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Based in south east London and surrounded by areas including Camberwell, New Cross, Bermondsey, Dulwich, Kennington and Brixton, Peckham is a traditionally working class community home to a diverse population of residents from Bangladesh, the Caribbean, China, India, Ireland, Nigeria Pakistan, Turkey and Vietnam. A recent regeneration of the area has seen a large number of cafes, wine bars, artist's studios and niche stores come to the area as well as the award-winning Peckham Library, but a few highly publicised crimes over the last 10 years have earned Peckham a tarnished reputation. In a bid to alter this perception however, investment is being made into housing in the area and new developments and redevelopments are now very popular. Peckham is well served by transport and is home to both Peckham Rye and Queens Road Peckham mainline train stations, which connect the area with south, east and central London. Peckham Rye Park is the main green area in Peckham, which has been home to notable residents such as Michael Caine, who attended Wilson's Grammar School, boxer Chris Eubank, footballers Rio and Anton Ferdinand, television presenter Vernon Kay, and Bend It Like Beckham's Parminder Nagra.