London Borough of Lewisham
| London Borough of Lewisham | |
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| status | London Borough |
| region | Greater London |
| Administrative headquarters | Catford |
| surface | 35.15 km² |
| Residents | 303,536 |
| was standing | 2018 |
| ONS code | 00AZ |
| Website | www.lewisham.gov.uk |
The London Borough of Lewisham [ ˈluːɪʃəm ] is a borough of London . It is located southeast of the city center. When the Greater London administrative region was founded in 1965, it emerged from the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham and the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford in the former County of London . The population in 2008 was composed of 65.1% white, 6.0% Asian, 21.7% black and 1.4% Chinese.
Unlike most local authorities in England, Lewisham has a directly elected mayor. There is a partnership with the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district in Berlin.
Districts
The district Crystal Palace is also part of other London boroughs.
Attractions
Local attractions include the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill .
Personalities
- James Blake (* 1988), musician
- Arthur Chase (1874 – unknown), track cyclist and world champion
- Gladys Cooper (1888–1971), actress
- Ben Elton (* 1959), author and comedian
- Ernest Farrar (1885–1918), composer
- Carol Grimes (born 1944), singer
- Janice Hadlow (* 1957), media manager
- Keeley Hazell (* 1986), model
- Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010), actor, screenwriter and film director
- James Robertson Justice (1907–1975), actor and ornithologist
- Jem Karacan (* 1989), football player
- Jude Law (born 1972), actor
- Terence Morgan (1921-2005), actor
- Boyd Neel (1905–1981), conductor and music teacher
- Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010), writer
- Gary Oldman (1958), actor and director
- Hope Powell (1966), soccer player and coach
- Louise Redknapp (* 1974), singer and TV presenter
- Cicely Saunders (1918–2005), doctor, social worker, nurse
- Henry Courtney Selous (1803–1890), painter and engraver
- Jason Statham (born 1967), actor
- Kae Tempest (* 1985), poet, playwright and novelist
- Denis Thatcher (1915–2003), husband of Margaret Thatcher
- Robin Trower (* 1945), rock musician
- Sid Vicious (1957–1979), punk musician
- Stan Vickers (1932-2013), walker
- Henry Williamson (1895–1977), writer
- Percival Christopher Wren (1875–1941) soldier and writer
- Ian Wright (born 1963), football player
- Bradley Wright-Phillips (born 1985), football player
- Shaun Wright-Phillips (born 1981), football player
Web links
Commons : London Borough of Lewisham - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Lewisham Borough Council (county council)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ W