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'''Lewisham''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-uk-LBLewisham.ogg|ˈ|l|uː|ɪ|ʃ|əm}} {{respell|LOO|ish|əm}}) is a [[London boroughs|London borough]] in south-east [[London]], England. It forms part of [[Inner London]]. The principal settlement of the borough is [[Lewisham]]. The local authority is [[Lewisham London Borough Council]], based in [[Catford]]. The [[Prime Meridian]] passes through Lewisham. [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], [[Goldsmiths, University of London]] and [[Millwall F.C.]] are located within the borough.

== History ==
The modern borough broadly corresponds to the area of the [[ancient parish]]es of [[Lee, London|Lee]] and [[Lewisham]], plus the later parish of [[Deptford St Paul]], created in 1730 when the ancient parish of [[Deptford]] was subdivided. (The other Deptford parish created in 1730, [[Deptford St Nicholas]], went instead to the borough of [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]].) Most of the area was historically in the county of [[Kent]], although Deptford St Paul straddled the boundary with [[Surrey]], with its [[chapelry]] of [[Hatcham]] (the area now known as [[New Cross]]) being in the latter county. From 1856 the area was governed by the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]], which was established to provide services across the [[metropolis]] of London.<ref>[[Metropolis Management Act 1855]] (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120)</ref>

In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the [[County of London]]. From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various [[List of London vestries and district boards|parish vestries and district boards]]. In 1900 the lower tier was reorganised into [[Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London|metropolitan boroughs]], two of which were [[Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]] (covering the parishes of Lewisham and Lee) and [[Metropolitan Borough of Deptford|Deptford]] (covering the parish of Deptford St Paul).<ref>[[London Government Act 1899]] (62 & 63 Vict. c. 14)</ref>

The larger London Borough of Lewisham was created in 1965 under the [[London Government Act 1963]], as an amalgamation of the former area of the metropolitan boroughs of Lewisham and Deptford.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108676&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311174213/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10108676&c_id=10001043 |date=11 March 2007 }} – Lewisham LB</ref>

Minor boundary changes have occurred since its creation. The most significant amendments were made in 1996, when the former area of the Royal Docks in [[Deptford]] was transferred from the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|London Borough of Greenwich]].<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1993/Uksi_19931276_en_1.htm OPSI] – The Greenwich and Lewisham (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Lewisham Borough places map.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[[List of districts in Lewisham|Locations in and around the London Borough of Lewisham]]]]
{{See also|List of districts in Lewisham}}
The borough is surrounded by the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich]] to the east (where the border runs between [[Deptford]] and [[Horn Park]]), the [[London Borough of Bromley]] to the south (where the border runs between Horn Park and [[Crystal Palace Park]]), and the [[London Borough of Southwark]] to the west (where the border runs between Crystal Palace Park and [[Rotherhithe]]). The [[River Thames]] forms a short section of northern boundary with the [[Isle of Dogs]] in the [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]. [[Deptford Creek]], [[River Pool (London)|Pool River]], [[River Quaggy]] and [[River Ravensbourne]] pass through the borough.
Major landmarks include All Saints Church in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]], the Citibank Tower in [[Lewisham]], [[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]] Church (Sydenham's German Church, technically located in Forest Hill) and the [[Horniman Museum]] in [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]]. [[Millwall F.C.]] are based in the borough, their stadium [[The Den]] being located in [[South Bermondsey]].

==Governance==
{{main|Lewisham London Borough Council}}
[[File:Lewisham Town Hall (9175916169).jpg|thumb|[[Lewisham Town Hall]], completed in 1932]]
The local authority is Lewisham Council, based at [[Lewisham Town Hall]] and the adjoining Laurence House in the Catford area of the borough. Since 2002 the council has been led by the directly elected [[Mayor of Lewisham]]. A [[speaker (politics)|speaker]] fulfils the civic and ceremonial roles previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor prior to 2002. The current mayor, [[Brenda Dacres]], was the first black woman [[Directly elected mayors in England|directly elected mayor in England]] when elected in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title=First black woman wins directly elected mayoralty |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68509180 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[Greenwich and Lewisham (London Assembly constituency)|Greenwich and Lewisham]] constituency.

