Lombard Square Plumstead is one of the most ambitious regeneration projects on the south-east London map. Set inside the Royal Borough of Greenwich, SE28, the development is a joint venture between two of the country’s most established homebuilders — Berkeley Group and Peabody — delivering nearly 2,000 new homes around a landscaped central garden, a public park and a network of new community spaces. For UK and international buyers looking at London’s outer-zone regeneration story, it is one of the clearest examples of how the Elizabeth Line has rewritten the map of investable east London.
This guide covers what you need to know about Lombard Square before reserving: the developers behind it, the architecture and design language, the on-site amenities, the transport story, pricing, and what buyers should weigh up alongside neighbouring Berkeley schemes at Royal Arsenal Riverside and Kidbrooke Village.
Who Is Building Lombard Square?
Lombard Square is being delivered by Berkeley Group in partnership with Peabody — the housing association that has shaped affordable and mixed-tenure development in London since 1862. Berkeley leads the design, construction and private sales, while Peabody delivers a 40% affordable housing component including shared ownership and social rent. The collaboration sits within the Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Opportunity Area, one of the Mayor of London’s strategic regeneration corridors.
For private buyers, the Berkeley name carries significant weight. Berkeley is one of the few volume housebuilders in the UK with a ten-year build warranty on every home, the MyHome Plus digital handover platform, and a long track record of schemes that have resold at or above launch price five years after completion. Lombard Square fits cleanly inside Berkeley’s London new-build portfolio alongside Kidbrooke Village, Royal Arsenal Riverside and TwelveTrees Park.
The Six Houses and the Central Garden Square
The masterplan at Lombard Square is built around six individually named houses — Myro House, Opal House and Rosa House lead the first delivered phases, with three further houses planned. Each takes its name and design language from a craft historically associated with Plumstead — leathercraft, woodwork, tailoring, weaving, textiles, pottery and metalwork — translated into brickwork detailing, ironmongery, joinery and landscaping cues across the buildings. It is one of the more thoughtful design briefs of any new-build scheme in outer London.
At the heart of the scheme sits the central Garden Square: a landscaped park designed around the four seasons, with a lake, wildflower planting, lawn space, boardwalks and quiet seating areas. Each house also has its own podium garden, raising green space above the ground-floor cycle stores and parking and giving every resident immediate access to outdoor amenity from their building’s core.
Resident Amenities at Lombard Square
On-site amenities reflect Berkeley’s standard for outer-zone, community-led schemes: a 24-hour concierge service, an opt-in residents’ gym, an on-site coffee shop and express food store, secure bike storage and electric vehicle charging points. The commercial spaces on the ground floors of selected houses are designed to bring everyday convenience into the development itself — and to anchor a wider regeneration of Plumstead’s local high street.
For end users, that means a development that genuinely works for daily life: morning coffee on site, parcels managed by concierge, and a gym that residents can opt into without bloating the service charge for those who would rather not use one. For investors, the same amenities support strong tenant demand from young professionals commuting into Canary Wharf and the City.
Transport — Elizabeth Line, DLR and the Eight-Minute Canary Wharf Commute
The single biggest driver of value at Lombard Square is transport. Plumstead National Rail station sits four minutes’ walk from the development, with direct trains into London Bridge in around 25 minutes. Woolwich Arsenal — fourteen minutes on foot — connects residents to the Elizabeth Line, the DLR and National Rail.
From Woolwich Elizabeth Line, Canary Wharf is eight minutes away. Liverpool Street is fifteen. Bond Street is twenty-three. Heathrow Terminal 2/3 is reached in approximately 53 minutes without changing trains. London City Airport is a five-minute DLR hop from Woolwich. For commuters who want to live near a major regeneration project but inside a fast, frequent and reliable transport corridor, the Lombard Square location is unusually well served.
Plumstead, Royal Greenwich and the Wider Regeneration Story
Plumstead has changed substantially in the last five years. The neighbourhood sits inside the Royal Borough of Greenwich, between Woolwich and Thamesmead, with the River Thames a short walk to the north. The Royal Arsenal Riverside lifestyle district — a Berkeley scheme delivering over 5,000 homes, restaurants, a farmers’ market and the cultural cluster around Woolwich Works — is within easy walking distance and continues to drive footfall, amenity and price growth across the wider area.
The Mayor of London’s Thamesmead and Abbey Wood Opportunity Area framework targets the delivery of more than 15,000 new homes across the corridor over the next decade, alongside upgraded transport, schools and green infrastructure. Lombard Square is one of the largest individual schemes inside that plan, and the joint Berkeley–Peabody delivery model is designed to ensure that affordable housing, public realm and community infrastructure land in step with private sales.
Sustainability and Berkeley’s Build Standards
Every home at Lombard Square is built to Berkeley’s current sustainability specification: Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR), low-energy LED lighting throughout, dual-flush WCs, low-flow taps and showerheads, and A-rated kitchen appliances. Rainwater harvesting supports the landscaped gardens and the central lake, and every piece of timber used in construction carries FSC or PEFC certification.
On-site biodiversity has been a design priority from the start. The central lake doubles as a functioning ecological habitat, and the planting strategy across the site introduces hundreds of new trees and thousands of new plants — a meaningful uplift on the ecological baseline of the brownfield site Lombard Square has replaced.
Apartments, Pricing and Availability
Lombard Square is being released in phases. Current availability spans one, two, three and four bedroom apartments, with prices starting from £327,000. Interior specifications are consistent across the scheme: fully fitted kitchens with integrated Siemens appliances, designer bathrooms with rainfall showers, heated towel rails and porcelain floor tiles, fitted wardrobes and cloud-soft carpet in the bedrooms — each home delivered with a ten-year Berkeley build warranty.
Reservation timelines, payment structures and unit-level availability change frequently as phases sell through. For the most current floorplate-level information — including which homes carry views of the central Garden Square — speak to Audleys International directly.
What Buyers Should Weigh Up Before Reserving
For end-user buyers, the main questions are commute orientation (Elizabeth Line vs. National Rail), Garden Square aspect, and the trade-off between podium-level homes (closer to the gardens and more naturally lit) and higher-floor apartments (longer views toward the river and Canary Wharf). Floorplans vary materially between houses and between phases — the one and two bedroom layouts in Myro House are not the same as those in Opal House.
For investors, the headline metrics are gross yield, void risk and resale liquidity. Lombard Square sits inside an unusually deep tenant pool — Canary Wharf and the City within fifteen minutes, the University of Greenwich, the Royal Arsenal cultural district, and Plumstead’s own growing creative cluster — and is delivered by a developer whose secondary market liquidity has been consistently strong across other London schemes. The 40% affordable housing component (delivered by Peabody) creates a mixed-tenure community, which is a planning positive for the long-term stability of the area, but it is worth understanding which house each phase sits inside before committing.
Lombard Square at Audleys International
Audleys International advises UK and international buyers on every phase of Lombard Square — from initial unit selection through to reservation, exchange, completion and post-handover lettings. For current pricing, floorplans, availability and developer-direct allocations, see our Lombard Square Plumstead listing or speak to the team directly.
For buyers comparing across London’s riverside regeneration zones, we also cover neighbouring schemes at River Park Tower, Nine Elms London Square and Oval Village.