Editing Erith (section)

===Regeneration===
Since the late 1990s Erith has undergone marked changes, culminating in the Erith Western Thames Gateway project.<ref>[http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/erithwesterngateway/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007013402/http://www.bexley.gov.uk/service/erithwesterngateway/index.html|date=7 October 2008}}</ref> The regeneration falls within the remit of the Thames Gateway project, with Erith as a focus for [[Bexley London Borough Council|Bexley Council]], as its only population centre on the [[River Thames]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2008 |title=London – Places – Why Thames Gateway is good for Bexley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/03/08/thamesgateway_bexley_opinion_feature.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110011723/http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/03/08/thamesgateway_bexley_opinion_feature.shtml |archive-date=10 November 2012 |access-date=24 August 2012 |publisher=BBC |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Since 2000 a significant number of new flats have been built on the river by private developers. The Erith Western Gateway will include riverside flats,<ref name="thamesgateway.gov.uk">{{Cite web |title=Erith Western Gateway |url=http://www.thamesgateway.gov.uk/index.html?rm%3Dnews%26article%3D22%26PHPSESSID%3D986aa54265aa061b23cb5883448aae85 |access-date=17 September 2007}}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and is expected to include the regeneration of a large underused area of the town centre, earmarked by Bexley Council for a mixed-use development with up to 6,000 sq. m of new commercial space and over 500 new homes.<ref name="thamesgateway.gov.uk" />

In 2020, local campaigners secured National Lottery funding to restore the former library building as new community facilities.<ref name="OldLib">{{Cite news |last=Bennett-Ness |first=James |date=27 February 2020 |title=Old Library in Erith with fascinating history to be fully restored thanks to Bexley residents |work=News Shopper |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18266529.old-library-erith-fascinating-history-fully-restored-thanks-bexley-residents/ |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>