Good morning
A quiet few days in the candidates, but a big one for Kidbrooke, and the diary for the next week is filling up: a film crew in Lee on Tuesday, then fireworks and Remembrance ceremonies on 7 November.
The big story
Kidbrooke Park Road's 452 council homes are finished
Royal Greenwich announced on 30 October that the Kidbrooke Park Road estate is complete. The council calls it the largest entirely new-build council housing development in the country, and that is its claim. The homes, from one to four bedrooms, are for people on the council's housing register. The scheme also includes a nursery, retail space, play parks and a sustainable energy centre, and is part of Greenwich Builds, the council's programme of 1,750 new council homes. The test now is how quickly the nursery and shops open and how the estate settles into the surrounding streets.such READ →
Getting around
Belmont Park and Kingswood Place closed on Tuesday for Beatles filming
Sam Mendes' four-film Beatles production is shooting 1960s scenes in Lee on 3 November, from 11am, around the Dacre Arms area. Belmont Park and Kingswood Place will be closed for the day. Expect about 30 extras, period vehicles and lighting rigs, and plan journeys around the closures. SOURCE →
What's on
Blackheath Fireworks return on 7 November
The annual display has a fairground, street food village and live entertainment, with a People's Stage for local performers launched by a Lewisham cabinet member. Things get going from 5pm and the fireworks start at 8pm. Tickets are on sale now. SOURCE →
Remembrance wreath-laying starts at Maze Hill War Memorial
The Royal British Legion's Blackheath and Charlton Branch begins its ceremonies at the War Memorial on Maze Hill at 11am on 7 November. They continue at St John's Church on Stratheden Road and at Charlton Village War Memorial. SOURCE →