Peckham's best views are from the top of a car park. Rooftop bars on old multi-storeys, galleries in former factories and a high street that never seems to quieten down have made it one of south London's favourite places for a night out. Minibus hire Peckham groups book is mostly about those nights, with birthday groups, leaving dos and stag and hen parties, plus family events and airport runs during the week.
From our base in SE1, Peckham is about twenty to twenty-five minutes outside the rush hour, down the Old Kent Road or through Camberwell.
Rooftops, Rye Lane and the Bussey Building
Rye Lane is Peckham's high street, busy from morning to night with shops, restaurants and bars. Peckham Levels, a former car park turned into studios, bars and food stalls, and the rooftop bars on other car parks nearby draw crowds in the summer. The Bussey Building, an old factory off Rye Lane, hosts club nights, events and parties.
A night out with one vehicle means nobody's left behind at the end. We'll agree a pickup point a short walk from the venue, and the driver will message with the exact spot.
Minibus hire Peckham for birthdays and stag dos
Peckham's bigger bars and restaurants take group bookings, and birthday groups are one of the most common reasons people call us here. The usual plan is pickups from several addresses, dinner, drinks on a rooftop, and a minibus home at the end.
Stag and hen groups use Peckham for an evening after a day out, and a minibus with the group from the afternoon activity to the evening venue keeps it simple.
When you book, give us the pickup addresses and where everyone's going afterwards. A loop round Peckham, Camberwell, Nunhead and East Dulwich is quick late at night.
Galleries, the library and the Rye
The South London Gallery, on Peckham Road, is one of the area's best-known galleries, and school groups and art students visit regularly. Peckham Library, with its distinctive design, won a major architecture prize when it opened.
Nunhead Cemetery, a short way east, is one of London's Victorian garden cemeteries, with tours on some weekends. Peckham Rye, the common and park at the southern end of Rye Lane, is used for local football, picnics and events, and its gardens draw visitors in the summer.
Weddings, families and airport runs
Peckham has a lot of family celebrations, from weddings and christenings to big birthdays. Guests often come from across south London, and a minibus from a meeting point to the venue saves everyone driving.
Gatwick is about an hour from Peckham outside the rush hour, via the A23 or the A2 and the M25. London City Airport is about twenty-five to thirty minutes. Heathrow is about an hour.
For relatives flying in for a family occasion, a minibus that collects the whole group from the airport and brings them home is a common booking.
Peckham Rye station and the trains
Peckham Rye station has trains into central London and the Overground across south London. On a Friday or Saturday night, the station gets very busy, and the last trains fill up. A minibus home is often easier, especially for groups going to different parts of south London.
The Overground from Peckham Rye runs across to Clapham Junction and round to Shoreditch and Dalston, so plenty of groups start in Peckham and move on elsewhere. If your night starts here and finishes in east London, the vehicle can follow the plan.
Buses and crowds on Rye Lane
Rye Lane is narrow and very busy with buses, and parts of it have restrictions on general traffic. The pavements are packed on weekend evenings.
The thing to know about minibus hire Peckham groups book for late pickups is that the vehicle can't stop on Rye Lane itself. We'll agree a point on a side street or one of the roads around the station, and the group walks there together. On a busy night, that's much quicker than waiting for the vehicle to come to the door.
Late at night, the run from Peckham to most of south London is quick. Groups heading to Lewisham, Catford or Brixton can usually be dropped in a single loop, and the driver will plan the order from the addresses you send. For groups going north of the river, London Bridge is the natural crossing, and the run is short once the evening traffic has gone.
Give us the date, the numbers and the plan for the night, and we'll come back with a vehicle and a written price.
Weekday dinners are much easier to collect than Saturday nights, when Rye Lane is at its busiest.
Call us and we'll tell you what's free.
For minibus hire in Peckham, call 020 7183 0567.