Peckham Library

Peckham Library is a library and community building situated in in south-east , United Kingdom. It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Wednesday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: noon—4:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: library and community building situated in Peckham in south-east London
  • Address: 122 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peckham Platform and Peckham Rye railway station.

Art gallery
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is a social art organisation in that commissions and exhibits new work by contemporary artists, in collaboration with local community groups.

Railway station
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Peckham Rye is an interchange station between the Windrush line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink, located in town centre in . is situated 1,600 feet south of Peckham Library.

Photo: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 35m-span structure at the north end of Rye Lane in , London. It was constructed in 1994 and was designed by the architects Troughton McAslan as monument to and an instigator of regeneration in a borough which had suffered from years of decline.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peckham and Camberwell.

Suburb
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is a district in south-east , within the . It is 3.5 miles south-east of . The area is home to about 29,300 residents.

Suburb
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is an area of , England, in the , 2.75 miles southeast of . was first a village associated with the church of and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant.

Neighborhood
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is a largely residential conservation area bounded by and and is an electoral ward just south of in the in southeast , England.

Peckham Library

Latitude
51.47428° or 51° 28′ 27″ north
Longitude
-0.06932° or 0° 4′ 10″ west
Levels
5
Height
62 feet (19 metres)
Operator
Southwark Council
Open location code
9C3XFWFJ+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 19798157
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q3511923
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Peckham Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة بيكهام”
  • Czech: “Peckham Library and Media Center”
  • Czech: “Peckham Library”
  • Georgian: “პეკჰემის ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • Italian: “Peckham Library”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Peckham”
  • Spanish: “Peckham Library”

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Highlights include Peckham Square and Mountview Academy.

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