by Diary | Aug 11, 2023 | Made in Peckham, Memory Lane, Natural History, News, Peckham People, Transport, Wartime
Members of The Peckham Society are about to receive the Summer 2023 issue No. 173 of Peckham Society News through their letterboxes.. This new issue is packed with interesting articles on past Peckham and current news as well, including a fascinating history of...
by Diary | Aug 4, 2023 | Made in Peckham, Natural History, News, Peckham People, Transport
Southwark’s excellent parks have retained all 30 of its Green Flag Awards. Councillor Catherine Rose, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, Leisure, and Parks, said she was “delighted” by the news. She added: “Voted best parks in London in 2022-23, our amazing parks...
by Diary | Jul 14, 2023 | Natural History, News, Transport
Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park have been awarded by the Mayor of London £450,000 of Green and Resilience Spaces funding to deliver phase one of the Southwark Masterplan to: merge Consort Park and Dr Harold Moody Park together, including creating more...
by Diary | Jul 13, 2023 | Natural History, News, Uncategorised
Lyndhurst Square, off Lyndhurst Way, is a very small square in the Holly Grove Conservation Area. It is truly a ‘pocket park’ and very different from the Community Playground of Leyton Square described in our Autumn issue. It is little more than a small strip of...
by Diary | Jul 13, 2023 | Natural History, News
Peckham Society News Summer 2020 Issue 161 Our area has had a fascinating prehistory. Peckham evolved between two rivers which flow into the River Thames: the Ravensbourne (and its tributary the Quaggy) to the east and the Effra to the west. The River Peck rose in the...
by peckhamsociety | Nov 1, 2017 | Natural History
Peckham’s lost river is hidden for almost all its length; most of it was enclosed in the 1820s and it is now only visible at two points. The River Peck rises on One Tree Hill in Honor Oak and runs down the hill in a culvert to emerge at Harris Girls’...