Parker Cars Magazine: Issue 4

Why is Peckham Rye so fly?
The bit where we spotlight one of London’s lesser-known but
very wonderful quarters.
Del Boy and Rodney Trotter put Peckham on the
map but hardly gave this south London spot a
good name. That was years ago, though. Nowadays
Peckham Rye, especially, is a thriving, up-andcoming
neighbourhood where white hipsters rub
shoulders with Afro-Caribbean locals to create a
wonderful cultural mix. It’s not gentrified yet but
hang around a while and, as Del Boy himself would
say, “This time next year, we’ll be millionaires!”.
Great streets
Don’t be put off by the cheap markets on Rye
Lane. Head for Blenheim Grove, Bellenden Road
and Choumert Road for great bars, restaurants and
Victorian terraces, some of which wouldn’t look out
of place in bourgeois Clapham.
Great bars
You really shouldn’t visit Peckham Rye without
heading to the top floor of the Bussey Building. Here
you can sip craft beers as the sun goes down over
the Bussey Rooftop Bar. Another (more established)
rooftop drinking hole is Frank’s Cafe, on top of the
disused multi-storey car park. Both close over the
46 where to, parker?