#peckham

#peckham

Teekall and his wife are raising a family in Peckham, south London. He runs a successful business as a commercial designer with a studio just down the road, and she works in higher education. Their two boys attend the local primary school. However, the family has outgrown their one-and-a-half-bedroom flat. Although they would like to stay in Peckham, they can't afford to.

Step off the busy, litter-strewn thoroughfare and Peckham opens up. Home to a vibrant Afro-Caribbean community, the neighbourhood is never boring - or silent. Jazz wafts from the CLF Art Lounge most weekends, DJs pump out electronica from rooftop bars, and there's always Afrobeat playing somewhere - they don't call it "Little Lagos" for nothing.

A 19-year-old gunman, Gabriel Charles, was found guilty of murdering Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, who was fatally shot in the head in an alleyway.