South London Gallery
A free contemporary art gallery on Peckham Road, founded in 1891 to bring art to south London and now spanning its original Victorian building plus a converted former fire station.
- Museum
- Price: Free
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Did you know
Its first president, from opening in 1891, was the sitting Prime Minister William Gladstone, an unusually high-profile figurehead for what was then a small local gallery aimed at the working communities of Camberwell and Peckham.
Local tip
Don't skip the Art Block and artist-designed garden behind the main building. The 2018 expansion into the old Peckham Road fire station added a whole second exhibition space that's easy to miss if you only visit the original gallery.
Finding it
- Address
- 65-67, Peckham Road, Denmark Hill, Peckham, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, SE5 8UH
- Nearest station
- Peckham Rye (Overground), 798 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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