News on Silvertown

Don't forget! On June 25th from 11am to 4pm, the Silvertown Engagement Team is hosting a free Community Day for members of the community to visit the Silvertown site and experience its future potential.

We will have a variety of vendors from the Royal Docks and Beckton Moving Market, an ice cream van, some Texas BBQ, a local heritage exhibition, and an exhibition on the latest proposals for the site. We will also have two performances by Sunny Steel Band at 12pm and at 2pm, so don't miss it!

There will be free activities for kids, including a play area and gardening workshop, and for adults, we are offering free tours of the interior of Millennium Mills (fully booked as of earlier this week).

We are also offering free ice cream for the first 100 visitors to our exhibition who fill in a feedback form!

The exhibition will focus on our latest proposals for the Silvertown redevelopment project, building on the proposals we presented during our last community exhibitions in early March.

This exhibition will play back changes that have been made to the proposals as a result of engagement to date, including feedback from our community exhibitions and this Commonplace engagement website, subsequent pop-up events, and a series of Design Code Workshops.

It will also be one of the last opportunities for community members to influence change to the proposals in advance of the planning application submission later this year. 

Please feel free to invite your friends, family, and neighbours - we are really excited to host the local community on the Silvertown site.

Please be mindful that the Silvertown site is an active development/construction site with related hazards, including loose gravel/rocks, broken concrete, uneven surfaces, access to open water, wildlife, and construction material storage. All hazards will be clearly marked. Please wear closed toe and comfortable shoes when you come on site.

We know that there are national rail strikes occurring on Saturday, and we are encouraging people to arrive by foot and bike to reduce the need to travel by train/public transport. The weather forecast looks mixed with some forecasts showing rain and others showing clouds and sun, but the event will run rain or shine regardless!

Full details of the event can be found below:

What: Silvertown Community Day

When: Saturday, 25 June 2022. Open to public between 11am and 4pm.

Where: The Silvertown Site, right next to Millennium Mills (E16 1UR).

How: Accessible via the Rayleigh Road roundabout – just head towards the chimney.

The nearest DLR Station is West Silvertown or Pontoon Dock, or you can access the site across the Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge from Custom House Station (DLR/Elizabeth Line). There is no parking on-site, so please arrive by foot or bike.