Woolwich Common is a common in Woolwich in southeast London, England. It is partly used as military land (less than 40%) and partly as an urban park....
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less the present-day wards Woolwich Riverside and Woolwich Common, comprises 734 acres (297 ha). This included North Woolwich, which is now part of the...
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The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the...
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Woolwich. Work on the new barracks began in 1774 on a site overlooking Woolwich Common. As originally built (1774–76) the barracks frontage was only half...
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West, Peninsula, Woolwich Common, and Woolwich Riverside. Part of Woolwich Common ward transferred to Greenwich and Woolwich from the constituency of Eltham;...
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Royal Arsenal (redirect from Royal Woolwich Arsenal)
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the...
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Woolwich Common in southeast London. This deep ha-ha was installed around 1774 to prevent sheep and cattle, grazing at a stopover on Woolwich Common on...
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Woolwich Garrison (now referred to as Woolwich Station) is a garrison or station of the British Army. Geographically it is in Woolwich, in the Royal Borough...
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until 1977. It was situated in southeast London, on the south side of Woolwich Common, on the western slopes of Shooter's Hill, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich...
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including Maryon Park, Maryon Wilson Park and Charlton Park Woolwich Common Plumstead Common Shooters Hill area, including Shrewsbury Park, Eaglesfield...
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The Rotunda on Woolwich Common, in south-east London, was originally a 24 sided brick rotunda, designed by the Whig architect John Nash. Intended as a...
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Royal Artillery Museum (category Woolwich)
the world's oldest military museums, was first opened to the public in Woolwich in southeast London in 1820. It told the story of the development of artillery...
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over-shadowed by the Siemens Brothers Telegraph Works. Then followed Woolwich Common (1907–1908), Pound Park (1908–1913), and Angerstein Lane (1913–1915)...
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Second Boer War memorial. Both the church and the memorial are part of Woolwich Common conservation area. The first chapel for the Royal Artillery was part...
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Borough of Woolwich which lay south of the River Thames. Along with Blackheath Westcombe, Charlton, Glyndon, Woolwich Riverside, and Woolwich Common, it elects...
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home in the Arsenal, and in 1806 it moved into new headquarters on Woolwich Common. In 1946 it amalgamated with the Royal Military College to form the...
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Academy, Woolwich Woolwich Common Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Arsenal station Woolwich railway station Woolwich Dockyard railway station Woolwich Ferry Woolwich...
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Woolwich Common (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Elizabeth Ige 1,486 79.3 Labour Anthony Okereke* 1,350 72.0 Conservative Elaine Pooke 326 17.4 Conservative...
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Woolwich Arsenal is an electoral ward in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections. It returns three councillors to...
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South Circular Road, London (category Woolwich)
the Woolwich Ferry in the east to the Chiswick Flyover in the west via Eltham, Lee Green, Catford, Forest Hill, Dulwich, Tulse Hill, Clapham Common, Clapham...
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1770 the regiment was rehoused in the Royal Artillery Barracks on Woolwich Common. A major innovation in 1793 was the establishment of the Royal Horse...
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Woolwich-Plumstead St Mary's Garden, Woolwich Sutcliffe Park The Tarn Well Hall Pleasaunce Wellington Park, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Woolwich Common which includes Repository...
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Shrapnel Barracks (category Woolwich)
the northwest of the modern-day Stadium Road, on the western edge of Woolwich Common; the site is now occupied by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A "hutted...
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Woolwich Works, also known as Woolwich Creative District, is a multi-disciplinary cultural venue on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in southeast...
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of the Sky One reality show Cirque de Celebrite, which is filmed on Woolwich Common in South East London. Marsh won the series final on 9 December 2007...
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Crayford & Dartford) 469 to Woolwich Common (via Lower Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, West Heath, Abbey Wood, Plumstead & Woolwich) B12 to Joydens Wood (via...
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The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich...
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on the use of kites for naval reconnaissance took place in 1903 at Woolwich Common for the Admiralty. Samuel Franklin Cody demonstrated the capabilities...
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Throughout the period from 1754 to 1806, Woolwich's home ground was Barrack Field, part of Woolwich Common, which remains the home ground of the Royal...
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Pub names (section Most common)
A simple example is the Barrack Tavern, Woolwich Common, which is near the army's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. The Horsefair Tavern, Wisbech (from 2023...
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