Peckham
Peckham is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is 3.5 miles south-east of Charing Cross. The areas is home to about 29,300 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include The Den and Tower Bridge.
The Den
Stadium
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The Den is a football stadium in Bermondsey, south-east London, and the home of Millwall Football Club. The Den is adjacent to the South London railway originating at London Bridge, and a quarter-of-a-mile from the Old Den, which it replaced on September 30, 1993.
Tower Bridge
Bridge
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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. Tower Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Peckham.
The Tower of London
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The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. The Tower of London is situated 2½ miles north of Peckham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwark and Lewisham and South Bank.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
South Bank
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The South Bank is on a sharp 90° bend of the Thames in central London and one of the city's cultural centres. It is a small area but it contains many artistic and creative sites, as well as an eclectic range of other attractions, boutique shopping and trendy food and drink places.
City of London
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The City of London, also known as the City, or the Square Mile, is the area of London that originally lay within the ancient city walls. This independent part of Central London is known for its history and heritage, so is a must for anyone wishing to explore and understand London.
Peckham
- Type: Suburb with 71,600 residents
- Description: district in south-east London
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.4734° or 51° 28′ 24″ northLongitude
-0.0699° or 0° 4′ 12″ westPopulation
71,600Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PCKOpen location code
9C3XFWFJ+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 207141595OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Peckham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيكهام”
- Basque: “Peckham”
- Bavarian: “Peckham”
- Catalan: “Peckham”
- Chinese: “佩卡姆”
- Chinese: “畢克漢”
- Dutch: “Peckham”
- Esperanto: “Peckham”
- French: “Peckham”
- Galician: “Peckham”
- German: “Peckham”
- Greek: “Πέκαμ”
- Hebrew: “פקהאם”
- Hindi: “पेखम”
- Hungarian: “Peckham”
- Irish: “Peckham”
- Italian: “Peckham”
- Japanese: “ペカム”
- Japanese: “ペッカム”
- Japanese: “ペックハム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peckham”
- Persian: “پکام”
- Polish: “Peckham”
- Portuguese: “Peckham”
- Serbian: “Пекам”
- Slovenian: “Peckham”
- South Azerbaijani: “پکام”
- Spanish: “Peckham”
- Swedish: “Peckham”
- Turkish: “Peckham”
- Urdu: “پیکہم”
- Welsh: “Peckham”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peckham”. Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.