Tickets Alert: Tours of St Leonard’s Church tower and crypt Submitted by daniel on Fri, 23/08/2024 - 13:00 Next month, there will be opportunities to enter the crypt underneath St Leonard’s Church in Streatham or climb up the bell tower. ianVisits
Network Rail announces closures and reduced services for nine days in south London at the end of August 2024 Submitted by daniel on Fri, 23/08/2024 - 08:00 Network Rail is advising passengers in south London to plan ahead if they’re travelling from Saturday 24th August to Sunday 1st September, as the company carries out a major track upgrade at Crystal Palace. Here’s more details: BrixtonBuzz
Ex Lambeth police station could become 57 room hotel Submitted by daniel on Fri, 23/08/2024 - 08:00 The building at 101 Streatham High Road has been vacant since 2015 when the local police station relocated to a building further down the street. Now Everitt Road Properties has applied to Lambeth Council to turn the former cop shop, built in 1912, into a hotel and café. News Shopper
Transport Secretary gives green light for 20mph zones across the UK Submitted by daniel on Thu, 22/08/2024 - 15:36 The Transport Secretary has said that decisions over 20mph zones and low traffic neighbourhoods should be left to local councils, rather than central government. LBC
See what’s on at the Streatham Free Film Festival, running from the 14th to 28th September 2024 Submitted by daniel on Thu, 22/08/2024 - 12:53 The Streatham Free Film Festival offers an exciting range of films and events for two weeks every September and 2024 marks their 9th year. BrixtonBuzz
Everitt Road Properties to turn police station into hotel Submitted by daniel on Tue, 20/08/2024 - 10:33 A former police station in South London could be transformed into a boutique hotel under plans by development firm Everitt Road Properties. Boutique Hotelier
Former Streatham police station could transform into boutique hotel Submitted by daniel on Tue, 20/08/2024 - 09:48 Evening Standard
Visits to former cop shop might be more fun in future – if hotel plan goes ahead Submitted by daniel on Tue, 20/08/2024 - 09:12 An ex-police station empty for almost a decade could be turned into a 57-bed boutique hotel. The building at 101 Streatham High Road has been vacant since 2015 when the local police station relocated to a building further down the street. South London News
Streatham: Proposals lodged to turn old police station into hotel Submitted by daniel on Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:10 A south London council is considering plans to turn an empty police station into a luxury hotel. A property developer has applied to Lambeth Council for permission to turn the former station on Streatham High Road into a 57-room boutique establishment. BBC
defendant in US fraud case dies after car smash while tycoon still missing at sea Submitted by daniel on Mon, 19/08/2024 - 22:04 A Brit tycoon's co-defendant, who stood trial alongside him in a US fraud case, has died after being hit by a car at the weekend. Mike Lynch, the tech millionaire who remains missing after a superyacht sinking in Palermo, stood aside tragic Stephen Chamberlain in court. Daily Record