=== Westminster Parliament ===
The borough includes the constituencies of [[Lewisham Deptford]], [[Lewisham West and Penge (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West and Penge]] and [[Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham East]].

These are the MPs who have represented constituencies covered by the borough since its formation in 1964. Constituencies change their boundaries over time, even where names remain the same.

{| class="wikitable"
|-  style="background:#efefef;"
! MP
! Party
! Represented
! Dates
|-  
| [[Heidi Alexander]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 2010–2018
|-  
| [[Christopher Chataway]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham North 
| 1964–66
|-  
| [[Janet Daby]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 2018–present
|-
| [[James Dickens (UK politician)|James Dickens]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1966–70
|-  
| [[Jim Dowd (politician)|Jim Dowd]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1992–2017
|-  
| [[Vicky Foxcroft]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham, Deptford 
| 2015–present
|-  
| [[John Selwyn Gummer]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West
| 1970–74 (Feb)
|-  
| [[Carol Johnson (British politician)|Carol Johnson]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham South 
| 1964–74 (Feb)
|-  
| [[Patrick McNair-Wilson]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West 
| 1964–66
|-  
| [[John Maples]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham West
| 1983–92
|-
| [[Roland Moyle]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham North <br /> Lewisham East 
| 1966–74 (Feb) <br /> 1974 (Feb)-79
|-  
| [[Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan|Colin Moynihan]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| Lewisham East
| 1983–92
|-  
| [[Bridget Prentice]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham East
| 1992–2010
|-  
| [[Christopher Price (UK politician)|Christopher Price]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 1974 (Feb)-79

|-
| [[Ellie Reeves]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Lewisham West
| 2017–present
|-  
| [[John Silkin]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| Deptford <br /> Lewisham, Deptford
| 1964–74 (Feb) <br /> 1974 (Feb)-87
|}

==Demographics==
[[File:Lewisham population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of the Borough of Lewisham]]
According to the 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/Documents/2011CensusSecondReleaseDec2012.pdf|title=2011 Census Second Release December 2012|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309142920/http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/Documents/2011CensusSecondReleaseDec2012.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lewisham has a population of 275,885, is 53% white and 47% {{abbr|BME|Black and Minority Ethnic}}, and 43% of households are owner-occupiers.

A 2017 report by [https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk Trust for London] and the [https://www.npi.org.uk New Policy Institute] found that Lewisham has a poverty rate of 26%, close to the London-wide figure of 27%.<ref>{{cite web |title=London's Poverty Profile |url=https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/boroughs/lewisham-poverty-and-inequality-indicators/ |website=Trust for London |access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages = 
| 1801 |16640
| 1811 |19728
| 1821 |24474
| 1831 |27329
| 1841 |32589
| 1851 |41593
| 1861 |76958
| 1871 |112324
| 1881 |147689
| 1891 |173229
| 1901 |217295
| 1911 |272600
| 1921 |299022
| 1931 |328010
| 1941 |314953
| 1951 |302420
| 1961 |285431
| 1971 |269401
| 1981 |230504
| 1991 |240649
| 2001 |248924
| 2011 |275885
| 2015 |297325
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Lewisham: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}

