Greenwich Peninsula

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The Greenwich Peninsula, sometimes known as the Blackwall Peninsula or Bugsby Marshes, in the London Borough of Greenwich, is defined by the River Thames. It is home to the Millennium Dome and the southern end of the Blackwall Tunnel, but is largely vacant - most of it was occupied by a vast gasworks, the largest in Europe until the discovery of natural gas reserves in the North Sea rendered much of the complex obsolete.

Despite being relatively sparsely populated, the Greenwich Peninsula has emerged as a hub for public transport in South East London. It is served by North Greenwich tube station, opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line extension project. The station is one of the largest on the undeground network and serves as an interchange with a North Greenwich bus station, which acts as a hub for services in the South East of the capital.

In 2004 outline planning permission was granted for a large-scale redevelopment of the site, including over 10,000 homes, several million square feet of office space and the conversion of the Millennium Dome into an indoor arena.

The south of the peninsula is now being developed into housing (the latest phase in the construction of the Greenwich Millennium Village), and the Dome will be a London 2012 venue. The area is supposedly meant to be completed in a 28 year time period.