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The council meets at Lewisham Town Hall on Catford Road in the Catford area. The first town hall on the site was completed in 1875 for the old Lewisham District Board of Works. A large extension to the east was added in 1932, comprising a concert hall and municipal offices with a distinctive curved frontage facing Rushey Green.
Lewisham Town Hall is a municipal building in Catford Road, Lewisham, London. The oldest part of the facility, the curved former municipal offices and adjoining concert hall of 1932, is a Grade II listed building. [1] The complex also includes newer wings from the 1950s to 1970s; those serve as the headquarters of Lewisham London Borough Council.
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 fulfils the civic and ceremonial roles previously undertaken by the (non-political) mayor prior to 2002.
London Borough of Lewisham: Status: Metropolitan borough: Government: Lewisham Borough Council • HQ: Town Hall, Catford • Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex (The welfare of the people is the highest law) Coat of arms of the borough council: Map of borough boundary
She formerly served as mayor and deputy mayor and on Lewisham London Borough Council. [5] She was elected in New Cross ward in 2014 and 2018 and Deptford ward in 2022 . She first stood in 2017 for selection as the Labour candidate for Mayor of Lewisham but was beaten by Damien Egan , who was subsequently elected as Mayor in 2018.
The mayor of Lewisham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Lewisham London Borough Council in London. The role was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year. Damien Egan resigned the post on 10 January 2024 in order to contest the 2024 Kingswood by election. [1]
Lewisham has a bowling alley [24] and the Glassmill Swimming pool and Gym. Lewisham has a number of parks, such as Hilly Fields and Lewisham Park. For 14 years between 2001 and 2015, Lewisham was the only London Borough not to have a cinema. Lewisham once had many cinemas, such as the Lewisham Odeon. In 1930 there were 30 venues showing films. [25]
Lewisham was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected four councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970. The constituency elected four councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.