===Ethnicity===
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Lewisham by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Lewisham by single year ages in 2021]]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!91.9%
!193,492
!84.9%
!180,234
!78%
!164,098
!65.8%
!147,686
!53.6%
!154,749
!51.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 141,814 || 56.9% || 114,446 || 41.5%
|111,726
|37.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 5,206 || 1.9% || 6,990 || 2.8%
|5,055
|1.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| || || 208 || 0.1%
|116
|0.0%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,033
|0.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 15,294 || 6.1% || 27,826 || 10.1%
|36,819
|12.3%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!9,576
!4.1%!! 12,881 !! 5.2% !! 25,534 !! 9.3%
!26,927
!9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,790
| || 3,487 || 1.4% || 4,600 || 1.7%
|5,046
|1.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|739
| || 1,090 || 0.4% || 1,596|| 0.6%
|2,361
|0.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|636
| || 1,229 || 0.5% || 1,388 || 0.5%
|1,826
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,380
| || 3,431 || 1.4% || 6,164 || 2.2%
|6,296
|2.1%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|3,031
| || 3,644 || 1.4% || 11,786 || 4.3%
|11,398
|3.8%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total  
!–
!–
!–
!–
!37,524
!16.2%!! 58,260 !! 23.4% !! 74,942 !! 27.2%
!80,473
!26.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|8,554
| || 22,571 || 9.0% || 32,025 || 11.6%
|37,834
|12.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|23,229
|10%|| 30,543 || 12.3% || 30,854 || 11.2%
|31,883
|10.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|5,741
| || 5,146 || 2.1% || 12,063 || 4.4%
|10,756
|3.6%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 10,399 !! 4.1% !! 20,472 !! 7.4%
!24,253
!8.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 4,760 || 1.9% || 8,539 || 3.1%
|8,726
|2.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,599 || 0.6% || 3,559 || 1.3%
|3,774
|1.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,565 || 0.6% || 3,045 || 1.1%
|4,359
|1.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 2,475 || 1.0% || 5,329 || 1.9%
|7,394
|2.5%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!3,649
!1.5%!! 3,284 !! 1.3% !! 7,341 !! 2.6%
!14,151
!4.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 1,456 || 0.5%
|1671
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|3,649
|1.5%|| 3,284 || 1.3% || 5,795 || 2.1%
|12,480
|4.2%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!8.9%
!34,463
!15.1%
!50,749
!21.8%!! 84,824 !! 34.2% !! 128,289 !! 46.4%
!145,804
!48.5%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!227,955
!100%
!230,983
!100%!! 248,922 !! 100.00% !! 275,885 !! 100.00%
!300,553
!100%
|}

===Religion===

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Lewisham according to 2021 census results

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Religion
!colspan="2"|2021<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Religion - Religion by local authorities, ONS}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Christianity|Christian]] || 131,706 || 43.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Islam|Muslim]] || 22,264 || 7.4
|-
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Judaism|Jewish]] || 826|| 0.3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Hinduism|Hindu]] || 6,459 || 2.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Sikhism|Sikh]] || 720 || 0.2
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Buddhist|Buddhism]] || 3,270 || 1.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 2,269 || 0.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 110,379 || 36.7
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 22,660 || 7.5
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|style="text-align:left" | Total || 300,553 || 100.0 
|}

===Age and sex===
The male population in Lewisham is 157,820, and the female population is 142,733. The average age of people living in Lewisham is 37 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lewisham Area Information - Map {{!}} Demographics |url=https://postcodeinfo.uk/towns/Lewisham |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=postcodeinfo.uk}}</ref>

The following table shows the age distributions of residents residing in Lewisham according to 2021 census results.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Age
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name=":0" />
|-
!Number
!%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Below 14 || 54,877 || 18.26
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 15 and 24 || 34,479 || 11.47
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 25 and 34 || 58,434|| 19.44
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 35 and 44 || 51,254 || 17.05
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 45 and 54 || 40,770 || 13.56
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 55 and 64 || 32,091 || 10.68
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 65 and 74 || 16,092 || 5.35
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Between 75 and 100 || 12,557 || 4.18
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| style="text-align:left" | Total || 300,553 || 100.0 
|}

==Education==
{{Main|List of schools in Lewisham}}

The London's Poverty Profile, a report by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute, found that 42% of 19-year-olds in Lewisham lack level 3 qualifications. This is the 3rd worst rate out of 32 boroughs.<ref>{{cite web |title=London's Poverty Profile |url=https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/19-year-old-qualifications-borough/ |website=Trust for London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703163143/https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/19-year-old-qualifications-borough/ |access-date=3 July 2018|archive-date=3 July 2018 }}</ref>

