Forza Wine

Forza Wine sits on the top floor of a car park building on Rye Lane in Peckham, directly opposite Peckham Rye station. It is a rooftop wine bar from the team behind the original Forza Wine, pouring a tight, natural-leaning list of wines alongside cocktails built in-house and a short menu of snacks. The draw is the view, a wide sweep across south London that turns gold at sunset.

This is a place for an unhurried glass in good weather, not a destination cocktail temple. Time Out named the terrace its number one London rooftop bar for 2025, and on a clear evening it earns the title. Come for the wine and the skyline. If you want a covered, all-weather room, this is not it.

The bar runs along an open rooftop terrace with bench seating and standing room, wrapped by the rooftops of Rye Lane and the wider south London skyline beyond. Time Out calls the outlook one of the best rooftop views in the city. The space sits open to the weather, so it leans summer-evening rather than year-round.

The setting is pure Peckham, perched above Rye Lane's market stalls and shopfronts with trains pulling in and out of Peckham Rye below. That position makes it an easy first or last stop on a night around SE15. The crowd spills between tables and rail as the sun drops.

The list is wine-first, a rotating selection of natural and low-intervention bottles with a good run available by the glass. The cocktails are made in-house and kept simple, built to drink in the sun rather than to dazzle. Snacks of cured meats, cheese and seasonal small plates round out the offer. Start with a glass of something chilled and orange, then move to a spritz as the light goes.

A young, local Peckham crowd fills the terrace, joined by south London regulars who time their visit for sunset. Early evening stays calm, but the rooftop gets two-deep from Friday through the weekend once the weather warms. The mood is relaxed and outdoorsy rather than dressed-up.

Explore more with our London cocktail bars guide and the London bar guide. For a Peckham evening, pair Forza Wine with Bar Story in Peckham, Brick Brewery Taproom in Peckham, or Frank's Cafe in Peckham. Searching nearby? Use our rooftop bars near me hub.