Editing Woolwich (section)

=== Woolwich Centre ===
[[File:London-Woolwich, Bathway07.jpg|thumb|left|160px|[[Bathway Quarter]]]]
Virtually nothing is left of the [[Old Woolwich|old town of Woolwich]] which was near the ferry and the parish church along the Thames. In the early 19th century the commercial and administrative centre moved south to its present location around [[Powis Street]], [[Beresford Square]] and the [[Bathway Quarter]]. Although 20th-century economic decline and infrastructural works have had their effects, there are still some interesting buildings in Woolwich town centre. The best preserved area is perhaps the Bathway Quarter with the former Public Baths, the [[Woolwich Town Hall|Old and New Town Hall]], the former Magistrates Court and Police Station, the Old Public Library and several historic buildings of Woolwich Polytechnic.

[[File:London-Woolwich, Woolwich New Rd , St Peter's.JPG|thumb|[[St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Woolwich|St Peter's rectory, church and school]]]]
In nearby Powis Street and Hare Street some late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] shop façades have been preserved, notably by local architect Henry Hudson Church. The western end of Powis Street is dominated by two former [[Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society]] (RACS) department stores, one late Victorian, the other one in [[Art Deco]] style. Nearer to the river are two large cinemas, both built in 1937 and both in use as Pentecostal church halls. The former [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon Cinema]] (now occupied by the [[New Wine Church]]) is a fine example of an Art Deco theatre; the former [[Granada Cinema, Woolwich|Granada Cinema]] has lavish interior decorations.

Of the grand houses that once stretched along Woolwich Common and dotted the northern slopes of Shooter's Hill, little remains. Rushgrove House, Shrewsbury House and Woodhill Court survive but have lost their spacious gardens. Woolwich parish church, [[St Mary Magdalen Woolwich|St Mary Magdalen]] is a plain brick 1730s building with a spireless tower. Other religious buildings of interest include the [[St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Woolwich|Roman Catholic St Peter's Church]] (by [[Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin|Pugin]]), and two [[Gurdwara|Sikh gurdwaras]], one a [[Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich|former Methodist church]], the other a former Masonic hall.

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File:London, Woolwich-Centre, Wellington St, Woolwich Town hall1.jpg|[[Woolwich Town Hall]]
File:London-Woolwich, Polytechnic St, old Polytechnic College.jpg|Former Woolwich Polytechnic College
File:2016 Woolwich, Powis St, former RACS Central Stores.jpg|Victorian [[Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society|RACS]] building
File:London-Woolwich, former RACS department store 03.JPG|Art deco former RACS department store
File:London, Woolwich, John Wilson St, Gateway House02.jpg|Former [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon Cinema]]
File:Christ Faith Tabernacle Cathedral4.jpg|Former [[Granada Cinema, Woolwich|Granada Cinema]]
File:London-Woolwich, John Wilson St - Calderwood St 2.jpg|[[Gurdwara Sahib Woolwich|Gurdwara Sahib]]
File:2015 London-Woolwich, view from Anglesea Rd 08.JPG|Gurdwara Ramgarhia
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