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Skip to main content Peckham Rye Gyratory: Drop-in Session 26 February 2025 • 16:00 - 19:00 From "Peckham Rye Gyratory bus improvements" Go to the project Your chance to come and view plans and discuss the proposals one-on-one with Project Officers. Event date: February 26th, 2025 from 16:00 to 19:00. 26th February 16:00 - 19:00 Nigel Road Troy Hall

Road surfacing on Dog Kennel Hill and Grove Vale is now over, so buses are running again in the evenings.

The roadworks by the Harris Boys school have ended and the road has been open to traffic today.

This will affect anyone who expects to get a P13 going in either direction from DKH Sainsbury's after 8 tonight On Wednesday evening I had to walk to Goose Green with my shopping before I could get a bus. There had been no notice on the carpark bus stop so we had all been waiting there in vain.

Royal Mail's parcel delivery service is not as good as most of the couriers' in my experience. Despite my redirection instructions, twice, and their acknowledgements, twice, they've delivered my online order regardless to the address (outside our area), with a confirmatory photo showing it prominently propped up against the front door, where it would still be if I hadn't made some frantic texts to a neighbour, luckily.

Cyclemonkey - the event is not held in Peckham - it's in East Dulwich. Gala try to assert that their amplified music event in these fields in Peckham Rye Park are part of the Peckham music scene, whereas, in fact, these fields are in a quiet park in East Dulwich bounded by residential streets and much used by these residents for walking, family activities, picnics, ball games, sitting and reading and other non-intrusive leisure activities. Gala have previously held these de-briefing meetings in a venue close to the residents who are affected by the Gala event. Why can't they hold it in a building in the park rather than trying to push us out of our comfort zone into the Peckham clubbing and entertainment area.

Work finished & temporary traffic lights removed. Bus stops back in use (despite still showing 'closed'.)

Temporary traffic lights at the Dunstan's Rd/Colyton Rd crossroad and the nearest bus stops each side closed. Buses still running ok but traffic queueing.

Reported by Southwark News today:- "Southwark’s Council Leader, Cllr Kieron Williams, has seen off an internal Labour challenge within his group – winning 28 votes to 23 from challenger Cllr James McAsh. Southwark News exclusively revealed the challenge earlier this month, coming from the Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Streets and Clean Air, McAsh. The vote was held today, Saturday March 23rd, at Southwark Labour’s Annual General Meeting. The close call of the vote means Cllr Williams now faces a tricky decision whether to keep Cllr McAsh in the fold, given his support, or remove him from the Cabinet."

Barclays may be quite happy about it - it gives them a good excuse to close the Peckham branch.

It's up to the owners to ensure their dogs are only off-lead where it is allowed in the Park - i.e. on the perimeter path. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/parks-and-open-spaces/parks/dulwich-park dog walking area - dogs may be walked off the lead on the perimeter path around the park

This application is still open for comment today. Today's date is the one given by the council as the final date for comments on this application and a number of comments have already been submitted today, so it is still open at the moment.

I've received 3 emails today, all said to be from the leader of Southwark council. The first two were identical, headed "Seasons Greetings from the Leader of Southwark Council" wishing 'me' - i.e. just a general greeting to residents, I assume - a Happy Christmas & New Year and exhorting me to shop local. The third one was "Dyer, Lovern would like to recall the message, "Seasons Grettings from the Leader of Southwark Council". Nothing since - no explanation. It's a first for me - to be wished a Happy Christmas and then the greeting is taken back, but I won't take it personally!

Was in Sainsbury's yesterday evening and it's all settled down now. Most of the items I wanted were close to where they were originally, with some exceptions, e.g. chilled cakes & desserts now in aisle 25. Shelves were well stocked. There are only 4 cashier aisles & only 2 of them were manned, but they did not have queues. I use the cashier aisles when they're available (they generally close them at 9pm.) The customer in front of me didn't have a Nectar card, so I offered mine - that way I got the points for his shopping & he benefitted by getting Nectar discounts, so all good.