Queens Market Green Street Development Upton Park

Newham Council planning officers have recommended planning consent be
granted for St Modwens proposed 100m redevelopment of Londons Queens
Market.

St Modwen is planning to redevelop the market near Upton Park tube station
into 91,000 sq ft of market stalls and shops and 350 homes.

The retail will be divided into 23,000 sq ft of market stalls and 68,000 sq
ft of shops. It will also include a 20,000 sq ft civic front office
facility facing onto Green Street.

The scheme, which goes before the council next Wednesday, has faced
opposition from local group The Friends of Queens Market who fear that
St Modwen will hike rents once the scheme has been developed. Newham Council
owns the freehold of the land and St Modwen will take a long lease on when
the development is completed.

South Indian Restaurants

Newham must have the best concentration of South Indian restaurants in Britain, with dozens of Dosa houses in High Street North alone. Manor Park and East Ham is the epi centre of south Indian cuisine.

Manor Park Station Sign London Overground

Manor Park Station Sign London Overground
Originally uploaded by Andyrob

This new sign is an attempt to guide people coming off the London Overground station at Woodgrange Park heading from the main Manor Park railway station for trains in to Liverpool Street Station and out to Essex.

Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose
Originally uploaded by Andyrob

It's always nice to see a native greylag goose amongst all the Canada Geese on the duckpond at Wanstead Flats.

Organic Vegetable Boxes

I put my postcode in to do a local search for organic vegetable boxes for delivery in Newham and got some interesting results:



We quite like the Riverford boxes but they do come all the way up from Devon so the local vegetable box delivery option from Hackney could be better in some ways.

minute by minute 2

minutebyminute2
Originally uploaded by Andyrob

This was filmed in Newham, just.

Minute by Minute

Earl of Essex Manor Park, Newham

This is the corner of Romford Road by the Earl of Essex at Manor Park broadway.

Pic by Karin Bultje