Woolwich's new cultural centre has been named by residents ahead of its opening in 2020.

Dubbed "London's next cultural quarter" by Greenwich Council (RBG), the Woolwich Creative District as it was first called is currently undergoing a £31m council-led refurbishment.

"Woolwich Works" was the overwhelming choice for the new name, selected by over 400 residents of the borough who cast their ballots after RBG announced it would open the name up for residents to choose.

The expansive new creative project is being built inside five historic industrial buildings totalling 15,000sqm at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.

RBG said that residents who voted to name the new project also agreed that the individual room names within the buildings should reflect the people and occupations of those who historically worked on the Royal Arsenal.

For example Lilian Barker, who was in charge of 30,000 female munitions workers during the First World War, will have a studio named after her, as will suffragette Eliza Knight and her husband Donald Adolphus Brown, a dockworker and local hero.

RBG said that the naming of the Visitors Book Cafe pays tribute to the cosmopolitan visitors from all parts of the world that visited the Royal Arsenal, "from Queen Victoria to Nigerian Chiefs, the Prime Minister of Nepal, an Indian Rajah, and The Sultan of Zanzibar among many others."

The creative centre will include large-scale concert venues, rehearsal and studio spaces, offices, and places to eat.

Speaking about the ongoing development using its new title, Councillor Miranda Williams, Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Third Sector, said:

"Woolwich Works will unite past and present.

"The area is hugely important locally as the buildings once supported Britain's industrial ambitions and were at the heart of the formation of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society."

Meanwhile, James Heaton, Chief Executive of Woolwich Works Trust, highlighted a slice of the location's recent history as a place where fireworks were made.

The new Woolwich Works would "dazzle" Londoners in a similar way, he said:

"Over 300 years ago, the Woolwich Works site made fireworks, dazzling Londoners who came together to celebrate royal weddings, birthdays, coronations, peace treaties and the grandest spectacles in the country.

"The Council have always been clear that this fantastic project should both celebrate the buildings' past and invest in their future at the heart of the communities of Woolwich and wider borough.

"I can think of no better way of doing so than bringing that same Fireworks Factory back to life in 2020 as a space that will ignite creativity, excite, inspire and amaze."

For more information, updates and images of Woolwich Works, go to: https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/creativedistrict