Lewisham

Lewisham is an area of southeast , England, six miles southeast of . It is the principal area of the , and was within the historic county of until 1889.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lewisham Shopping Centre and Migration Museum.

Shopping center
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, formerly Riverdale Centre, is a shopping mall located in Lewisham, , England. The centre is the major shopping centre in the .

Museum
The is a museum in London, England, devoted to the movement of people to and from the United Kingdom. As of 2026 it does not have a site open to the public, but it plans to reopen in a permanent venue in 2028.

Railway station
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Lewisham is an interchange station in the area of Lewisham, south-east . It is the terminus for Docklands Light Railway services from or stations, as well as a National Rail station on the North Kent Line and Hayes line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ladywell and Blackheath.

Suburb
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is an area in Lewisham in , England, and a ward in the between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper.

Suburb
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is an area in Southeast London, straddling the border of the and the . Historically within the county of , it is located 1-mile northeast of Lewisham, 1.5 miles south of Greenwich and 6.4 miles southeast of , the traditional centre of London.

Suburb
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is a district in south-east , England, in the . It forms the southern part of Lewisham, 6.6 miles south-east of , and on the Prime Meridian.

Lewisham

Latitude
51.46243° or 51° 27′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.01018° or 0° 0′ 37″ west
Population
96,200
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Codes
GB BHT and GB LWS
Open location code
9C3XFX6Q+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27365305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644556
Wiki­data ID
Q6537297
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lewisham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لويشام”
  • Armenian: “Լյուիշեմ”
  • Basque: “Lewisham (Londres)”
  • Basque: “Lewisham”
  • Bavarian: “Lewisham”
  • Belarusian: “Луішэм”
  • Bengali: “লিবিশাম”
  • Bulgarian: “Луишам”
  • Catalan: “Lewisham”
  • Chinese: “刘易舍姆”
  • Chinese: “劉易舍姆”
  • Chinese: “路厄斯罕”
  • Chinese: “路易咸”
  • Czech: “Lewisham”
  • Danish: “Lewisham”
  • Dutch: “Lewisham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لويشام”
  • French: “Lewisham”
  • Galician: “Lewisham”
  • Georgian: “ლიუისჰემი”
  • German: “Lewisham”
  • Greek: “Λιούισαμ”
  • Gujarati: “લેવિશામ”
  • Hebrew: “לואישאם”
  • Irish: “Lewisham”
  • Italian: “Lewisham”
  • Japanese: “ルイシャム”
  • Japanese: “ルイスハム”
  • Kannada: “ಲೆವಿಶಮ್”
  • Korean: “루이셤”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lewisham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewisham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lewisham”
  • Norwegian: “Lewisham”
  • Persian: “لویشام”
  • Polish: “Lewisham”
  • Portuguese: “Lewisham”
  • Quechua: “Lewisham”
  • Russian: “Луишем”
  • Russian: “Льюишам”
  • Slovak: “Lewisham”
  • Slovenian: “Lewisham”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لویشام”
  • Spanish: “Lewisham”
  • Swedish: “Lewisham”
  • Tamil: “லெவிஷம்”
  • Telugu: “లెవిషమ్”
  • Turkish: “Lewisham”
  • Ukrainian: “Луїшем”
  • Urdu: “لیوشم”
  • Urdu: “لیویشام”
  • Welsh: “Lewisham”
  • Yue Chinese: “路易咸”

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