London Borough of Southwark - Peckham Rye cycleway 35

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK PECKHAM RYE CYCLEWAY 35

The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting and Loading restrictions) (Peckham Rye C35) Order 2026

1.  Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 15 January 2026 it has made the above Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, in connection with the introduction of Phase 1 Cycleway 35 in Peckham Rye, between its junction with East Dulwich Road/Nunhead Lane and its junction with Stuart Road.

2.  Cycleway 35 in the north-easternmost arm of PECKHAM RYE, includes:

(a) a north-westbound with-flow unsegregated mandatory cycle lane (45m in length, with a width of 2m) on the carriageway on the approach to its junction with East Dulwich Road/Nunhead Lane (to replace an existing advisory cycle lane at this location); and

(b) a south-eastbound with-flow continuous cycle route consisting of (i) a cycle track on the realigned footway o/s Glover House (60m in length and 1.5m wide); (ii) a partially segregated mandatory cycle lane on the carriageway between Glover House and its junction with Elland Road (a total of 768m in length which includes intermittent advisory cycle lane markings to allow vehicles to turn in and out of the side roads along the route and to access off-street parking facilities and excludes the cycle track as described in (b) (iii) below, and 2m wide), and (iii) a cycle track on the realigned footway outside Rother House (45m in length and 2m wide) with an informal pedestrian crossing point to provide access to the bus stop at this location.

3.  The effects of the Order referred to in paragraph 1 of this notice are to revise existing parking controls, and  waiting and loading restrictions along Cycleway 35 to accommodate the above measures, as follows:

(a) in PECKHAM RYE remove a total of 136m of free parking places (depicted on Southwark’s map-based schedule to the Traffic Management Orders, incorrectly, as permit-holders’ parking places) on the south-west side between Nunhead Lane and Solomon's Passage;

(b) in PECKHAM RYE remove an existing cycle hangar from the south-west side opposite Brookstone Court (to be relocated to the north-eastern footway adjacent to Tilling House;

(c)  in CHELTENHAM ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 12 and 14 Cheltenham Road introduce a new loading bay (7m in length) operating ‘at any time’ throughout the week (max stay of 20min, no return within 2hrs);

(d) add a total of 295.5m of new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) in PECKHAM RYE on both sides between its junction with East Dulwich Road/Nunhead Lane and its junction with Stuart Road:- (i) north-east side (some of which will be bounded on south-western side of the south-eastbound with-flow cycle route) 19m o/s Nos. 181 and 183 Peckham Rye, 2.5m o/s Waveney House, 23.5m o/s Rother House, 29m o/s Welland House, 30m o/s Nos. 2/18, 4/20 and 6/22 Rye Hill Park and No. 241 Peckham Rye, and 31 o/s Nos. 243 to 251 Peckham Rye, and (ii) south-west side 52m 
opposite Nos. 181 to 189 Peckham Rye, 2.5m opposite Waveney House, 63m opposite Rother House, 11.5m opposite Welland House, and 31.5m opposite Nos. 2/18, 4/20 and 6/22 Rye Hill Park;

(e) in SOMERTON ROAD extend existing ‘DYLs north-east of its junction with Peckham Rye by a total of 13m (north-west side 5.5m including the amendment to accommodate a new kerb-line build-out and south-east side 7.5m);

(f)  to accommodate new kerb-line build-outs increase by approx. 2m each location and amend existing ‘DYLs’:- on the south-east sides of (i) WAVENEY AVENUE, (ii) RYE HILL PARK (north-westernmost arm) and (iii) RYE HILL PARK (south-easternmost arm);

(g)  amend the length of existing ‘DYLs’ by removing or reducing in length to accommodate parking, crossing and bus stop clearway changes (i) in PECKHAM RYE north-east side 15m on the side of the former site of No. 46 Solomon’s Passage, 4.5m o/s No. 257 Peckham Rye, and 6m opposite Nos. 4 and 5 Elmhurst Villas, (ii) in PECKHAM RYE south-west side 15m opposite Nos. 139 and 141 Peckham Rye, and (iii) in PECKHAM RYE/CHELTENHAM ROAD south-west side 18m o/s No. 3 Elmhurst Villas to No. 2 Cheltenham Road;

(h) add contiguous ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) on existing ‘DYLs’ in PECKHAM RYE (i) north-east side 6m o/s Nos. 163 and 165 Peckham Rye, and (ii) south-west side 75.5m opposite Glover House; and

(i)  add new ‘DYLs’ with contiguous ‘DKBs’ in PECKHAM RYE (i) north-east side 15m o/s No. 163  Peckham Rye and 12m o/s Rother House, and (ii) south-west side 39.5m opposite Brookstone Court, and 33m opposite Nos. 141 to 151 Peckham Rye.

4.  The Council will amend bus stop clearways to accommodate the Cycleway 35 scheme, by:

(a) relocating the north-westbound bus stop clearways in PECKHAM RYE:- (i) opposite Glover House south-eastward by 20m, (ii) north-west of its junction with Solomon's Passage, north-westward by 15m, and (iii) opposite Frome House, south-eastward by 35.5m;

(b) relocating the south-eastbound bus stop clearways in PECKHAM RYE:- (i) o/s No. 163 Peckham Rye, north-westward by 15m, and (ii) o/s Welland House north-westward by 81m; and 

(c)  extending the length of existing south-eastbound bus stop clearways (i) in PECKHAM RYE o/s Welland House by 8m, and (ii) in CHELTENHAM ROAD o/s Priory Court by 9m.

NOTES: (1) at any time’ means at all hours on every day of the week. (2) ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions, and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. 
(3) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. 

5.   Copies of the Order, which will come into force on 19 January 2026, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk  or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

6.   Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 15 January 2026
Polyvios Polyviou  Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy - Highways, 
Environment, Sustainability & Leisure