Skip to main content

Woolwich regeneration

Future High Streets Fund

We have been the driving force behind Woolwich's transformation. We've worked closely with key partners to deliver strategic investment in infrastructure, housing, cultural hubs, and public realm improvements that create a vibrant, connected town centre.

Beresford Square and Powis Street have been transformed following significant investment. The landscape-led, heritage-focused project celebrates Woolwich's identity and historic architecture while supporting the town centre to thrive once again. 

We secured significant external investment, and worked in partnership with key funders to deliver major project outcomes, including: 

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Future High Street Fund (FHSF): £17.15 million for public realm improvements and upgrades in Beresford Square, Powis Street, Market Pavilion, Royal Arsenal Gatehouse (with partners Greenwich Enterprise Board) and a new affordable artists workspace at Old Town Hall.   
  • An additional £46,420.49 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and the Mayor of London supporting the fit-out of the Market Pavilion café.   

The independent café Bob's Your Uncle recently opened its doors in the Market Pavilion, offering a welcoming space for residents, workers and visitors. Bob's Your Uncle was recently Highly Commended in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Business Awards 2026 for Food and Drink Venue of the Year.   

The projects have earned national recognition, including becoming a Regional Finalist at the 2026 Civic Trust Awards, winning multiple 2025 BALI National Landscape Awards and a Pineapple Award Winner for Woolwich Place April 2026. 

New genuinely affordable workspace for local artists and makers in Woolwich's historic Old Town Hall

Work begins in late September 2027 for new self-contained affordable studios in Woolwich Old Town Hall. This follows the essential conservation works to restore and preserve this unique heritage building.   

Opening in Summer 2027, this stunning Grade 2 Listed building is set to become a new home to 21 new, genuinely affordable lowcost employment spaces for local Woolwich and Greenwich based artists, makers, and designers. We are delivering this project in partnership with the MHCLG Future High Street Fund and with Second Floor Studios & Arts as the new workspace operator.

The thoughtfully designed studios will offer: 

  • Genuinely affordable, creative and dynamic studio space: offering studio space to local artists, designers and makers set in the heart of Woolwich's Civic Quarter. Priority will be given to all studio applicants with a local postcode. 
  • Accessible workspaces: installation of a new lift and bridge link between the Old Town Hall and Old library will give these historic buildings step free access for both the new workspace and for Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB) service users in the Old Library. 
  • Commitment to sustainability: the new studios will use eco-friendly materials and energy-efficient systems, underscoring the importance of environmental responsibility in the creative process alongside sensitive design by heritage Architects Gort Scott that celebrates the history of the buildings.