Lewisham

Lewisham is a London borough in south-east , England. It forms part of . The principal settlement of the borough is . The local authority is Lewisham London Borough Council, based in .
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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 Cutty Sark.

Museum
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The , Greenwich is an situated on a hill in in south east London, overlooking the to the north.

Museum
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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.

Museum
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The is a maritime museum in , . It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenwich and Greenwich.

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is a famous maritime district of south east - 5.5 miles from central London. An area of great historical importance, the town centre contains Maritime - 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.

Town
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is an affluent area in south-east London, England, within the and the ceremonial county of , 5.5 miles east-south-east of .

Town
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is an area of southeast , England, six miles southeast of . It is the principal area of the London Borough of , and was within the historic county of until 1889.

Lewisham

Latitude
51.4536° or 51° 27′ 13″ north
Longitude
-0.018° or 0° 1′ 5″ west
Population
302,000
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Abbreviation
“LEW”
Open location code
9C3XFX3J+CQ
Geo­Names ID
3333166
Wiki­data ID
Q215030
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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: “路易斯罕區”
  • 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”
  • “Q215030”

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