Greenwich Foot Tunnel

Bank Holiday Weekend news from around London town.

From missing teens to absent fathers: it’s not a very inspiring round-up for Wednesday.

More historical Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

The numbers of Londonist compiled, collated and translated into a picture… 5 posts on the cycle hire scheme 4 mentions of 2012, which is getting closer and closer 2 types of unlikely and unpopular meat dishes in the news 16 documented cases of bears left …

Photo / steve_w The pedestrian tunnels at Greenwich and Woolwich are to be redeveloped as part of an £11.5 million project by architects Sheppard Robson. The tunnels, which have linked the north and south banks in subaqueous harmony since the early years of the 20th …

Last week on Londonist, in numbers: 15 lively years that web legend Urban 75 has been going 15 disputed kilometres covered by the domino rally of breeze blocks across Olympic boroughs 12 same sex couples taking part in the London 2012 Open Weekend hand-holding relay …

This Week In London’s History Monday – 4th August 1902: The Greenwich Foot Tunnel is opened, providing pedestrian access between the Isle of Dogs and Greenwich. Tuesday – 5th August 1100: Henry I is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Wednesday – 6th August …

If you go down to the Cutty Sark tomorrow you’re sure of a big surprise. Or two. The 138 year-old tea clipper, one of the most recognisable landmarks on the London Marathon course over its previous twenty-six runnings, was engulfed by a fire last May, …