Ashburnham Triangle Association

Hello everyone - sharing an update from our Councilor Aidan Smith: Resurfacing works on Greenwich High Road begin on the evening of 10 November, will be conducted over 11 weeknights and conclude on 25 November. Works will be conducted 8pm-5am. TFL buses will be on diversion from 8pm-5am. Further information provided by TFL can be found by clicking here . More information on these works can be found on the Royal Borough of Greenwich website by clicking here . 

In case you hadn't heard, a new restaurant has opened near Royal Greenwich Park! As described by the website Square Meal: " El Alquimista  specialises in Latin fusion cuisine, drawing inspiration from across South America with a modern twist. The menu is packed with colourful, flavourful dishes designed for sharing." Their Greenwich location had its soft-launch opening on Friday night with a partial menu unveiled for the next two weeks (while they get accustomed to working in the new space) until the full menu goes live. On a whim, we booked dinner on Saturday night - and while the partial menu is limited, the food was beautifully cooked and prepared. The staff were very welcoming and the chefs were interested in feedback on their dishes.

New fitness classes are now available in Greenwich West Community Centre. Designed specifically for older generations, these sessions are held every Tuesday (10-11am) in the main hall of Greenwich West. People are welcome to join at any time, and their first session is offered for free. Sessions are being led by Sarah McGowan. Sarah  trained with an organisation called Move it or Lose it and the exercises have been devised with Birmingham University's Centre for Healthy Ageing Research. The exercises can all be done seated or standing. All exercises are designed to have a purpose for everyday living whether that’s helping people maintain or improve their ability to reach for something on a shelf, carry their shopping, avoid falls or get from sit to stand. They are fun, too, and a great way to socialise. Trainers or pumps are advisable and either exercise clothing or just comfortable clothing. For more information, see the flyer below - and do reach out to Sarah by phone/email with ...

The Self Space describes itself as a modern mental health service for everyday people, offering therapy and mental health support that’s as easy to access as a morning coffee. They recently opened a brand new space right here in Greenwich down on 13 Turnpin Lane, SE10 9JA and would love to become part of the fabric of the community. To make that happen, they have asked that the news be shared with the community. The Self Space offers in-person and online therapy, workplace mental health training, and community events. Their new Greenwich space is also a hub for the newly launched Family Therapy offering. If you’re curious (or just fancy a nose around), pop in, say hello, and see the space for yourself. And, if you're happy to pop up any posters or would like some postcards/flyers, please reach out to Adam Downing, Community Lead ( adam.downing@theselfspace.com ) and someone from his team will pop some in for you. W  www.theselfspace.com IG  @theselfspace

If you hadn't heard, a new venue has recently popped up. The Greenwich Nest is located on Victoria Parade, opposite the Greenwich Waitrose. A cafe serving coffees, pastries, breakfast and lunch options, The Greenwich Nest is open Monday-Sunday with last orders taken by 4pm every day. Interested to know more? Click here .

IMPORTANT MEETING: Tuesday, 12 September 12th 6.30 pm Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich A decision will be made on the retrospective Planning Application for the conversion of 75 Ashburnham Grove (formerly a hostel for 11 residents) into 26 self-contained flats to be let as “supported accommodation” for 26 vulnerable adults and up to 17 infants.  If you are concerned, please attend the meeting. To read the report and agenda go to http://committees.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Ewan Hooper, a  much loved and long-standing resident of the Ashburnham Triangle and a stalwart in the early days of the Ashburnham Triangle  Association, died in April.   Ewan was a well known actor producer and director with parts in many films, including the priest in Dracula has Risen from the Grave , and in plays on stage and radio. He was best known in the Triangle as the moving spirit behind the founding of the Ashburnham Triangle Association in 1975/6, and as a regular attendee of St Marks church. Earlier, he had been the force behind the redevelopment of Greenwich Theatre, which reopened in 1969.  He was a close friend to Max Wall, who regularly played at Greenwich, and became chairman of the Max Wall Society.  As further evidence of his commitment to local theatre, in 1971 he was involved in setting up the Greenwich Young People's Theatre in Burrage Road. Here he came across the disused Woolwich Tramshed, and suggested to Greenwich Council it be develo...

