Mike's Top Tips

Mike
Mike's Top Tips

Arts & Culture

Next door to apartment, free entry with lovely cafe. Open late Wed to Sat for dinner. http://www.southlondongallery.org/
215 locals recommend
South London Gallery
65 Peckham Rd
215 locals recommend
Next door to apartment, free entry with lovely cafe. Open late Wed to Sat for dinner. http://www.southlondongallery.org/
London's most popular art gallery. No 63 bus.
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
Bankside
2008 locals recommend
London's most popular art gallery. No 63 bus.
20 minute bus ride (No 12) from apartment.
461 locals recommend
Imperial War Museums
Lambeth Road
461 locals recommend
20 minute bus ride (No 12) from apartment.
Little visited but lovely gallery in gorgeous setting. No 12 bus and then walk across Dulwich Park.
271 locals recommend
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
271 locals recommend
Little visited but lovely gallery in gorgeous setting. No 12 bus and then walk across Dulwich Park.
Great independent cinema, cheap tickets, 15 min bus ride from flat. No 345 bus.
371 locals recommend
Ritzy Cinema and Cafe
26 Coldharbour Ln
371 locals recommend
Great independent cinema, cheap tickets, 15 min bus ride from flat. No 345 bus.
World renowned Shakepeare's Globe. A short bus ride away.
449 locals recommend
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
21 New Globe Walk
449 locals recommend
World renowned Shakepeare's Globe. A short bus ride away.
South Bank complex including Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery and British Film Institute. Art lovers mecca. No 171 bus.
218 locals recommend
National Theatre
Upper Ground
218 locals recommend
South Bank complex including Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery and British Film Institute. Art lovers mecca. No 171 bus.
Cheap movie seats.
213 locals recommend
Peckhamplex
95A Rye Ln
213 locals recommend
Cheap movie seats.
Recently opened art-house cinema.
117 locals recommend
East Dulwich Picturehouse
116a Lordship Ln
117 locals recommend
Recently opened art-house cinema.
Short bus ride away: 36 or 436.
656 locals recommend
Tate Britain
Millbank
656 locals recommend
Short bus ride away: 36 or 436.

