Latest Walworth News – December 2025

1. Walworth Society – No meeting in December; next meeting Wednesday 21st January (online only). There is no Walworth Society meeting in December. Our next general WS meeting will be held at 7pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026, details and online link to follow. The meeting will be online only. The minutes of the November 2025 meeting are here. The presentation that Benny O’Looney gave on the E&C Railway Station can be downloaded here The background document to the presentation that Jerry Flynn gave on the impact of student accommodation in Walworth and Southwark can be downloaded here

2. Surrey Gardens TRA & St Paul’s Church Xmas Fayre – Sat 13th Dec 12noon to 4pm. Surrey Gardens TRA and St Paul’s Church are holding their Christmas Fayre on Saturday 13 December at St Paul’s Church Lorrimore Square from noon to 4pm.

3. One Love For Jamaica Fundraiser – Friday 12th December 6pm to 11pm News of a fundraising event in support of the Jamaica Relief Fund and all those affected by Hurricane Melissa. We invite you to join us this Friday for a powerful community gathering in support of the Jamaica Relief Fund, helping those affected by Hurricane Melissa. 📍 Location: St. Peters Church 📅 Date: This Friday 12th December ⏰ Time: 6pm-11pm This special event aims to raise as much as possible for families and communities in need. Come and enjoy an uplifting evening filled with unity, music, food, culture, and generosity. 🎟 Over £1,000 worth of raffle prizes! Including: ✨ Spa experiences ✨ Luxury hampers ✨ Restaurant vouchers ✨ Signed football shirts ✨ …and so much more! Your presence—and your sharing—can make a real difference. Please spread the word and invite others so we can raise the maximum support for Jamaica during this difficult time. This is a ticketed event, please below: Single tickets £35  Table (8) £250 https://tinyurl.com/ykw7yc4c Together, in true One Love spirit, we can help rebuild hope.

4. St Paul’s Church, Lorrimore Square  – Community Christmas Carols 7pm Weds 24th December. Community Carols at St Paul’s Church on Christmas Eve at 7pm

5. St John’s Church, Larcom St – Christmas Calendar Details of the Christmas services at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ Sunday 14th Dec., 15.00, Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, followed by mulled wine and mince pies Christmas Eve, 23.00, Midnight Mass Christmas Day, 10.00, Christmas Day Mass

6. St Peter’s Church, Liverpool Grove – Appeal and Christmas Services News from St Peter’s Church St Peter’s Church: 200 years of Christmas in Walworth! St Peter’s are currently celebrating our 200th anniversary year, as many of you will know! And we would love to invite everyone to celebrate Christmas in the beauty of Sir John Soane’s Grade 1 listed church (one of only four Grade 1 listed buildings in the whole of Southwark!): everyone is welcome, all ages, and whether you’ve been to St Peter’s before or not! We are also in fundraising mode, and if you would like to support our Christmas Gift Appeal to help St Peter’s cover some large and essential maintenance costs to keep the lights on and the building safe, please click here, or search ‘Parish Giving Scheme St Peter’s, Walworth’ to make a donation via the Church of England’s free giving service, which includes automatic Gift Aid. We’re currently facing £12,060 in large costs from the gas bill to our 5-yearly electrical inspection of the whole church – so far as a congregation we have given gifts totalling an amazing £1,231 in one week! Your one-off or regular donation will really help us to look after St Peter’s, while we wait to begin the work supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in 2027: thank you so much! Happy Christmas, and a wonderful 2026 to everyone! Father Andrew, Rector of St Peter’s, Walworth

7. Mentivity Youth Club: Christmas Celebration – 4pm-6pm – Monday 15th December From Mentivity – a FREE Christmas Celebration ✨Season’s greetings from the Mentivity team❄️    🎄We’re continuing our holiday-edition youth clubs with a festive Christmas Celebration packed with energy, connection and seasonal joy.   If you know any young people aged 8–17, invite them to come enjoy an evening of Christmas vibes, great food and fun activities designed to bring everyone together before the break.    📅 Date: Monday, 15th December 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 Location: Mentivity House, 50 Westmoreland Road, SE17 2GA 📍 Lost? Find us easily with What3Words: surely.stem.fingernails   👥 Who’s It For: Young people aged 8 – 17 years. 🔥 Spots are limited, be sure to register via our Youth Club registration form here    We’re looking forward to celebrating the season together and closing the year on a joyful note.    Kind regards, Mentivity Team REGISTER FOR YOUR SPOT HERE

8. Southwark Council updated Town Centre Action Plan – Elephant & Castle and Walworth Southwark Council have updated their Town Centre Action Plan for the Elephant & Castle and Walworth area.  See: https://www.southwark.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-10/Elephant%20and%20Castle%20Town%20Centre%20Action%20Plan%20October%202025_1.pdf

9. News Snippets. i. Southwark is one of just three London boroughs to be awarded £10 million to transform local bus services ii. Ticket Office relocation – E&C Railway Station From the Elephant and Castle Town Centre Community Newsletter – December 2025 iii. Stay in touch with news about the Walworth area. a. If you would like to be included on the email list for mailings about meetings in the Walworth area – email Marcina Brown Walworth and Camberwell Neighbourhood Officer  Email: marcina.brown@southwark.gov.uk   …and the Walworth neighbourhood page on the Southwark Council website is: https://engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/walworth-neighbourhood-engage-southwark-page b. To report incidents of anti-social behaviour and to report crime, use the links belowReport an antisocial behaviour incident | Southwark Council Report a crime | Metropolitan Police  iv. Old Kent Road area newsletter. Southwark’s first quarterly newsletter covering the OKR area can be seen here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKSOUTHWARK/bulletins/3fbee5e v. New London Architecture 2025 Awards – buildings in Walworth News that two Walworth buildings have appeared in the 2025 NLA awards – https://nla.london/awards/nla-awards-2025-winners a. Walworth Town Hall – winner of the Conservation and Heritage award – https://nla.london/projects/walworth-town-hall b. 182-202 Walworth Road (Chatelain House) – housing winner (unbuilt) – https://nla.london/projects/182-202-walworth-road

10. Kennington Bioscope Presents The Suspect (1944). Kennington Noir presents The Suspect (1944). Wed 14 Jan 2026 @ 19:30 pm.   The Suspect (1944), directed by Robert Siodmak, with Charles Laughton, Ella Raines and Dean Harens. Laughton plays Philip Marshall, a kindly manager, living in London at the beginning of the last century with his shrewish wife. When he makes friends with a young female stenographer, he sums up the courage to ask his wife for a divorce, but she refuses and instead threatens a scandal. When she dies after a mysterious fall, suspicion falls on Marshall.   This is an early film noir from the great Robert Siodmak, who was very much the master of the genre in the 1940s and 1950s. He found ways of dealing with the notoriously difficult Laughton during the shoot, and the resulting film was well received by critics on its release.   Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start. Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.   TICKETS & PRICING: Tickets £8. Advance tickets may be purchased from Ticketlab, or direct from the Cinema Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours. For more info click here. Or go to cinemamuseum.org.uk.  The Cinema Museum: The Master’s House, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), London SE11 4TH.