Guidebook for London
Drinks & Nightlife
This is a bar on top of a multi-storey carpark, only open June - September. It's got FANTASTIC views of London, and a rotating art exhibition. Sometimes has concerts too. Serves drinks and hot food.
257 locals recommend
Frank's Cafe
95A Rye LnThis is a bar on top of a multi-storey carpark, only open June - September. It's got FANTASTIC views of London, and a rotating art exhibition. Sometimes has concerts too. Serves drinks and hot food.
Not strictly a bar, it's a pool club, but come here after midnight on a Friday or Saturday night and you'll often find great DJs on and a room full of people dancing! Cheap drinks, cool crowd.
33 locals recommend
Canavan's Peckham Pool Club
188 Rye LnNot strictly a bar, it's a pool club, but come here after midnight on a Friday or Saturday night and you'll often find great DJs on and a room full of people dancing! Cheap drinks, cool crowd.
Good, traditional English pub. Good music, and late opening hours. Gets busy.
107 locals recommend
The Montpelier
43 Choumert RdGood, traditional English pub. Good music, and late opening hours. Gets busy.
Peckham Springs
Good late opening bar in the railway arches. Cool crowd.
Cool bar in the railway arches, serves cocktails and pizzas. Sometimes has DJs - a real party bar. Has a small outside space.
141 locals recommend
Bar Story
213 Blenheim GroveCool bar in the railway arches, serves cocktails and pizzas. Sometimes has DJs - a real party bar. Has a small outside space.
Not the nicest pub in Peckham but it's a good way to see a traditional English pub. VERY cheap drinks and food, including English breakfasts in the morning. Has a small outside space.
6 locals recommend
The Kentish Drovers
71-79 Peckham High StNot the nicest pub in Peckham but it's a good way to see a traditional English pub. VERY cheap drinks and food, including English breakfasts in the morning. Has a small outside space.
Arts & Culture
Also known as the Bussey Building. Great venue containing a nightclub, cafe, rooftop bar & cinema and theatre. Quite easy to miss - it's next door to Khan's Supermarket on the main road.
67 locals recommend
The CLF Art Cafe
133 Rye LnAlso known as the Bussey Building. Great venue containing a nightclub, cafe, rooftop bar & cinema and theatre. Quite easy to miss - it's next door to Khan's Supermarket on the main road.
Small art gallery, lovely cafe and bar downstairs with a great terrace. Free to see exhibitions.
215 locals recommend
South London Gallery
65 Peckham RdSmall art gallery, lovely cafe and bar downstairs with a great terrace. Free to see exhibitions.
Food Scene
Lovely little South Indian restaurant - great food in a relaxed, intimate setting.
177 locals recommend
Ganapati
38 Holly GroveLovely little South Indian restaurant - great food in a relaxed, intimate setting.
Fantastic Thai restaurant, great food, good atmosphere. Always busy and you can't book, so just turn up and if you need to wait go to The Victoria Inn pub over the road!
166 locals recommend
The Begging Bowl
168 Bellenden RdFantastic Thai restaurant, great food, good atmosphere. Always busy and you can't book, so just turn up and if you need to wait go to The Victoria Inn pub over the road!
Lovely bar, very small, serving food and drinks around long, shared tables.
72 locals recommend
Peckham Refreshment Rooms
12-16 Blenheim GroveLovely bar, very small, serving food and drinks around long, shared tables.
Everything Else
Beautiful park, lovely place to go on a nice day. Lots of different parts to it including a lake and a Japanese garden.
130 locals recommend
Peckham Rye Common
34 Straker's RdBeautiful park, lovely place to go on a nice day. Lots of different parts to it including a lake and a Japanese garden.
Brixton village is an old shopping centre that is full of quirky, independent cafes, restaurants &vintage shops. Well worth a visit on the weekend, or on a Thursday or Friday night when it opens late.
492 locals recommend
Brixton Village Market
Unit 74 Coldharbour LnBrixton village is an old shopping centre that is full of quirky, independent cafes, restaurants &vintage shops. Well worth a visit on the weekend, or on a Thursday or Friday night when it opens late.
Sightseeing
Greenwich is a beautiful part of London. The Observatory is set in a park with great views. Get the 177 bus to Greenwich from the bus stop at the end of Carlton Grove, it takes about 15 - 20 minutes.
612 locals recommend
Royal Observatory Greenwich
Blackheath AvenueGreenwich is a beautiful part of London. The Observatory is set in a park with great views. Get the 177 bus to Greenwich from the bus stop at the end of Carlton Grove, it takes about 15 - 20 minutes.