Bellenden Road

The local area around it, situated between Peckham, Camberwell and East Dulwich, is known as Bellenden.

[1] Bellenden is claimed by residents to be distinct from any of its surrounding neighbours for a number of reasons, although others argue that it is just part of Peckham, East Dulwich or Camberwell.

Named after the 7th Lord Bellenden of Broughton,[2] Bellenden Road was laid out along with neighbouring streets from the 1870s on what had formerly been largely fruit gardens serving the City of London.

Artists such as Antony Gormley, Tom Phillips and John Latham have lived and worked on Bellenden Road and in the area.

[3] As part of Southwark Council's Bellenden Area Renewal programme Gormley designed bollards and street furniture for the area, Phillips designed lampposts and mosaics, several shop fronts were refitted and Latham installed a major artwork through the front of his house and studio which he named Flat Time House.