The Charlton Society usually holds talks on matters of local interest, normally on the third Saturday of every month, in St.Luke’s Church, or, on occasion, at Charlton House, from 2.30pm. The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday 21 February 2026 at St. Luke’s Church, with Rob Harris (from the Crossness Trust) taking on “Dirt and Decoration – how beauty rose out of London’s sewers as well as local news and refreshments.

January’s meeting focussed on Charlton and the Draft Greenwich Local Plan – having your say on shaping our future. The Draft Local Plan by Greenwich Council can be seen here https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy-and-strategy/local-plan/drafting-our-new-local-plan – key issues are around Design and Heritage, Environment and Climate Change, Housing including height and density and Transporrt. The Site Allocations Plan has a whole section on Charlton Riverside.

Where possible we also upload the presentations on to the website.

We look forward to welcoming you to the forthcoming 2026 schedule is (all Saturdays at 2.30pm):

– 21 February 2026: Dirt and Decoration – How beauty rose out of London’s sewers with Rob Harris of the Crossness Trust

– 21 March: Parks, People and Pleasure by Candy Blackham

– 18 April 2026: A Short Hiostory of Lesnes Abbey with Chris Hawkins.

– 16 May 2026: Flats for Poor families: London County Council’s performamce 1890-1930 with Dr. Michael Passmore.

– 20 June 2026: How Charlton Helped Connect the World with Alan Burkitt-Gray

– 18 July 2026: Charlton in the 18th. Century – a rediscovered map and what we can learn with Barbara Holland.

– 19 September 2026: The everyday heroes of Postman’s Park with Dr. John Price

– 17 October 2026: Charlton Society AGM and Hetaher Anderson on “Women, Football and SE7”

– 21 November 2026: Travels with my Turtle: Slow travel challenges from SE7

– 12 December 2026: Festive special (to be confirmed)

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