Lewisham
Lewisham is a 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 302,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “Lewisham (unparished area)”, “Lewisham Council”, “London Borough of Lewisham”, and “London Borough Of Lewisham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum.
Royal Observatory
Museum
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
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The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
Cutty Sark
Museum
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Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Greenwich.
Greenwich
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Greenwich is a famous maritime district of south east London - 5.5 miles from central London. An area of great historical importance, the town centre contains Maritime Greenwich - one of London's four UNESCO World Heritage sites - known for its naval history, connections with the Royal Family and as the location from which the Prime Meridian is derived.
Greenwich
Town
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Greenwich is an area in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London, 5.5 miles east-south-east of Charing Cross. Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.
Lewisham
Town
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Lewisham is an area of southeast London, England, six miles south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the historic county of Kent until 1889.
Lewisham
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Lewisham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لويشام”
- Armenian: “Լուիշեմ”
- Basque: “Lewisham”
- Belarusian: “Луішэм”
- Catalan: “Lewisham”
- Cebuano: “Lewisham”
- Chinese: “Lewisham”
- Chinese: “刘易舍姆区”
- Chinese: “劉易舍姆區”
- Chinese: “路厄斯罕倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “路厄斯罕区”
- Chinese: “路厄斯罕區”
- Chinese: “路維森”
- Czech: “Lewisham”
- Danish: “Lewisham”
- Dutch: “Lewisham”
- Esperanto: “Lewisham”
- Finnish: “Lewisham”
- French: “borough londonien de Lewisham”
- French: “Borough londonien de Lewisham”
- French: “Lewisham Council”
- French: “Lewisham”
- French: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Georgian: “ლიუისჰემი”
- Georgian: “ლუიშემი”
- German: “GB-LEW”
- German: “Lewisham”
- German: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Hebrew: “לואישהאם”
- Hebrew: “רובע לואישהאם של לונדון”
- Hebrew: “רובע לואישהאם”
- Hebrew: “רובע לואישהם”
- Hebrew: “רובע לווישהאם”
- Hebrew: “רובע לווישהם”
- Hebrew: “רובע לונדון של לואישהאם”
- Hindi: “लूविशम बरो”
- Hungarian: “Lewisham kerület”
- Icelandic: “Lewisham”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan Lewisham”
- Italian: “Lewisham”
- Italian: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Japanese: “ルイシャム・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “ルイシャム区”
- Korean: “루이셤구”
- Latin: “Lewisham”
- Latvian: “Lūišema”
- Macedonian: “Луишам”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lewisham (koān)”
- Northern Frisian: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lewisham”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Norwegian: “Lewisham”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Liofshema se Lunden Burgscipe”
- Persian: “منطقه لویشام لندن”
- Polish: “Lewisham”
- Polish: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Portuguese: “Borough de Lewisham”
- Portuguese: “Lewisham”
- Portuguese: “London Borough de Lewisham”
- Quechua: “Lewisham (Lunrun borough)”
- Quechua: “Lewisham”
- Romanian: “Burgul londonez Lewisham”
- Romanian: “Lewisham”
- Russian: “Луишем”
- Scots: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Scots: “Lunnon Borough o Lewisham”
- Scots: “Lunnon Burgh o Lewisham”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Луишам”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lewisham”
- Slovenian: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- South Azerbaijani: “لویشام لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Lewisham”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Lewisham”
- Swedish: “Catford”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Lewisham”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Луишем”
- Turkish: “Lewisham”
- Ukrainian: “Луїсгем”
- Urdu: “لندن بورو لیوشم”
- Urdu: “لیوشم بورو”
- Vietnamese: “Khu Lewisham của Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain Lewisham”
- Welsh: “Lewisham”
- Western Panjabi: “لیوسہیم”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון לואישעם”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ladywell and Lewisham Central.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include University Hospital Lewisham and Ladywell railway station.
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