Camberwell area guide

You’d probably expect ordering a coffee at the home of south London’s most revered roastery to be an absolute nightmare. There’ll be beans to choose, surely,...

Sourdough pizza giant Franco Manca now has 18 restaurants across London, but one bit of the city not yet coloured in on the chain’s floury Risk board is the...

Like the rock ’n’ roll rebel anthem it shares a name with, Louie Louie – sat halfway along staunchly ungentrified Walworth Road – is a...

A pioneer of London’s trend for branching out into regional Chinese cuisines, Silk Road quietly churns out favourites from the north-west frontier province of...

Members of the public can browse free exhibitions by graduate students 

This little theatre thinks big

It’s easy to miss Stormbird. While Camberwell has become a hive of trendy pubs either doubling as bike shops or serving pricey animal organs cooked in...

It’s a good sign if you’re waiting for a pal in a restaurant for half an hour, with only the menu to read – and the more you look at it, the more interesting...

This well-proportioned Victorian boozer has been revamped by the team that produced Waterloo’s Anchor & Hope and Stockwell’s Canton Arms...

This friendly cabin of an Irish pub has been the haunt of Camberwell’s more cultured art students since Leonardo’s time, it seems. Prices are still...

An attractive and original family-run hotel near Camberwell Green

Just a 10 minutes walk to transport links Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye

One of the capital's foremost contemporary art venues

A light, airy little box of a coffee shop 

This small but mighty spot has been a Camberwell draw for more than 15 years

All you need to know about Burgess Park is that it allows barbecues (in designated areas)...