Peckham Rye is fun during the day and as someone managing on little at the mo I appreciate the cheapness of the shops and the variety. I think the two issues the street needs to deal with are: street cleaning, especially in the summer. It needs street and pavement cleaners daily when it is warm to scrub the streets after fish and meat sellers wash out their stores. It feels/smells awful when it is hot. I think meat and fish shops should also be encouraged to be closed fronted. It would improve my confidence in them even if regulations don't require it. I used to live close to Rye Lane before I moved into ED and come home at night from the station. I always felt safe when I got into the side streets but that street scares me at night. There is no one there and with the shutters down it feels like you are in a gorge with no escape. Though it doesn't need late night drinking problems it needs a night life so that there is more traffic at night, more people around and more places open to go into if there is trouble. Some control on the signs so it feels less chaotic and garish, and trees on the street would also help the appearance. I'd say pedestrianise more of it as well if possible though it is useful having buses come close to the station. The opening of the square in front of the station is a great plan. It is such a wasted building and coming through those alleys and tunnels at night nerve wracking.
