Deptford gets a Waitrose...

[El Pibe]

I rather like Deptford.

[Mick Mac]

Deptford's rise: swish new riverside homes and a flagship Waitrose

Swish new riverside flats and a Waitrose are giving SE8 lifestyle appeal - but it is refusing to get 'too grand', says David Spittles

* A new village of 980 homes will be built by 2014 at Deptford Creek overlooking the Thames.

* A flagship Waitrose will be opening at New Capital Quay between Deptford and Greenwich.

* Deptford train station and its surroundings are benefiting from a ?42 million mixed-used development with 121 apartments and three town houses. Derelict arches are being transformed into workspaces and shops are being renovated.

* A riverside plaza, featuring an art gallery, museum, cr?che, design studios, bars and resturants, will be opening at New Capital Quay.

Depends Mickeymouse if you define an area by its postcode or not. Looks like Deptford to me.

[Mickeymouse]

No Mick Mac its definitely in Greenwich proper. Regardless of the postcode, per google maps the store will be less than a 5 minute walk from the Cutty Sark in central Greenwich, whereas it will be a 15 minute walk from Deptford station, in central Deptford. Geographically and postcode wise its 100% in Greenwich and the ES is basically lying for its advertisers. I am not sure what you are looking at?

The ES article is annoyingly mixing up the developments which are currently being built in Deptford and causing confusion.

The "new village of 980 homes" is a different development in Deptford. One which I imagine when being sold will be in the estate-agent made up place of "West Greenwich SE8", as developers increasingly try to erase what they see as grubby Deptford from marketing brochures, like this place: http://www.paynesandborthwick.com/. This website makes me laugh, the development must be 20 minutes from Greenwich station and less than ten from Deptford station yet they blurt on about the wonderful connections in "West Greenwich SE8". Such clap trap.

New Capital Quay cannot be "between Deptford and Greenwich", its either in Deptford or Greenwich, unless its being built on stilts above the Creek which it is not. That is just the Evening Standard trying to rationalise its incredibly incorrect article.

"a ?42 million mixed-used development with 121 apartments" - again this is a different development in Deptford.

Sorry for writing so much, just bugs me how bad that ES article was!

[Otta]

This is like Hoopers (R.I.P) claiming to be in Dulwich. Why do people do it, who gives a shit.

Anyway, glad to hear the station area is having a lot of investment, that part is pretty run down. I do like Deptford though, and had some great nights out around there back when I had a life.

[Mick Mac]

Mickeymouse Wrote:

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> No Mick Mac its definitely in Greenwich proper.

I was just guessing to be honest.

[uncleglen]

Wake me up when Canning Town gets a Waitrose!

[malumbu]

Deptford has a fantastic array of interesting shops. Yes it is a bit front line but that adds to the attraction.

Why are you lot so shallow? I'm proud not to have a Waitrose or M&S and I can always sneak off to Beckenham in disguise for a crafty shop. Or Greenwich by the sounds of it (which in defence has always been posh).

[Huguenot]

I've got a Waitrose just around the corner from me in Singapore. It's called Cold Storage, but everything in it is Waitrose, including the prices.

What does that say about ED?