page_title: Woolwich
section_title: Education and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Woolwich / Education and culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Collage of six photographs (all by Kleon3) of public art in Woolwich, SE London, UK. From left to right, top to bottom: 1) Crimean War Memorial at the Royal Artillery Barracks' parade ground; 2) Lioness resting pawn on urn, or Tom Cribbs memorial, Saint Mary's Gardens; 3) Statue of Nike, goddess of victory, by Pavlos Angelos Kougioumtzis, at the Main Guardhouse, Royal Arsenal; 4) Second Boer War Memorial, near St George's Garrison Church, Grand Depot Road; 5) Street Life, by Michael Craig-Martin in Woolwich Arsenal DLR Station; 6) World War I Memorial, Cadogan Road, Royal Arsenal.
context_page_description: Woolwich is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It has been part of the London metropolitan area since the 19th century. In 1965, most of the former Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich became part of Greenwich Borough, of which it remains the administrative centre. The population of Woolwich was 84,959 in the 2011 census.
  The town is a river crossing point, with the Woolwich Ferry and the Woolwich foot tunnel crossing to North Woolwich in the London Docklands. Throughout the 17th, 18th, 19th and most of the 20th century, Woolwich was an important naval, military and industrial town. After several decades of economic hardship and social deprivation, large-scale urban renewal projects have turned its fortunes around. It is expected that the town, identified in the London Plan as "opportunity area", will evolve from "major centre" to "metropolitan centre" within Greater London in the next few decades.
context_section_description: The University of Greenwich's dramatic arts department is based in the historic Bathway Quarter in the centre of Woolwich. The old Grand Theatre, which briefly reopened in the 2010s, closed in 2015. The Tramshed, until 1953 an electricity sub-station for the borough's tramways, is a music and entertainment venue run by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Woolwich currently has no movie theatres. Cinemas are included in the plans for Spray Street quarter and the Island site. The town was used as a location for the 2006 film Children of Men.
  Woolwich has one museum, the Greenwich Heritage Centre at the Royal Arsenal (Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum closed in 2016 after having been based in Woolwich for almost two centuries). Second Floor Studios in the Woolwich Dockyard area is one of London's largest concentrations of artists'  studios. The town has a number of public sculptures: one of Roman origin, several statues and reliefs from the 19th and early 20th century, and a number of modern sculptures. One of the Woolwich Arsenal DLR station entrances features a large mural in tiles by Michael Craig Martin.
caption: Public art works in Woolwich
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