What’s on - VE Day Special
Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War at events across our borough.
If your street is having a party on Monday, tag @royal_greenwich on Facebook and Instagram with your best snaps and we'll share them!
May producers' market and VE Day commemoration
Sunday 4 May, 10am to 3pm
Severndroog Castle, Castle Wood, Shooters Hill, SE18 3RT, free entry
Commemorate VE Day 80 with family storytelling, free guided walks with a local historian (booking required), choirs and a visit from The Royal British Legion. Stall holders and volunteers will wear 1940s fashion – why not dress up too?
Flag raising
Thursday 8 May, 10:30am, free, no booking required
Woolwich Town Hall, Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Join the Mayor of Royal Greenwich to raise the VE 80 flag above the Town Hall.
VE Day street party in the library
Thursday 8 May, 10:30am to 2pm, free
Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Experience the sights and sounds of Woolwich on VE Day, including wartime music.
VE Day themed children’s crafts
Plumstead Library, 232 Plumstead High Street, SE18 1JL
Thursday 8 May, 10:30am, free
Create your very own VE Day inspired masterpiece.
Remembrance service
Thursday 8 May, 1pm, free, no booking required
Abbey Wood Memorial Gardens, Rosedale Close, SE2 0JO
Hosted by the Royal British Legion branches.
VE Day story sharing
Thursday 8 May, 2 to 3pm, free, book at library counter
Eltham Library, 2 Archery Road, SE9 1HA
Listen as speakers share their memories and reflections of VE Day, and share your own stories, photos and experiences.
Scones and knitting
Thursday 8 May, 2 to 4pm, free
New Eltham Library, Southwood Road, New Eltham, SE9 3QT
Knit and natter over scones in celebration of VE Day.
Commemorative service
Thursday 8 May, 7pm, free, no booking required
St Alfege Church, Greenwich Church Street, London SE10 8NA
A service of commemoration and thanksgiving, hosted by St Alfege Church and Greenwich Ecumenical Borough Deans and Royal British Legion branches.
Friday 9 May, 11am, adult £13.20, child £11, under six months go free
Woolwich Works, SE18 6HD
A good old-fashioned knees-up for families with young children. Tom Carradine (of Carradine’s Cockney Singalong) will be on piano, getting you and your little ones singing along to wartime classics, marching round the room, waving flags and enjoying bubbles.
