A brutalist car park turned into one of South London’s most unlikely cultural landmarks — art, music, food and skyline views above Peckham.
- Site-specific contemporary art
- Bold Tendencies commissions
- Brutalist 1980s architecture
- Live music, opera and performance
- Rooftop views across London
- Frank’s Cafe
- Creative spaces within Peckham Levels on the lower floors
Go late afternoon into evening. See the art in daylight, stay for sunset, then add Frank’s Cafe or a live event.
Don’t miss The top floors at Bold Tendencies and the skyline view — the concrete structure, art and London horizon are inseparable from the experience.
Nearby route ideas
Peckham Contemporary Art
Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park / Bold Tendencies → South London Gallery → Peckham independent spaces
The strongest Artlovers route: institutional contemporary art + experimental rooftop culture + local creative scene.
Peckham Creative Day
South London Gallery → Camberwell → Peckham Levels → Bold Tendencies → Frank’s Cafe
Best for understanding the wider South London creative ecosystem.
Art + Architecture + Sunset
South London Gallery → Peckham Library → Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park → Bold Tendencies at sunset
A great route for travellers interested in how architecture and cultural regeneration have shaped Peckham.
Slow Artlovers evening
Afternoon gallery visit → Rye Lane → Bold Tendencies → sunset → Frank’s Cafe → live event.
About the venue
About
Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park is one of South London’s most unusual cultural destinations, transforming a 1980s concrete car park into a major site for contemporary art, performance, creative work and public life. Located at 95A Rye Lane, the building is best known for Bold Tendencies, the non-profit arts organisation that has occupied its top four floors since 2007 with site-specific visual art, architecture, music, opera, dance and literary programmes. The rooftop is also home to Frank’s Cafe, while the lower levels have been developed as Peckham Levels, providing creative workspaces and cultural uses. For art travellers, the real attraction is the combination of experimental contemporary culture, raw architecture and panoramic London views. It is especially rewarding during the summer Bold Tendencies season, when the former car park becomes one of Peckham’s most distinctive places to experience art, sunset and city life together.
Worth the trip
Because almost nothing about the place feels like a conventional art institution. A disused 1980s car park has become an experimental civic space where contemporary art, live culture, architecture, food and one of London’s best skyline views share the same concrete structure.