Your views on cervical screening in Greenwich Cervical screening (smear test) is an important test which checks the health of your cervix (the opening to your womb from your vagina). Screening can help prevent cancer and saves lives.  All women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 are invited to be screened.  We would like to hear what women and people with a cervix in the borough of Greenwich aged 25 to 64 feel and think about cervical screening to enable us to improve the process and make it easier for people.  💬 Take our short survey - you could win £50 in Love 2 Shop vouchers. Click here to start the survey Covid-19 Vaccination Do you have a weakened immune system, or live with someone who does? You can get a Covid -19 vaccination this winter to help protect them and yourself.  Click here to book  

There are revised collection dates for our waste and recycling bins for the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday.   The Platinum Jubilee brings with it two extra bank holidays on the 2 and 3 June.  All collections due to take place between Monday 30 May – Friday 3 June will take place two days earlier than normal , so the Triangle's collections will be on Saturday 28 May rather than the following Monday. Please make sure you put your bins out ready for our crews by 6am on the day of collection.  As there will be fewer crews black and green top bins will be prioritised and blue top bins may be left until the following week.   Normal collections will resume Monday 6 June. 

 We have received an update on the Thames Tideway’s latest Community Liaison Working Group: This week marked the beginning of the end for Thames Tideway’s Greenwich Connection Tunnel – and for the Tunnel Boring Machine Annie.  Annie started from Greenwich Pumping Station - GREPS - on Norman Road last winter, and has just arrived at the destination for the Greenwich Connection Tunnel: Chambers Wharf, just downstream from Tower Bridge.  There is as of this week a new tunnel between Greenwich and Tower Bridge.  How often can you say that!  So the last barge load of chalky tunnel soil is now being shipped out of Deptford Creek ,  and TTT’s GREPS contractor, AVB, will now start dismantling the Phoenix Wharf machinery used to ship out the tunnel spoil.  AVB are very pleased with themselves, both for making the tunnel breakthrough,  and for managing to get much more spoil out by barge,  not lorry, during the tunnelling  (41%,  not the orig...

According to the 853 local news website: Greenwich Council is to scrap its low-traffic neighbourhood in streets west of Greenwich Park – only a year after a senior councillor promised that the scheme would “just be the start” of measures to cut traffic in the borough’s back streets. The decision, due to be signed off by Labour transport cabinet member Sarah Merrill this week, ends an 18-month scheme where through traffic was stopped from passing down Crooms Hill, Royal Hill, Point Hill and Maidenstone Hill following complaints from residents about rat-running and antisocial behaviour from drivers trying to avoid queues on the A2.  More details on the 853 website, here.

Residents in the Triangle wondering why they have new, brighter streetlights may find this information from the Council interesting:  The Council has secured a £11.5 million loan from The Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF) to replace all its 20,000 traditional street lights with modern LED equivalents – saving £1million a year in energy and maintenance costs. The new light-emitting diode lanterns, known as LEDs, will ensure that the borough’s streets are lit to the current modern standards, but they are also highly efficient and environmentally friendly as they concentrate light on where it is needed with less light pollution. Light will be more evenly distributed down the road - making streets feel safer. More details on the Council's website .  Lights have already been replaced on Egerton Drive and Langdale Road this week

Many of you will have enjoyed Mick Delap’s excellent talks on the history of Deptford Creek. We are now very pleased to have a Feasibility Study for a proposed Creek heritage trail (CreekLink). This has been produced with the help of landscape designer and architect Madeleine Adams (Studioma). Funding for the Feasibility Study came from The Ashburnham Triangle Association, The Greenwich Society and the Greenwich Industrial History Society.   Here’s a link to the proposal. Please take a look. We welcome your feedback. Comments to mick@delap.plus.com or barbara.jreid@icloud.com  

Please take time to complete this survey about women’s safety in the borough . Although aimed specifically at women and girls in the borough, they welcome and encourage feedback from anyone who has experienced gender-based violence, abuse or harassment in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, including men and non-binary people. 