Food Scene

Amazing and unique Indian restaurant. http://www.ganapatirestaurant.com/press.html
177 locals recommend
Ganapati
38 Holly Grove
177 locals recommend
Amazing and unique Indian restaurant. http://www.ganapatirestaurant.com/press.html
Cute cafe.
61 locals recommend
Petitou
63 Choumert Rd
61 locals recommend
Cute cafe.
The most exciting thing on the UK food scene right now - Jay Rayner, critic. Great selection of small independent restaurants. No 345 bus.
492 locals recommend
Brixton Village Market
Unit 74 Coldharbour Ln
492 locals recommend
The most exciting thing on the UK food scene right now - Jay Rayner, critic. Great selection of small independent restaurants. No 345 bus.
Great Turkish food at very reasonable prices.
76 locals recommend
FM Mangal
54 Camberwell Church St
76 locals recommend
Great Turkish food at very reasonable prices.
Great fish and chips! 10min walk from flat. Eat in or takeaway.
Cod Fellas
125 Bellenden Rd
Great fish and chips! 10min walk from flat. Eat in or takeaway.
Up market restaurant on leafy Grove Lane.
87 locals recommend
The Crooked Well
16 Grove Ln
87 locals recommend
Up market restaurant on leafy Grove Lane.
"Pan-Balkan" cuisine served in newly refurbed former pub, very tasty!
101 locals recommend
Peckham Bazaar
119 Consort Rd
101 locals recommend
"Pan-Balkan" cuisine served in newly refurbed former pub, very tasty!
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly 2015 Best Sunday Lunch award. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/18/ofm-awards-2015-best-sunday-lunch-the-camberwell-arms
108 locals recommend
The Camberwell Arms
65 Camberwell Church St
108 locals recommend
Winner of The Observer Food Monthly 2015 Best Sunday Lunch award. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/18/ofm-awards-2015-best-sunday-lunch-the-camberwell-arms
Winner of Observer Newspaper Best Cheap Eats 2014. This Camberwell restaurant brings the flavours of north-west China – from lamb skewers to handmade noodles – to south London, at just £10 a head!
176 locals recommend
Silk Road
47 Camberwell Church St
176 locals recommend
Winner of Observer Newspaper Best Cheap Eats 2014. This Camberwell restaurant brings the flavours of north-west China – from lamb skewers to handmade noodles – to south London, at just £10 a head!
Top notch Italian food, booking essential.
146 locals recommend
Artusi
161 Bellenden Rd
146 locals recommend
Top notch Italian food, booking essential.
Soul food in a cool vibes laid back environment.
11 locals recommend
Kitchen 54
119 Queen's Rd
11 locals recommend
Soul food in a cool vibes laid back environment.
Legendary pizzas, no reservations.
143 locals recommend
Franco Manca
21 Lordship Ln
143 locals recommend
Legendary pizzas, no reservations.
Cute and cheap tapas bar in heart of Peckham.
48 locals recommend
Miss Tapas
46 Choumert Rd
48 locals recommend
Cute and cheap tapas bar in heart of Peckham.
Latest outpost of hipster burger empire.
23 locals recommend
Honest Burgers Peckham
12-16 Blenheim Grove
23 locals recommend
Latest outpost of hipster burger empire.
Latest addition to the Camberwell coffee shop scene.
21 locals recommend
Lumberjack Cafe
70 Camberwell Church St
21 locals recommend
Latest addition to the Camberwell coffee shop scene.
Studenty hang-out.
41 locals recommend
Maloko
60 Camberwell Church St
41 locals recommend
Studenty hang-out.
In a word - yummy!
77 locals recommend
Mr Bao
293-295 Rye Ln
77 locals recommend
In a word - yummy!
Delicious Vietnamese food, at affordable prices.
51 locals recommend
Bánh Bánh
46 Peckham Rye
51 locals recommend
Delicious Vietnamese food, at affordable prices.
Pizza, pizza, pizza!
104 locals recommend
Theo's
2 Grove Ln
104 locals recommend
Pizza, pizza, pizza!
Amazing food in a lively atmosphere.
83 locals recommend
Pedler
One Canada Square
83 locals recommend
Amazing food in a lively atmosphere.
Amazing pizza with secret tomato sauce.
18 locals recommend
Four Hundred Rabbits: Nunhead
143 Evelina Rd
18 locals recommend
Amazing pizza with secret tomato sauce.
Top rated Italian styled restaurant.
40 locals recommend
Forza Win
31 Copeland Rd
40 locals recommend
Top rated Italian styled restaurant.
Amazing Kurdish food, lots of veggie options!
15 locals recommend
Nandine
45 Camberwell Church St
15 locals recommend
Amazing Kurdish food, lots of veggie options!
Coffee shop in South London Gallery, just next door!
South London Louie
Coffee shop in South London Gallery, just next door!
Fantastic sour dough and pastries.
TOAD Bakery
Fantastic sour dough and pastries.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lively local pub.
26 locals recommend
The EDT
1 Lordship Ln
26 locals recommend
Lively local pub.
Nice pub near Peckham Rye Park.
17 locals recommend
The Herne
2 Forest Hill Rd
17 locals recommend
Nice pub near Peckham Rye Park.
Groovy pub with good food.
107 locals recommend
The Montpelier
43 Choumert Rd
107 locals recommend
Groovy pub with good food.
One of London's best live music venues, has played host to all the major rock bands, a 20 min bus ride away (No 345).
250 locals recommend
O2 Academy, Brixton
211 Stockwell Rd
250 locals recommend
One of London's best live music venues, has played host to all the major rock bands, a 20 min bus ride away (No 345).
Neighbourhood boozer close to Camberwell Green.
34 locals recommend
The Hermits Cave
28 Camberwell Church St
34 locals recommend
Neighbourhood boozer close to Camberwell Green.
Funky, grungy, student hangout right across the street, for a slice of the Camberwell arts scene!
67 locals recommend
The Peckham Pelican
92 Peckham Rd
67 locals recommend
Funky, grungy, student hangout right across the street, for a slice of the Camberwell arts scene!
Centre of everything that is currently happening in Peckham.
67 locals recommend
The CLF Art Cafe
133 Rye Ln
67 locals recommend
Centre of everything that is currently happening in Peckham.
Craft brew bar, happening place.
43 locals recommend
Beer Rebellion
129 Queen's Rd
43 locals recommend
Craft brew bar, happening place.
Local craft brewery with back yard bar open Thurs-Sat with pizza bus.
50 locals recommend
Brick Brewery
209 Blenheim Grove
50 locals recommend
Local craft brewery with back yard bar open Thurs-Sat with pizza bus.
Another art student hang-out under the arches beneath Peckham Rye station.
141 locals recommend
Bar Story
213 Blenheim Grove
141 locals recommend
Another art student hang-out under the arches beneath Peckham Rye station.
Pub with late bar at weekends.
91 locals recommend
The Tiger
18 Camberwell Green
91 locals recommend
Pub with late bar at weekends.
Clubby bar in basement of Bussey Building.
23 locals recommend
Rye Wax
133 Rye Ln
23 locals recommend
Clubby bar in basement of Bussey Building.
Nice pub, close to Peckham Rye Park.
56 locals recommend
The Old Nuns Head
15 Nunhead Green
56 locals recommend
Nice pub, close to Peckham Rye Park.
Knocked together indoor/outdoor bar under Peckham Rye Station railway arches.
65 locals recommend
Peckham Springs
65 locals recommend
Knocked together indoor/outdoor bar under Peckham Rye Station railway arches.
Popular craft brew pub with vast range of beers on tap.
99 locals recommend
Stormbird
25 Camberwell Church St
99 locals recommend
Popular craft brew pub with vast range of beers on tap.
Uber cool Peckham Pub.
29 locals recommend
John The Unicorn
157-159 Rye Ln
29 locals recommend
Uber cool Peckham Pub.
Pool tables in trendy bar at the end of Rye Lane.
33 locals recommend
Canavan's Peckham Pool Club
188 Rye Ln
33 locals recommend
Pool tables in trendy bar at the end of Rye Lane.
Another of Brixton's live music venues.
71 locals recommend
Electric Brixton
Brixton Hill
71 locals recommend
Another of Brixton's live music venues.
Just opened, destination wine bar.
27 locals recommend
Forza Wine
133A Rye Ln
27 locals recommend
Just opened, destination wine bar.
Neighbourhood wine bar.
Veraison Wines
Neighbourhood wine bar.

