Peckham Rye Liberal Democrats recently invited Councillor Paul Noblet, the Executive member for Regeneration for a Peckham town centre tour to highlight areas of historical and architectural significance. We are lobbying the council to grant Conservation Area status to Peckham town centre, which will protect the remaining historical buildings from development and unlock additional funding […]

I’ve just returned from a Community Council Sub Group meeting on the built environment in the Nunhead & Peckham Rye area. Its focus was how the council can develop better links with the local knowledge and expertise that’s on offer when deciding how to deal with firstly, community-owned assets, and secondly the wider picture in Peckham. […]

On Wednesday I was invited to attend a workshop organised by Eileen Conn’s Peckham Vision, the aim of which was to share ideas on the revitalisation of Peckham town centre. Many people living in Peckham Rye tell me that they prefer Lordship Lane for shopping; that Rye Lane is too hectic and congested or doesn’t […]

  Tonight I went to a screening at Peckham Multiplex called ‘Consume Peckham’, which consisted on 18 short films, each focusing on a different business based in Peckham. The work of film students from Chelsea, the film wove together a tapestry showing the many many sides to Peckham’s Rye Lane, and beyond. Its aim was […]

Before it closed for the winter we invited Simon Hughes MP, the Lib Dems’ Energy & Climate Change spokesman and MP for North Southwark & Bermondsey, to Frank’s Café to speak.Frank’s has been a sensational success story over the summer, and many people have come from all over London (and beyond!) to see it. I’m […]

I have had the above tube map mocked up, showing the South London Line as it would look if it were included on the Tube map. There is currently a black hole in South London transport. Anyone living in Camberwell and Peckham will have had a similar experience at some point: you invite a friend […]

This summer my new local has become Frank’s Café and Campari Bar, attached to the Bold Tendencies III sculpture park exhibition, on the roof of the Rye Lane car park. This is not only the best place to go out in Peckham, but in my opinion, all of London. I can certainly think of nowhere […]