Peckham Library
Peckham Library is a library and community building situated in Peckham in south-east London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000.Photo: Mcginnly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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.
Peckham Platform
Art gallery
Photo: Patterncutter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peckham Platform is a social art organisation in London that commissions and exhibits new work by contemporary artists, in collaboration with local community groups.
Peckham Rye railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stacey Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Peckham town centre in South London. Peckham Rye railway station is situated 1,600 feet south of Peckham Library.
Peckham Arch
Photo: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Peckham Arch is a 35m-span structure at the north end of Rye Lane in Peckham, 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.
Peckham
Suburb
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Camberwell
Suburb
Photo: Secretlondon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camberwell is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, 2+3⁄4 miles southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant.
Telegraph Hill
Neighborhood
Telegraph Hill is a largely residential conservation area bounded by Nunhead and Brockley and is an electoral ward just south of New Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham in southeast London, England.
Peckham Library
- Categories: public library, library building, building, public building, and education
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.47428° or 51° 28′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.06932° or 0° 4′ 10″ westLevels
5Height
62 feet (19 metres)Operator
Southwark CouncilOpen location code
9C3XFWFJ+P7OpenStreetMap ID
way 19798157OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q3511923
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Satellite Map
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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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