Parks & Nature

Great park and open space, beautiful gardens.
Rye Hill Park
Rye Hill Park
Great park and open space, beautiful gardens.
I'm here every Saturday at London's biggest outdoor (heated) swimming pool.
591 locals recommend
London Fields
London Fields West Side
591 locals recommend
I'm here every Saturday at London's biggest outdoor (heated) swimming pool.
Nice park with funky open air swimming pool.
Brockwell Park Playground
Norwood Road
Nice park with funky open air swimming pool.
Small park with great splash pad for the summer. Sunday market.
Myatts Field South
Small park with great splash pad for the summer. Sunday market.

Shopping

Local independent bookshop in trendy Bellenden Rd.
16 locals recommend
Review
131 Bellenden Rd
16 locals recommend
Local independent bookshop in trendy Bellenden Rd.
One of London's most popular markets, much frequented by the "foodies".
36 locals recommend
Borough Mini Market
36 locals recommend
One of London's most popular markets, much frequented by the "foodies".
Hip neighborhood near London Bridge with great variety of shops and restaurants. No 78 or 42 bus.
263 locals recommend
Bermondsey Street
Bermondsey Street
263 locals recommend
Hip neighborhood near London Bridge with great variety of shops and restaurants. No 78 or 42 bus.
Number 12 bus will take you all the way there.
1427 locals recommend
Oxford Street
Oxford Street
1427 locals recommend
Number 12 bus will take you all the way there.
Cute boutique selling mens and womens fashions.
8 locals recommend
Bias
143 Bellenden Road
8 locals recommend
Cute boutique selling mens and womens fashions.
Mall.
1214 locals recommend
Westfield Stratford City
157 Montfichet Rd
1214 locals recommend
Mall.
Day to day essentials.
Sainsbury's Local
Day to day essentials.

Sightseeing

Great views over London. No 12 bus.
London Eye Champagne Flight
Great views over London. No 12 bus.
A short bus ride from the apartment (No 177).
35 locals recommend
Royal Borough of Greenwich
35 locals recommend
A short bus ride from the apartment (No 177).
Short bus ride from flat. No 12 bus.
1337 locals recommend
Big Ben
1337 locals recommend
Short bus ride from flat. No 12 bus.
Hipster central!
878 locals recommend
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
878 locals recommend
Hipster central!
Bus 171 from my flat will take you right here.
955 locals recommend
Covent Garden
41 James St
955 locals recommend
Bus 171 from my flat will take you right here.
One of London's number one attractions and close to Covent Garden for some retail therapy when all that history gets too much!!
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell Street
1546 locals recommend
One of London's number one attractions and close to Covent Garden for some retail therapy when all that history gets too much!!
Great free views of London from the top of the "Walkie Talkie" building.
98 locals recommend
Darwin Brasserie
20 Philpot Ln
98 locals recommend
Great free views of London from the top of the "Walkie Talkie" building.

Entertainment & Activities

This is where it all happened in 2012! The swimming pools are now open to the public.
18 locals recommend
Olympic Stadium
18 locals recommend
This is where it all happened in 2012! The swimming pools are now open to the public.
Stretch your legs doing a few laps of London's oldest velodrome, Saturday mornings best, they have bikes to rent.
22 locals recommend
Herne Hill Velodrome
104 Burbage Rd
22 locals recommend
Stretch your legs doing a few laps of London's oldest velodrome, Saturday mornings best, they have bikes to rent.
Outdoor pool, strictly one for hot summer's days.
162 locals recommend
Brockwell Lido
Dulwich Road
162 locals recommend
Outdoor pool, strictly one for hot summer's days.
Local venue for occasional live entertainment, members only otherwise.
Peckham Liberal Club
24 Elm Grove
Local venue for occasional live entertainment, members only otherwise.
Open air cinema, summertime only.
19 locals recommend
Rooftop Film Club
133 Rye Ln
19 locals recommend
Open air cinema, summertime only.
Huge indoor arena hosting all the major rock and pop acts.
631 locals recommend
The O2
Peninsula Square
631 locals recommend
Huge indoor arena hosting all the major rock and pop acts.