Street lighting in Peckham Rye park / common

[Isolde2018]

I'm concerned about the lack of street lighting in Peckham Rye park. Many of the lamps seem to be out of order and there is a stretch along the main path (from the cafe to the Peckham Rye / Nunhead side of the park) that is completely dark. This feels unsafe and dangerous to walk through with small children even at 5/6pm.

I have reported this to Southwark Council and to the Parks department.

Does anyone know if anything is being done about this?

Thank you!

[Townleygreen]

did you use fixmystreet to report it? That's the best way - apparently!

[Blah Blah]

Yes I noticed that dark stretch on the path too, dangerous for cyclists because you can not see the path at all. What happened to the lighting that was there before?

[east-of-the-Rye]

Thanks for reminding me: I've also just reported it on FixMyStreet, so lets see what happens. it's actually only 3 lights - number 17, 19 and 20 that are out, but it certainly is rather dark. Usually still enough people about between 6pm and 7pm to feel ok though.

[Isolde2018]

Thanks everyone. Southwark Council got back to me to say that someone would investigate within five working days. Actually I noticed that some of the lamps were back on last night... so not as dark as it was a week or so ago. So, yes - maybe only three lights that are out.

[Sue]

Thank you for reporting this, Isolde2018.

I meant to report it a few weeks back, and forgot all about it.

It is a very scary stretch to walk down in the dark, particularly alone, but a very long way round if you avoid that path altogether because of the dark section.

There didn't seem to be any lighting in the car park either (which can be a short cut depending on where you are going) - is there supposed to be? I didn't want to stop and investigate at the time.