Welcome to the East Peckham Archive : This is under construction May 2024

East Peckham is a Kent village on the River Medway with a population of around 3282 people (2021 census) incorporating nine hamlets. It was mentioned in the Domesday book and includes St Michael’s Church on the hill at Roydon which is now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Historically the village was primarily agricultural, focussing on hops and fruit production; this is now supplemented by a number of business units on small industrial estates. A famous resident was Walter Arnold of the Arnold’s Automobile Company based in East Peckham who became famous in 1896 as the first person in the UK to be fined for speeding in a car.