Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Great for grilled pork Banh Mi (Vietnamese baguette with coriander, cucumbers, pork, chilli etc). Good for lunch.
8 locals recommend
Panda Panda
8 Deptford BroadwayGreat for grilled pork Banh Mi (Vietnamese baguette with coriander, cucumbers, pork, chilli etc). Good for lunch.
Great little market for food and drink. Lots of breweries nearby, and great to combine with White cube gallery Bermondsey St.
292 locals recommend
Maltby Street Market
Maltby StreetGreat little market for food and drink. Lots of breweries nearby, and great to combine with White cube gallery Bermondsey St.
Drinks & Nightlife
Royal Albert
460 New Cross RdGood beer, good vibe, nice decor, good food, good music on sundays.
Peckham has a great buzz about it and the Bussey Building has some great nights.
114 locals recommend
Bussey Building
Peckham has a great buzz about it and the Bussey Building has some great nights.
Only open summer season, bar on top of the car park in Peckham. Great views, good for people watching.
257 locals recommend
Frank's Cafe
95A Rye LnOnly open summer season, bar on top of the car park in Peckham. Great views, good for people watching.
Parks & Nature
Beautiful royal park with one of the best views of London from the top of the hill. Park also includes the Observatory, Meridian line, Maritime Museum and Queen's House.
736 locals recommend
Greenwich Park
Beautiful royal park with one of the best views of London from the top of the hill. Park also includes the Observatory, Meridian line, Maritime Museum and Queen's House.
A characterful cemetery with wild, beautiful overgrown headstones and angels covered in blackberries, ivy and trees. Great for a walk followed by a visit to The Waverley Arms. You might bump into Sandi Tokswig who apparently lives locally, saw her in the pub once.
51 locals recommend
Nunhead Cemetery
Linden GroveA characterful cemetery with wild, beautiful overgrown headstones and angels covered in blackberries, ivy and trees. Great for a walk followed by a visit to The Waverley Arms. You might bump into Sandi Tokswig who apparently lives locally, saw her in the pub once.
The only park in the world with Victorian Dinosaurs, also a maze, the bowl, the ruins of the Crystal Palace, a national sports centre, a boating lake and an adventure playground.
149 locals recommend
Crystal Palace Park
The only park in the world with Victorian Dinosaurs, also a maze, the bowl, the ruins of the Crystal Palace, a national sports centre, a boating lake and an adventure playground.
Shopping
Greenwich Market
5B Greenwich MarketGood fun to look around and good food stalls too.
Deptford market is a bric-a-brac market full of junk, full of shopping cockneys. Great place
82 locals recommend
Deptford Market Yard
Deptford Market YardDeptford market is a bric-a-brac market full of junk, full of shopping cockneys. Great place
Arts & Culture
Good galleries reasonably local. Also download Go with Yamo or Art Rabbit apps to find more art
One of the oldest galleries in London, a lot of interesting, modern art. Nice cafe too. First exhibition I went to there was a big glass box that you could throw your crap art into.
215 locals recommend
South London Gallery
65 Peckham RdOne of the oldest galleries in London, a lot of interesting, modern art. Nice cafe too. First exhibition I went to there was a big glass box that you could throw your crap art into.
Lovely modernist building, great modern art exhibitions, good level of quality, also perfect to combine with nearby Maltby St Market, which is a short walk. Some nice shops, pubs and eateries on Bermondsey St too. Nearest station London Bridge
234 locals recommend
White Cube Bermondsey
Bermondsey StreetLovely modernist building, great modern art exhibitions, good level of quality, also perfect to combine with nearby Maltby St Market, which is a short walk. Some nice shops, pubs and eateries on Bermondsey St too. Nearest station London Bridge
Small gallery, shop and cafe on Deptford High St. See art in the basement, buy art, posters, illustrations, t-shirts upstairs
6 locals recommend
Deptford Does Art
28 Deptford High StSmall gallery, shop and cafe on Deptford High St. See art in the basement, buy art, posters, illustrations, t-shirts upstairs
Unusual gallery in Southwark park, in an old church, check for opening times or whether there is an exhibition on. Can be good, park is on the way to London Bridge if you are taking bus to London Bridge
6 locals recommend
Southwark Park Galleries // Lake Gallery
Southwark ParkUnusual gallery in Southwark park, in an old church, check for opening times or whether there is an exhibition on. Can be good, park is on the way to London Bridge if you are taking bus to London Bridge
Getting Around
New Cross station
off Amersham ValeNearest train station