Gentrified Peckham Rye now has a pub with rooms to match. And the food’s pretty high-end, too
There are spots in Peckham where you could almost believe you’re in an upmarket English town, rather than deep in south London. The Victoria is in one such spot: a handsome inn, which first opened in 1878 on a corner of Bellenden Road, a terrace shared with a cluster of indie businesses, such as trendy deli The General Store and butcher Flock & Herd. On Sunday mornings, when Peckham Farmers’ Market is in full swing, the illusion is complete.
It’s probably the growing number of such places – part of this corner of Peckham’s swing towards gentrification – that prompted the Victoria to go for a refurb. It reopened in October following a renovation that included its 15 guest rooms, which, I’m told, weren’t worth even thinking about before.
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