Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

EXPLAINED: Peckham - The Real Truth

OPINION - So long, for now, to the no-phones club that let us party like it was 1999

“It feels like we’ve gone back in time!” my friend shouts in my ear over the blaring techno remix. Instead of our usual stomping grounds of Hackney, Peckham or Tottenham, we’re spending our Saturday night in — god forbid — a postcode that starts with WC. Specifically, we are standing…

Evening Standard

London is now a no-go zone for developers, warns capital's biggest housebuilder after shopping centre plan rejected

Berkeley Group warned London’s ‘housing crisis will deepen’ after its scheme for 867 flats on the site of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham was dismissed

Evening Standard

Controversial plan to bulldoze south London shopping centre for almost 900 homes rejected

Berkeley Homes had applied to build 867 homes on the site of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The car park that changed British art: Bold Tendencies at 20

Two decades after it opened in a multi-storey in Peckham in London, the space has redrawn the map for how to present art – with rooftop cocktails and the pink staircase that launched a thousand selfies

The Guardian - UK

Quirk Cycles wins best road bike at Bespoked London 2026

The Hackney builder’s Durmitor takes the prize from judge Robin Mather – with Bespoked Osaka next on the calendar in Japan

Cycling Weekly

Four men arrested on suspicion of murder after stabbing in south London

Police say 26-year-old man died at scene outside nightclub in Peckham and two others remain in hospital

The Guardian - UK

Man, 26, killed in triple stabbing outside Peckham nightclub pictured as two others fight for life

Five people have been arrested after 26-year-old Aurelio Mejia was killed, with another man in his 20s in a life-threatening condition

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Vote Labour or risk Farage, warns Sadiq Khan as party launches London elections campaign amid dire approval ratings

The Mayor launched Labour’s London local elections campaign in Peckham after poll showing party could lose all but two of its councils

Evening Standard

Bara and beyond: how London went mad for British regional food

People are going mad for Peckham’s new Welsh cafe Bara. Is this the start of a Celtic takeover?

Evening Standard

Cult sandwich makers Mondo to open second shop in South London

Mondo inspires regular queues at its shop in Peckham

Evening Standard

Josh Barrie on the sauce at Bara, Peckham: Welsh cafés in London shouldn't be this unusual

The Caerphilly cheesesteak is nothing short of genius, says Josh Barrie

Evening Standard

Police release footage of teenager on moped hours before fatal Peckham stabbing

Detectives appeal for witnesses a week after 18-year-old was knifed in busy Rye Lane as no arrests made

Evening Standard

Murder investigation launched after man, 19, stabbed to death in Peckham Rye

Officers were called to Rye Lane just after 7pm on Saturday

Evening Standard

E-scooter rider dies in collision with bus in Peckham

There have been no arrests after the man in his 20s died at the scene

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Bara: Welsh sandwich shop to debut in Peckham with 'Caerphilly Cheesesteak'

Bara, in Peckham, will also serve a ‘Swansea breakfast’ sandwich with bacon, cockles and leeks

Evening Standard

Rail services shut down as huge fire breaks out at south London station

The huge fire erupted on the train tracks between Queen's Road Peckham and South Bermondsey stations

Evening Standard

Mother left critically injured after gunmen fire shots through Peckham home on Christmas Eve

The woman, in her 20s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds after two male suspects fired seven shots into the address on Cronin Street

Evening Standard

Connie's: 'London-style' pizzeria from famed Neapolitan pizzaiolo to open in Peckham

Founder Andrea Ascuiti is the man behind the celebrated 081 Pizzeria

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Olivia Colman's homes: the Night Manager and Peep Show star's latest move was from Peckham to Norfolk

After decades spent in south-east London, Colman has returned to her Norfolk roots

Evening Standard

Woman dies after south London house fire

Crews called to blaze in Bath Close, Peckham at 10pm on Monday

Evening Standard

Guide to Lewisham: South-east London's latest property hotspot slated for £1.5bn regeneration

This corner of south-east London has far more to recommend it than its comparatively good-value house prices

Evening Standard

Meet the London creatives and artisans crafting the most heavenly gifts

Hackney jewels, chef’s knives forged in Peckham and scents made in Shoreditch

Evening Standard

Eddie Marsan on method acting: 'Daniel Day-Lewis stayed as Bill the Butcher out of dedication'

Eddie Marsan - along with Dame Elaine Paige and Giles Terera - has become Vice President of Mountview drama school in Peckham - he tells us about his love of acting, its life-changing benefits and why arts education must be supported

The Independent UK

Eddie Marsan says people like Laurence Fox fear ‘level playing field’ in acting

The British actor made the comments after being named vice president of Mountview drama school

The Guardian - UK

What will Labour sacrifice for its housing targets? A standoff in south London is putting it to the test

In Peckham, developers unwilling to meet affordable housing quotas are facing down residents and the council, says author Anna Minton

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.