A uniquely modern project which involved the restoration of an historic Victorian carriage ramp, has helped define Deptford’s creative reputation.

Deptford Market Yard is home to independent shops, restaurants and businesses, set amidst the carriage ramp and 14 arches next to Deptford station.

From flowers to Jerk street food, and from kick-boxing to cocktails in teapots, there’s plenty of creative originality in the Market Yard businesses.

The once derelict site has been transformed since 2008, into a new public space for Deptford which is better connected to the high street, train station and markets. The Grade II listed carriage ramp is the oldest surviving railway structure of its
kind in London.

Developers U+I Group and Lewisham Council also erected an eight-storey building containing 121 apartments and seven commercial units alongside the ramp, while refurbishment of St Paul’s House provided affordable apartments, town houses and two restaurants.