The latest positive local news from South London: food and drink, nightlife, people, arts, sport and business stories from La Vida London.
Theatre Peckham is marking four decades of nurturing young talent in south London, and its anniversary year ends with a brand new festive show starring professionals and Academy performers.
Peckham's newest neighbourhood café, Bara, celebrates Welsh produce with focaccia sandwiches, a Swansea breakfast and a house bara brith, all a stone's throw from Rye Lane.
The UK's largest outdoor freshwater pool opened in 1906, and this summer Tooting Bec Lido and its swimming club marked 120 years with a record-breaking day of lengths.
Opened in 1901 as a gift from tea trader Frederick Horniman, Forest Hill's Horniman Museum and Gardens is marking 125 years with new spaces, concerts and a call for visitors' memories.
Family-run Goddards at Greenwich has been making pie, mash and liquor for more than 130 years, and its King William Walk shop still bakes fresh pies every day.
Founded by brothers Terry and Charlie Williams, The Padel Box has turned a South Bermondsey warehouse into a five-court padel club with a café, bar and mezzanine lounge.
Founded by comedian Malcolm Hardee in 1991, Greenwich comedy club Up the Creek is celebrating 35 years of laughs on Creek Road, with its own comedy school and brewery.
One of the oldest markets in the UK, Croydon's Surrey Street is celebrating 750 years since its Royal Charter with a new vision shaped by traders and residents.
Founded in 1856, Putney's London Rowing Club finished third in the 100th Head of the River Race and unveiled a stylish new riverside balcony in time for the Boat Race.
Where Henry VIII spent his childhood, the Courtaulds built a 1930s Art Deco mansion, and this winter Eltham Palace hosts wreath workshops and a Christmas fair.
Former journalist Tom Rowley's Balham bookshop and bar, Backstory, was named London's Independent Bookshop of the Year at the 2026 British Book Awards after three years on the shortlist.
From a Hackney Bridge street food stall to a Michelin Bib Gourmand, Tamila on Clapham's Northcote Road is redefining the neighbourhood curry house with South Indian cooking.
Designed by Philip Webb for William Morris in 1860, Red House in Bexleyheath is where the Arts and Crafts movement took root, with a garden made to clothe the house.
The Putney pub where Kate Bush gave her first public show and U2 sold out their first UK gig was a 2026 Music Week Awards finalist for grassroots venue of the year.
Peckham's free South London Gallery ends a strong year with the first UK solo exhibition by artist Kang Seung Lee, curated by its New Curators trainees, from 11 December.
The first fully independent club promoted to the Women's Super League, Bromley-based London City Lionesses finished sixth in their debut season at Hayes Lane.
Charles Darwin lived at Down House for 40 years and wrote On the Origin of Species there; in November it hosts an Origin Weekend among his garden and greenhouse.
Since 2007, Brixton's Hootananny on Effra Road has been a live music venue for everybody, and this autumn its calendar is full of anniversary nights and Halloween specials.
Built in 1816 and cared for by the Friends of Windmill Gardens, Brixton Windmill still mills flour and hosts baking clubs, tours, theatre and art days in its park.
The much-loved 1937 lido in Brockwell Park has returned to Lambeth Council management, with more than £250,000 invested and a newly equipped gym.
For the first time in the UK, the complete set of Hokusai's Mount Fuji prints, including The Great Wave, is on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery until 17 January 2027.