Further up the hill are Peckham Rye and Nunhead Cemetery, the neighbourhood's most desirable green spaces.

ECONOMIST: Why I love Peckham

Heading south, up Consort Road towards Peckham Rye, a spanking new delicatessen has taken over the Frog on the Green, once one of Peckham's gloomiest pubs.

ECONOMIST: Why I love Peckham

Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill, Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations will lose their services to Victoria, and Denmark Hill will also lose its direct link with London Bridge.

BBC: Demonstrators 'mourn' loss of South London Line service

Another idea is to tear down the shabby buildings in front of grand, Victorian and semi-derelict Peckham Rye rail station to create an airy piazza and shiny new business spaces.

ECONOMIST: Why I love Peckham