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust  has contacted us and asked us to post the following: You will have heard in the news that the Government has set a target for all over 18-year-olds to be offered the booster vaccination by the end of December 2021. We are asking all staff and members to consider if they can spare some time to support this vital programme If you can volunteer to become a vaccinator, contact Jessica.Arnold1@nhs.net If you can offer more general support such as administration and marshalling at the vaccination sites please email oxl-tr.volunteeringservices@nhs.net by Friday 17 December stating whether you would prefer to be work at a site in Greenwich or Bexley.

Please join in the pre-Christmas fight against COVID-19, help reduce the strain on the NHS and keep Royal Greenwich safe. Thank you. Book now to get your booster and vaccination at The Valley on Saturday 18 (8am to 6pm) and Sunday 19 (9am to 6pm) December. They are offering Pfizer booster dose to everyone aged 18 and over, but no sooner than three months after the second dose.  First and second vaccination doses to everyone aged 16 and over Second doses given eight weeks or more following the first dose for 18 and over, and twelve weeks for 16 and 17 year olds. Walk-ins also available on the day. Please make your way by train, tube, bus, cycle or on foot to Charlton Athletic Football Club, The Valley, Floyd Rd, London, SE7 8BL. Only some on-site parking is available. Please adhere to social distancing guidelines including wear a face covering inside and maintain two metre distance at all times. Queuing is outside so please dress for the weather.

From 24 May anyone renewing an existing permit or applying for a new permit to park in a controlled parking zone (CPZ) in the Royal Borough of Greenwich will be able to do so conveniently online at a time that suits them. Waiting for paper permits will be a thing of the past as the new self-service system will instantly issue a virtual permit – which can’t be lost or stolen.   All applicants will need to do is create an account the first time that they use the service, upload their documents (dependent on the type of permit they’re applying for) and have a credit or debit card ready for payment.  Existing paper permits can still be used until they expire and then the owner will need to apply for a virtual permit. Paper permits can still be transferred to a new vehicle, replaced if lost, stolen or damaged and refunded if no longer needed. Carers’ permits will still be paper based but users will need to apply online.  From 10 May 2021 charges for parking permits, and s...

Work has begun on Greenwich Park Revealed, the £8 million-pound, 4-year project led by The Royal Parks to restore, protect, reveal and share our park’s natural and built heritage and provide new learning and leisure opportunities for local people.   The project was due to start last year, but was delayed by the pandemic. Work is finally underway with the recruitment of new staff and volunteers. Over the next four years, they plan to: Restore the park’s majestic, 17th Century landscape Protect wildlife habitats Put the community at the heart of it all, by creating new public space and creating new facilities such as a new sustainable learning centre.  Read more about the project here Royal Parks are now asking park users to comment on the revised plans for the learning centre and volunteer facilities, which will be submitted for planning permission this month. The consultation will run from Tuesday 23 Feb 2021 to Sunday 14 March 2021.

Greenwich Community Hub During the pandemic, it has become even more important to share and understand information about the virus to protect residents across the borough. The Community Champions initiative, run in partnership with the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the NHS, aims to co-ordinate efforts in sharing good advice and correct information so you can protect yourselves and your families. We will be sharing this information with you a few times a week. Please share it amongst your networks, family and friends. Sara & Lysanne     If you can’t go out and don’t have any family, friends or neighbours around to talk to or help, then contact the Greenwich Community Hub. The Community Hub has helped thousands of people during the pandemic and is still here for you. Get support around accessing food, money issues, housing issues, staying warm in winter, healthy mind and body, social activities, volunteering, training and employment, and more. Call 0800 470 4831 to talk to ...

The Christmas tree is up, the logs are on the fire, they've remodelled the back garden and there's a new outside heater. All service under Tier 2 rules. Opening times: Tuesday - Friday 4.30pm - 11pm Saturday 1pm - 11pm Sunday 1pm - 10.30pm Book a table on 020 8355 5141