About This Travel Guide

Choose your own adventure in South London from the comfort of your own home. Louie Christie's Quirky Travel Guide "Newcrossities" is a weary traveller's guide to the new curiosities of South London, New Cross, Deptford, and beyond.

It’s like a blog, but posted geographically not time-wise.

It is:

  • Curated and opinionated.
  • Underground, weird and funny.
  • Completely incomplete
My 'Quirky Travel Guide to South London' talk @ Electromagnetic Field Festival, 2026. ([1] - Orignal source video)

Frequently Asked Questions:

What? : Could be described as a map based, curated, content website.

Where? : South London, New Cross, Deptford, and beyond.

Why? : Read the Newcrossities creation story.

Who? : Made by Louie Christie a South London resident, adventurous tech geek, underground comedian, who once sat next to the guy at work who did the Rough Guides website.

When? : Started right around the time the author was made redundant.

How? : I'll let you know about the technology, as I work it out. In March 2020 I gave a talk about the Strawberry JAM technology used at the time. In 2026 it was migrated to use Ghost.org technology with a sprinkling of JavaScript.

How much? : The travel guide website is free. The planned event listings section will probably cost a bit, 'cos it would be a lot of work.