In 2018, Lewisham had the third highest rate of exclusions of pupils from secondary schools of any area in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/documents/s58994/CYP%20scoping%20report%20school%20exclusions.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712220302/http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/documents/s58994/CYP%2520scoping%2520report%2520school%2520exclusions.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-12 |url-status=live|title=Exclusions from school – an in-depth review|author=Children and Young People Select Committee|date=5 September 2018|website=London Borough of Lewisham}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Lewisham.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Lewisham Station]], an important transport hub]]
[[Lewisham station]], once known as Lewisham Junction, is located at the junction of the lines to [[Dartford]] and [[Hayes, Bromley|Hayes]], and is also the terminus of the southern branch of the [[Docklands Light Railway]].

The [[East London Line]] (on the [[London Underground]] network) terminated at [[New Cross railway station|New Cross]] and [[New Cross Gate railway station|New Cross Gate]] until December 2007. An extension to this line opened on 23 May 2010, serving [[Brockley railway station|Brockley]], [[Honor Oak Park]], [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], and [[Sydenham, London|Sydenham]]. This forms part of the [[London Overground]] network.

The [[South London Line]] runs along the extreme North West of the borough, at present there are no stations that are within the borough. There is a proposal for a new station at {{rws|New Bermondsey}} providing a link to [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]].

===Railway stations===

{|
|-
|valign="top"|
*[[Beckenham Hill railway station|Beckenham Hill]]
*[[Bellingham railway station|Bellingham]]
*[[Blackheath railway station|Blackheath]] – on the border between Lewisham & Greenwich
*[[Brockley railway station|Brockley]] 
*[[Catford railway station|Catford]]
*[[Catford Bridge railway station|Catford Bridge]]
*[[Crofton Park railway station|Crofton Park]]
*[[Deptford railway station|Deptford]]
*[[Forest Hill railway station|Forest Hill]] 
*[[Grove Park railway station|Grove Park]]
*[[Hither Green railway station|Hither Green]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Honor Oak Park railway station|Honor Oak Park]] 
*[[Ladywell railway station|Ladywell]]
*[[Lee railway station|Lee]]
*[[Lewisham railway station|Lewisham]]
*[[Lower Sydenham railway station|Lower Sydenham]] – on the border between the Boroughs of Lewisham and Bromley
*[[New Cross railway station|New Cross]] 
*[[New Cross Gate railway station|New Cross Gate]] 
*[[St Johns railway station|St Johns]]
*[[Sydenham railway station (London)|Sydenham]] 
|}

===DLR stations===

*[[Deptford Bridge DLR station|Deptford Bridge]] – on the border between Lewisham and Greenwich.
*[[Elverson Road DLR station|Elverson Road]] – on the border between Lewisham and Greenwich.
*[[Lewisham railway station|Lewisham]]

===London Underground===

There are no Tube stations currently in the borough, as the [[East London Line]] has been part of London Overground since 2006. However, an [[Bakerloo line extension|extension of the Bakerloo line]] beyond [[Elephant & Castle tube station|Elephant & Castle]] to Lewisham and Hayes has been proposed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bakerloo line extension |url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/how-we-work/planning-for-the-future/bakerloo-line-extension |website=Transport for London}}</ref>

===Cycling===
The following designated [[List of cycle routes in London|Cycleways]] are available in Lewisham: 

*[[Cycleway 4|Cycleway 4 (C4)]] along [[Deptford]]'s Evelyn Street ([[A200 road|A200]]), which runs from Tower Bridge to Woolwich.
*Cycleway 10 (C10) from Euston to Greenwich, going through Surrey Canal Road and [[Deptford]] ([[Folkestone Gardens (Deptford)|Folkestone Gardens]]). 
*Cycleway 14 (C14) from Waterloo to Thamesmead along the river Thames in Deptford.
*Cycleway 66 (C66) from [[Brockley]] to [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]].
In addition to these designated routes, the [[Waterlink Way]] (to be upgraded to Cycleway 18) runs from north to south along the [[River Ravensbourne|Ravensbourne]] and [[River Pool (London)|Pool]] rivers.

