Walking The Hidden River Peck

In the third of our Hidden Rivers series, we dispatch Matt Brown to south London to pick up the trail of the Peck - buried and hidden below ground level... or is it?
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[@passthebutterrobot2600]

It was nice of The Edge to take time out from his busy music schedule to make this video

[@PeterMason-i1h]

I am gradually learning the history of London's 'lost' rivers. Now the River Peck, there's another one to tick off. Thank you for sharing.

[@letsgocamping88]

So Del Boys Peckham Springs water might have been possible then...

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

Peckham does have a certain "quelle heure est il", Rodders.

[@slavkopejic3140]

I was hoping for a nice view on the Nelson Mandela House from that hill...

[@davidf2281]

Pot pourri, pot pourri.

[@goonerinSP]

Mon dieu!

[@brandonhamilton833]

Great video. Love London history, you do a great job bringing that history to life!

[@sja45uk]

I strongly doubt that the Peck stream begins at the top of a hill. It will likely emerge lower down, where a layer of impermeable clay is overlaid by more permeable gravel!

[@luxford60]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Wherever on One Tree hill the spring is, it isn't on the summit.

[@joachimmacdonald2702]

We found the geologist

[@AlisonBryen]

Nerdgasm alert!!!!!!! I love all things rivers and enjoy following their courses on maps...even better are hidden rivers...

[@Vasilia4]

Can you recommend any?

[@mjribes]

"Ham" actually means more than a village or settlement. It refers to a farming settlement or farmsted.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Literal translation to modern English: 'Home'. Birmigham = The Home of the Boermings, for example. Boermings = the people whose chief is Boerm.

[@imranzazai7404]

London is so beautiful.

[@malcolmbacchus421]

There is alternative idea about the origin of the name. In this view, the name Peckham comes from the Old English peac 'hill' and hame 'homestead'. The hill being what is now called One Tree Hill. The name of the river (or to be honest, the stream) is then said to be a back-formation from Peckham. Apparently the earliest maps to mention Peckham by name do not call the stream the Peck (it is nameless), which either suggests that this idea is correct or that the mapmakers couldn't be bothered. Take your pick.

[@Dave_Sisson]

There's a jungle up on One Tree Hill... the most misleadingly named place ever.

[@glenchapman3899]

Greenland: Hold my beer

[@misssarahashplant31]

Thank you for another informative and enjoyable video. Mr Brown is a good presenter.

[@ybc24k82]

Good work uncovering London guys! Well done

[@MJ-rz3ny]

Nearby is a huge covered resovoir and water pumping station so there is plenty of ground water around those parts.

[@KewlBee]

I wonder if that's anything to do with the soft water that used to be in Peckham, untill (I was told) the completion of the London water ring main, made the water in Peckham as hard as the rest of London. My local launderette still has a no longer applicable sign up saying "Due to our soft water, please reduce the amount of soap powder used in our machines to prevent overflowing".

[@rlamacraft]

Now I have the horrible histories dick Turpin song stuck in my head…

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

Voice Geoff Marshall?

[@ishithaislam7564]

It is :)

[@alberttetley]

really interesting series

[@brycemoob]

Enjoying these, thanks. Can you do the Falconbrook? I used to live in 'Nappy valley' when it burst into the street a few years back.

[@firstname1lastname127]

Huh, so that's what The Edge is doing these days - but his accent is different than I remember... 🤔

[@shadytube84]

Wonder if that’s where Del Boy and Rodney got their Peckham Spring bottled water from?!?!

[@LowBudgetKiwi]

Looking out my window at One Tree Hill just now, and not the one with the River Peck, but the volcanic peak in Auckland that U2 sang about :D

[@jeffstewart724]

In the American south - that's called a "crick." :-D

[@nancytestani1470]

Gotta dip your toe in every river, or sea. Just so cool. Does any of these rivers come up and flood, not just The Thames.

[@badburglerboy806]

Lived here for 10 yrs

[@EASYTIGER10]

If a bit of the Peck is flowing through the park, surely that means its being fed from somewhere and its going somewhere afterwards (ie into the Thames), so does the whole river still exist underground?

[@stevetheduck1425]

Rivers can be sunken, as in their water flows through soil in a forest or underground, and only 'rise' when the water is enough to to do so. Closer to the Thames, all brooks and rivers tend to have been put into a channel or underground sewer (though some fill a dock or lock), so that more valuable buildings can be built over them.

[@YodaOnDMT]

I wouldn't mind seeing something about Dollis Valley Greenwalk. I feel like there's history on it and but it's very difficult to find since it's 20+ miles.

[@AR-jx6wr]

Glad to see something other than pagan.

[@beniceorbegone]

I fancy his jacket.

[@sabrinagrasso7498]

im not liking how close both of these locations are to my house.. i live 100 meters from each one.

[@mutiatpitan5251]

I LIVE NEXT TO GREENLAND DOCK IN HELSINKI SQUARE

[@bobcoombes]

Do the Quaggy

[@TheWkc19]

so much P's

[@widerscreens5279]

Great work, Kudos..but why a yellow Robin Reliant?

[@ToxicVaccines_HivHoax]

I'm definitely gonna check out that One Tree Hill park. Looks like a very nice hike! Thanks for the info! 👍👍

[@therealjohnreeves]

Del Boy knew all about the Peckham spring

[@Duncan_Campbell]

Nice to see something not pagan related.

[@francesconicoletti2547]

Duncan Campbell you sure? An oak on top of a hill with a spring nearby. Stories of a queen and a thief.

[@mark314158]

Good presenter