along the proposed Bakerloo Line extension, towards Peckham.