Peckham Rye...should I move there?!

[j5nn]

hello everyone!

I am considerig buying a flat in Peckham Rye...currently living in Brixton. I've heard good things about the area but was wondering if anyone can give me any advice/insight into the area...(oh and if anyone wants to see me their 1 bed flat :-)!!!)

thanks very much

Jen

[Peckhamrye]

I live on the Nunhead side of Peckham Rye and love it. I live in a modern block of flats on the third floor and look out over the common. Lordship Lane, Nunhead and Rye Lane are all minutes away and I love them all for different reasons. It'sa a great area to be i because so many different kinds of shops and restaurants are within reach.

[Jeremy]

It varies a lot. Some bits are now quite gentrified, others are more rough around the edges. Depends what you're looking for. It's certainly very different to Brixton.

[j5nn]

Thanks guys,

What would you say makes it different to Brixton?

[Marmora Man]

j5nn Wrote:

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> Thanks guys,

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> What would you say makes it different to Brixton?

Grass (of the green kind you play football on)

[LondonMix]

Exactly. This whole area is much more suburban and family oriented than Brixton which is still cooler / edgier with better ammenities (art-house cinema / tube / clubs etc). Its all about your stage of life. If you are still partying every weekend with your single mates, you might find the area a bit too quiet. With that said, there are lots of good restaurants / cafes / green open spaces etc and Peckham, more so that Dulwich, is has an increasing amount of interesting things going on (from what I've been told)

[j5nn]

Ah ok, sounds interesting. I'm on the cusp really, still enjoying some lively nights (and Brixton would still be on the door step for that!) but wanting some nice green space and somewhere that's nice and chilled and that feels safe

:-)

[Peckhamrye]

Peckham is rapidly acquiring a reputation for artists/theatre and performance, which will only be enhanced by the opening of the new Overground link from Peckham Rye Station which brings us within 20 minutes of Shoreditch!

[Huggers]

Peckham Rye is a great area. Even dodgy seeming bits like late night Rye Lane have been transformed by buzzing things like the Bussey Building, with its queues of ravers on a Saturday night.

[KidKruger]

wow - didn't now about the link to Shoreditch !

when does that start and what station does it go to near Shoreditch ?

[Peckhamrye]

It has already started - Peckham Rye to Shoreditch High Street Station - 20 minutes. Goes the other way to Clapham Junction now as well.

[James]

Peckham Rye feels a lot safer to me than Brixton. And you have the choice of East Dulwich on one side (designer baby buggy land), Rye Lane on the other (big high-street basics & ethnic foods) and Bellenden on your doorstep (cool little independent shops). Transport links are great.

But as people have said, Peckham Rye is going to feel a bit sleepy for anyone coming from Brixton.

[RosieH]

Sleepy is good. Although not so good when you're the one that's sleepy, and walking across the Rye and the joggers are coming at you like a scene from 28 Days Later.

Time Out has Peckham as the place to be for 2013.

Do it!

[Sue]

Marmora Man Wrote:

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Eh? The lovely Brockwell Park is just up the road, as is the park with the windmill in (Blenheim Gardens I think)!

[The Minkey]

I moved to Nunhead/Peckham Rye about 6 years ago after 14 years living in Brixton central. Things I miss are my old neighbours, and proximity to the Lido, the Ritzy, the Rec, and the Tube for getting into town but Brixton is just a short hop away on the 37. Things I love about here are how much more open, green and relaxed it is, the views and the sense of cleaner air. Can't really comment on the night action because nightlife is no longer on my agenda but the Bussey Building activities look promising.

[jonny vantastic]

We moved from brixton (ferndale road) to east dulwich 3 years ago; we moved because we felt it was time to wind down from going out every night, which brixton and clapham offer up easily, and plant some roots and (dare I say it), settle down.

Which of course is a nonsense and what Peckham (and by that what I really mean is lordship lane east dulwich) offers is a lively nightlife should we want it but also decent shops and vast open green spaces (we have a dog). We started in east dulwich but bought recently in Peckham- cross the invisible line and you get more bricks and mortar for your pound

Welcome!

[laurajaynewoodhouse]

I used to live in Brixton which I loved however, much prefer East Dulwich / Peckham Rye. It feels like a community plus a bit greener! Also I have had some great nights out here, it doesn't have to be sleepy. The 37 bus will get you to Brixton and like others have menrioned, the overground opens East London up. You wouldn't regret a move to SE London!

[jimmyraj]

Likewise, I'm a refugee from Brixton area. Lived in Peckham - near Bellenden Road - for last three years or so. Wouldn't go back. Greener, nicer range of smaller shops. Brixton definitely has its attractions - but it's not far and still available if you want it.

[charliecharlie]

shhh... don't tell as soul, hipper than hip for those in the know... Franks, Bussey, Hannah Barry, Royal Court, CLF Arts Cafe, arthouse and indie films at PeckhamPlex, Bar Story, Montpelier's Back Room Cinema, Begging Bowl, Bold Tendencies, Sunday Painter, The Old Waiting Room and that's about 5% of it... AND then you have all the amazing multi-cultural influences, best African Fabrics, Chinese Supermarket, Khan's where you can everything from DIY tools to Baklava, the persian shop Persepolis, the list goes on and on... only worry is, now we have the Ginger line, that it will get over hyped and the whole well-kept wonderful secret will be spoilt as 'fools rush in'!!!

http://peckhamresidents.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/independent-films-at-peckhams-rye-lane-cinema/

http://boldtendencies.com

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/24/discovering-peckham-art-scene

http://www.thesundaypainter.co.uk/studios/

http://www.yemmytextiles.co.uk

http://foratasteofpersia.co.uk

[charliecharlie]

oh and brilliant transport too...

http://www.bellenden.net/SRUG-maps

http://www.facebook.com/ilovepeckham?v=wall&filter=1

and the Rye itself and the t-shirts and the people and the sense of community... well you get it, I am quite pro the area :-)

http://www.cafeontherye.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/CapturedOnTheRye

http://capturedontherye.com/2012/02/09/captured-on-the-rye-2/made-in-peckham/

[Peckhamrye]

Couldn't have said it better myself! Or at least, this is what I did say in 2011 - http://peckhamryeeats.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/living-on-peckham-rye.html

[j5nn]

Wow i'm sold!!!! Thanks everyone for your responses, it sounds like a great place to live. I love Brixton but even over the last year I have noticed that its started to get more and more trendy-Brixton village used to be a well kept secret but sadly that is no longer the case! Peckham Rye sounds like it still has that vibe to it...exciting!

[Marmora Man]

j5nn Wrote:

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> Wow i'm sold!!!! Thanks everyone for your

> responses, it sounds like a great place to live. I

> love Brixton but even over the last year I have

> noticed that its started to get more and more

> trendy-Brixton village used to be a well kept

> secret but sadly that is no longer the case!

> Peckham Rye sounds like it still has that vibe to

> it...exciting!

Of course you've gotta keep up - can't be trendy in an areas that everyone knows is trendy??!

[Johnson11]

I would agree that it's a lovely part to buy and at reasonable prices if your luck considering the location

[antantant]

Great list Charliecharlie!