History

The first Canal Bridge Green Fayre in Peckham was held on the May Bank Holiday 1993, in the meadow of Northfield House in Peckham Park Road. (The bridge was removed as the road was widened and the local B&Q store was built.)

It was a great success and for the next 3 years an annual Canal Bridge Green Fayre was held - first at Leyton Square in Peckham Park Road, then at the newly built Peckham Town Square. The Canal Bridge Green Fayre in 1994 was the first community event to be held in the Town Square.

The Green Fayres of the 1990s were organized by a group of local residents. Each year the planning group raised funding for the event from charitable sources and from the London Borough of Southwark, and each year the attendance grew.

By 1996, the Fayre was so popular it attracted 4,000 people and positive media attention in the local press.

The focus was young people, and attractions included rap artistes and musicians who would appeal to local youth.

Sadly in 1997 a glitch in the planning process meant that the Fayre could not go ahead as no license had been obtained, and after this there was a period of a decade where no Green Fayres took place in Peckham.

In 2007, with a renewed interest locally in re-establishing the local Green Fayre, Peckham Voluntary Sector Forum via their project the Peckham Healthy Living Network brought together a number of local environmental organisations – the “Green and Healthy Peckham Fair” took place. 1,200 people attended