London Districts: Woolwich (Documentary)

Here I explore the south east London district of 'Woolwich'. Watch #LondonDistricts episodes on TV with bonus content @ Sky 117, Freeview 8, Virgin Media 159 and YouView 8 via London Live. Subtitles available under video via CC button.
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Woolwich is a district within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It's located just over 8 miles from Charing Cross. Up until the 19th century, it was part of Kent. It merged into Greenwich borough in 1965 and remains the administrative centre. Because of the '-wich' part of the name (the Anglo-Saxon term for a settlement full of artisan activity), people believe the name 'Woolwich' means "trading place for wool".

The first ever McDonald's in the United Kingdom was opened in Woolwich in 1974 and is still there. Cheeseburgers were 21p and a quarter pounder was 48p.

Arsenal F.C. (the famous football club) originated from and takes its name and inspired logo design from the area of Woolwich Arsenal.

Since 1308, the free Woolwich Ferry service has carried vehicles and passengers across the River Thames over to North Woolwich on the other side. The Woolwich foot tunnel is a lot less known but it's entrance is currently hidden behind the doomed Waterfront Leisure Centre.

The Thames Barrier was opened in 1984. It was designed to stop London being flooded by abnormal sea levels from the North Sea. They test the barrier a few times a year, but it's slowly loosing its effectiveness for purpose.

Woolwich was an important naval, military and industrial town. After years and years of economic hardship and social deprivation, it's finally turning its fortunes around. Vast regeneration projects have already radically changed its infrastructure and culture and this is just the beginning of things to come.

Woolwich is served by two mainline train stations, a DLR terminal station, Thames Clipper boat sevices and a large variety of bus routes. It's 2 short stops from London City Airport; a 5 minute journey. From December 2018, Woolwich will be connected by the Elizabeth Line of the new Crossrail train service for a faster, direct connection to Central London and Heathrow international airport.
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