===Main roads===

*[[A2 road (Great Britain)|A2]] from the border with [[Old Kent Road]] in the west to [[Kidbrooke]] in the east.
*[[A20 road (Great Britain)|A20]] from New Cross to the border with [[Eltham, London|Eltham]] in the east.
*[[A21 road (England)|A21]] from Lewisham to the border with [[Bromley]] in the south.
*[[A202 road|A202]] from New Cross Gate to the border with [[Peckham]] in the west.
*[[A205 road|A205 (South Circular Road)]] passes through the centre of the borough from the border with [[Dulwich]] in the west to Eltham in the east. Except for a short section in [[Lee, London|Lee]] as it approaches Eltham, it is purely a one-lane-each-way road.

===Travel to work===
In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: train, 18.6% of all residents aged 16–74; driving a car or van, 11.2%; bus, minibus or coach, 11.2%; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 9.7%; on foot, 4.3%; work mainly at or from home, 2.8%; bicycle, 2.6%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16–74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey’s longest part by distance.</ref>

48% of households in the borough are [[Car-free movement|car free]], compared to 42% across Greater London.<ref>2011 Census, Car or Van Availability (QS416EW)</ref>

==Sport and leisure==
[[Millwall F.C.|Millwall Football Club]] was originally formed in 1885, in [[Millwall]] on the [[Isle of Dogs]], [[East London]]. They retained the name, even though they moved across the river to [[New Cross]], [[South London]] in 1910. In 1993 they moved to their current stadium, [[The Den]] which is in [[Bermondsey]], but falls under the Borough of Lewisham. The Borough has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Lewisham Borough F.C.|Lewisham Borough Football Club]], who play at the [[Ladywell Arena]], [[Catford]].

==Civic affairs==
=== Motto ===
The motto of the borough is "[[Salus populi suprema lex esto|Salus Populi Suprema Lex]]", which means (roughly translated) "The welfare of the people <nowiki>[is]</nowiki> the highest law."

=== Twinning ===
The borough is [[twin towns|twinned]] with the following towns:
* [[Charlottenburg]], [[Berlin]], Germany
* [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine]], France
* [[Matagalpa]], Nicaragua

The borough has also signed a "friendship link" with [[Ekurhuleni]], near [[Johannesburg]], South Africa.

=== Freedom of the Borough ===
The honour of [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] has been awarded to:

* Alan Milner Smith, Town Clerk (9 December 1971)
* Frederick William Winslade, appointed [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to local government in Lewisham and Camberwell New Year Honours 1967<ref>[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/44210/supplements/15 Supplement to the London Gazette 1 January 1967, p. 15]</ref> and [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] for services to local government in Lewisham Birthday Honours 1978<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47549/supplements/6237/page.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107172123/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47549/supplements/6237/page.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-07 |url-status=live|title=Supplement to the London Gazette 3 June 1978, p. 6237}}</ref>(28 November 1975)
* Daisy Amelia Elizabeth Hurren (10 October 1985)
* Alfred Anderson Hawkins (30 March 1990)
* [[Desmond Tutu]] (4 May 1990)
* [[Terry Waite]] (16 November 1992)
* [[Sybil Phoenix|Sybil Theodora Phoenix]],(8 March 1996)
* [[Cicely Saunders|Dame Cicely Saunders]], (10 March 2000)
* James Leslie Hicks ('Les') Eytle (8 June 2007)
* [[Erica Pienaar|Dame Erica Pienaar]] (2013)
* [[Doreen Lawrence|Baroness (Doreen) Lawrence of Clarendon]], (2014)
* Dame [[Joan Ruddock]] (2016)
* [[Bridget Prentice]] (2016)

==See also==
*[[List of people from Lewisham]]
*[[List of public art in Lewisham]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/ Lewisham London Borough Council]

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