Peckham Library
Peckham Library opened to the public on March 8 2000. The library was designed by Will Alsop from Alsop and Stormer and it received the 2000 Sterling Award for architectural innovation. It also won the Civic Trust Award in April 2002 for excellence in public architecture, along with the London Eye and Tate Modern. With over half a million visitors a year, it is the busiest of Southwark's lending libraries and issued over 317,000 items in 2002 to 2003. The library was designed to be striking, to make people curious about what lies inside, and to challenge the traditional view of libraries as staid and serious environments.

South London Gallery
Peckham's South London Gallery has an illustrious past and long standing link with the pioneers of Brit Art make it a key global gallery destination attracting experts, art students and fine art lovers the world over. Its collection features specially commissioned work by mid-20th century modern British artists, including John Piper, Christopher Wood and Duncan Grant.

In the 80s and 90s, the Gallery began to focus on the latest developments in contemporary art, buying - with the help of the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) - works by key names such as Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Tracey Emin. Recent exhibitions by internationally acclaimed British artists such as Gilbert & George, Anselm Kiefer, Keith Tyson and Steve McQueen makes the gallery one of London’s key art venues

Street markets
There are several open air markets in Peckham. Home to a large African community Choumert Road and Parkstone Road are the place to go for African fruit and vegetables fresh fish and also authentic African or Caribbean cuisine. The latest addition to Peckham is Collyer Place market Sunday market selling handmade arts and crafts. Peckham Square is transformed into a handmade arts, crafts and specialist foods market. The new market adds to the vibrancy and cultural identity of Peckham, celebrating the creativity of its local residents and local artists’ talents. There are also bargains to be had down Rye Lane where a flea market snakes down toward the train station. Here everything from television sets, traditional African textiles, fruit and veg can be found at knockdown prices!

Borough Market
Borough Market has been a wholesale market since 1014 and today continues to serve famous London restaurants such as The Ivy and River Cafe. Its revival as a retail market took off in 1999, and was indicative of a nation wide renaissance of fresh, locally produced, traceable food. Borough Market continues to satisfy Londoners' increasingly sophisticated palettes. Here, farmers trade next to specialist shops such as Spanish importers Brindisa and chocolate experts L'artisan du Chocolat. Ostrich from Gamston Wood, Swedish delicacies from Scandelicious, fish and shellfish from Darren Brown - who dives for them each week - New Forest cider, and upmarket wines from Vinopolis, Borough Market hosts all of these in a thrillingly convivial atmosphere.