Rowing Studio Near Me in Peckham: Milo and the Bull Rye Lane

Milo and the Bull Peckham takes up the ground and first floors of Market Peckham at 133a Rye Lane, SE15 4BQ, a few metres from Peckham Rye station, sharing the building with Forza Wine and Tonkotsu. It opened in the summer of 2022, rows hardest on Mondays, Fridays and Saturday mornings, and charges £25 for two weeks of unlimited classes, which makes it the obvious rowing studio near me for anyone living between Nunhead and East Dulwich.

Milo and the Bull was set up by George Lowe, who played rugby for Harlequins from 2008 to 2017, and Richie Steele, a former Leander and Molesey oarsman who worked on Harlequins' strength and conditioning staff. Their first studio opened in Clapham Junction in 2019, and Peckham followed in the summer of 2022 to serve the brand's growing south-east London following.

Putting a gym inside Market Peckham was a deliberate fit with the street. The building also holds restaurants and a bar, so the studio's members walk out of a 6:15am Crew straight into a neighbourhood waking up around them. Milo itself describes Peckham as a hub for members across south London, and the Saturday Regatta crowd is the clearest proof of that.

In the week of 19 October the rowing classes ran on three days. Monday was Coar, with Lily Millen coaching at 6:15am, 7:15am and 8:15am, Camille Marek at 12:30pm and Harry Manton at 6pm and 7pm. Friday was Crew: Harry Manton at 6:15am, 7:15am and 8:15am, Darcie Webb at 12:30pm and Dylan Charlery-Bowen at 5:30pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays are Strength, and Wednesday is Circuit.

Saturday brings Regatta at 8am and 9am, both led by Harry Manton, followed by Circuit at 10:30am and 11:30am, and Sunday is Circuit only. The pattern rewards planning: a Monday Coar, a Friday Crew and a Saturday Regatta give you three distinct rowing sessions a week, which lines up exactly with the twelve-class monthly membership.

Each rowing class lasts 45 minutes. Coar is the high-intensity option, short sharp pieces on the rower broken up by strength intervals. Crew is the endurance session, with longer pulls and power-based floor moves chosen to make each stroke more efficient. If you can only fit one, choose by goal: Coar for conditioning, Crew if you are chasing a faster 2,000-metre time.

Regatta is Milo's team class and the reason Saturday mornings in Peckham get busy. Members are split into crews and race each other on the rowers, then tackle floor challenges together before the next round. Expect noise, high-fives and a coach keeping score. It is the friendliest way to start rowing, because nobody is watching your individual numbers when the whole crew is shouting.

Milo turns late arrivals away once the instructor has started, so first-timers should be in the building 15 minutes early and regulars at least five minutes before. Cancel less than ten hours ahead and you pay £10 and lose the session, while missing a class entirely costs £15. Waitlists close two hours before the start, and being moved in from one obliges you to attend.

Shirts stay on under the studio's Tops On policy. The changing rooms supply towels, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hair dryers and straighteners, and there are lockers, so all you need is trainers, a water bottle and a sweat towel. Bookings open 21 days ahead through the Milo app, but only seven days ahead on ClassPass.

Prices here match Clapham Junction and London Bridge. Start with the £25 two-week unlimited trial, which runs from the date of your first class. After that, a single training session is £25, five cost £110 and twenty cost £360. A combo trial of six training classes and four Reformer sessions costs £49 if you want to try the Pilates side upstairs too.

For regulars, the twelve-class monthly membership at £140 works out at about £11.60 a class, and unlimited is £190. Both carry a three-month minimum and a month's notice. Skip unlimited unless you are genuinely coming more than three times a week, because the rowing classes themselves only run on three days, and Strength and Circuit sessions fill the rest of the timetable.

The 8am Regatta tends to go first. If both Saturday slots are taken, join the waitlist early and remember it shuts two hours before class. Otherwise head to Clapham Junction at 62-64 St John's Hill, which ran Regattas at 8am and 9am on 17 October on the same membership. Earlsfield at 25-27 Summerstown ran three, at 8am, 9am and 10am, but it prices separately and Peckham credits do not work there.

A local alternative on the same morning is to take the 10:30am Circuit here and save rowing for Monday's Coar. Circuit deliberately spends less time on the rower, so it is not a rowing class in disguise, but it keeps the weekend habit going without leaving Peckham.

Peckham Rye station, a short walk from the studio, is a restored Victorian building worth looking at from the square in front. Rye Lane itself is a long run of African and Caribbean grocers, fabric shops, barbers and fishmongers, and Market Peckham's own food counters, including Tonkotsu for ramen, are right downstairs if you need to refuel after Crew.

Walk south down Rye Lane and you reach Peckham Rye Common and Peckham Rye Park, with open grass for stretching and the park's Sexby Garden for a quieter cool-down. To the north, the Peckham Levels creative space occupies a former multi-storey car park on Rye Lane, with studios and food stalls on its upper floors.

Address: Milo and the Bull Peckham, 133a Rye Lane, London SE15 4BQ, inside Market Peckham. Nearest station: Peckham Rye, with Overground and Southern and Thameslink trains, including direct services to London Bridge and Victoria. There is no Underground station nearby, so rail and the many buses along Rye Lane are the way in.

Download the Milo app to book and to check each day's class type, because the rotation means a Tuesday session will not be a rowing class. Pregnant members are welcome, but the studio asks you to email first and to tell the coach before each class. Memberships can be paused twice a year for up to four weeks in total.