today i'm taking you to seven london spots only locals know and obviously
there are hundreds around the city which is why i'm going to be focusing on south london
beckham delegate and brixton in particular this is the area i've been living in for the
past two years so i know it really really well and i'm super excited to share it with
you in order to get around i'll be using a brompton bike and i'm going to show you
how you can win one of your own but before that let's hop on and drive to our first
location and here we are pekim used to be considered quite rough around the edges
but over the past decade it's turned into a really incredible quirky artsy and cosmopolitan
neighborhood before we go on our tour let me quickly tell you a little more about this
brumpton bike deal until the 16th of july you can enter a raffle on charitystars.com who are
giving away a brumpton bike helmet and travel bag you can enter for just 10 pounds and the
proceeds go to charity hence the name charity stars this particular campaign is supporting
an organization called war child which works with children affected by conflict in places
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all right back to pekkum and more specifically copeland park the complex was conceptualized
as a way to bring local creatives together and give them a space to share their crafts with
the public currently there's a ceramics shop a yoga studio a record shop a rooftop film club
a palestinian pop-up restaurant a gym a fashion store and kampai the uk's first sake brewery
the most famous building inside copeland park is the busy building dating back to the 19th
century it was named after sporting goods manufacturer george gibson bussie this is
where they made cricket bats which were used by the likes of wg grace one of the most famous
cricketers in history right around the corner from copeland park you will find pekum levels
a really cool converted car park it's set to reopen on june 21st but you can still visit now
by booking a yoga session or a table in the food hall there's also frank's arguably the
coolest rooftop bar in all of london with some of the most incredible views of central london
behind me you can see something called bold tendencies it's a current exhibition they've
got loads of different pieces and explain to you what they mean in case you can't work it
out like me when it comes to modern art and there behind me is frank's proper you can get
food you can get drinks and it's open from 11 a.m until 11 p.m so if you wanted to spend the entire
day here you could but most importantly what you come to frank's for is the view
and let's not forget about peckham flags my favorite cinema in all of london for one
reason and one reason alone the tickets cost 4.99 that's basically unheard of in london
and they do show all of the most famous contemporary films so i i go there a lot
okay now let's get on our bikes again and head to our next destination
nunhead
welcome to our second location so london has something called the magnificent seven and
although it sounds like a group of superheroes it is very much not that it's a group of cemeteries
and we are in one of them right now it's called nunhead cemetery and it's probably
the least known of the seven but i think where people should know about it aside from
beautiful historic architecture and some stunning ornate grapes it is also a local nature reserve
and there are loads and loads of birds flying around if you keep your eyes peeled you might
see a few woodpeckers and even some tawny owls i like to come here when i want to think
and reflect because it's so peaceful and quiet and green and you really feel like you're
miles and miles away from london although there is one spot where
you can actually see st paul's i'm gonna take you up there right now follow me
without thinking twice and i knew it would catch up and that we would be the ones left behind
our next stop is the affluent adult village it's just 17 minutes by train from central london it
has incredible architecture it has golf courses horse riding trails in short it has everything
that you would expect of a really posh village and like i mentioned that's pretty incredible
given its proximity to central london i like to come here for nice restaurants and walks
in delegate park i also like to visit village picture gallery and by i like to visit i mean
i've been meaning to visit but lockdown has made that made up pretty difficult
and i still wonder where you are and if you found a way out from the dark
the stories i've been told this is horniman museum one of my favorite museums in all of london it was
started by frederick horniman a rich businessman who inherited his father's tea business
horniman's tea according to him he built a museum to bring the world to forest hill and provide an
opportunity for people from all walks of life to see and learn about global craftsmanship
but it's also important to note that his work in the tea trade was largely grounded in exploiting
people who lived in faraway corners of the british empire but whatever we think of old
freddie the museum and gardens are absolutely spectacular you get some incredible views
alpacas or llamas alpacas i think um a medicinal garden where you can learn all about the plants
that grow there and free entry to all of the exhibitions aside from the aquarium
and the butterfly house where you have to pay a small fee like a lot of the places we've seen
so far it is pretty peaceful and quiet but don't worry if you want to shake things up a little bit
we're about to hop on our bikes and see something that's a little more energy to it so let's go
very soon we're going to come up to brockwell ido and not only can you go swimming there it's
also a stunning historic structure and has a really cute cafe overlooking the pool this
is actually my first visit there and one thing to bear in mind is that the pool is not heated
so yes it does get pretty cold but in my opinion it's very worth it
welcome to brixton brixton is our final stop but we do have two sites here and this is our first
it's called the ritzy cinema and it is south london's oldest currently functioning cinema
it was built back in 1911 but back then it was known as the electric pavilion
and it was built with 750 seats so a massive structure with an organ on one side because
the films that they were showing back then were silent films so they had music to accompany them
but right now they do show contemporary films um that that have sound it's just brixton man
it's so loud i hope you guys can hear me um so that's the ritzy cinema and now we're gonna walk
around a little bit because brixton is absolutely gorgeous it's got loads of street art loads of
really cool cafes and restaurants it's wonderful for nightlife my friends and i come here a lot
outside of lockdown when things are open we actually have a favorite club that i'm going
to take you to right now just to show you the outside it's called blue's kitchen here
in brixton there are several dotted around london but this is the best one certifiably
do
the thing i love most about brixton is just how diverse it is similar to pekum
where we started it has a hugely international population which is reflected in all the shops
and especially the food speaking of food i'm going to take you to our last location now which
is pop brixton it's a really really cool space that has 55 independent shops ranging from food
to fashion designers there's a community barber shop and there's even a youth radio
all right what a day i really hope you guys enjoyed this video and don't forget to check
out thecharitystars.com link in the description below for a chance to win one of those incredible
electric bikes i really could have used an electric today because i'm so tired now
it's been a really long day so i'm gonna nap and you guys just hit the subscribe button
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