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Population pyramid of the Borough of Lewisham. According to the 2011 census, [6] Lewisham has a population of 275,885, is 53% white and 47% BME, and 43% of households are owner-occupiers. A 2017 report by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute found that Lewisham has a poverty rate of 26%, close to the London-wide figure of 27%. [7]
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]
A map showing the wards of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. The borough was divided into ten wards for elections: Blackheath, Brockley, Catford, Church, Forest Hill, Lewisham Park, Lewisham Village, Manor, South and Sydenham. [7] [8]
The larger London Borough of Lewisham and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [7] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's outgoing authorities, being the councils of the two metropolitan boroughs of Lewisham and Deptford. [8]
It is jointly managed by Lewisham and Royal Borough of Greenwich. Blackheath is not common but manorial waste. Grove Park Nature Reserve - a 4.6 ha (11 acres) site including woodland, shrubland and meadow, opened in 1984. Hither Green Triangle – grassland and wooded area between railway lines that was declared a nature reserve in 1993.
The London Borough of Lewisham, within Greater London The main article for this category is London Borough of Lewisham . This category is for places within the London Borough of Lewisham ; other items should be placed within one of the more specific linking sub-categories.
The Creekside Discovery Centre is a 0.5-hectare (1.2-acre) natural habitat in Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is owned by the National Grid and managed by the Creekside Education Trust. Formerly a gas works, [2] the centre is a brownfield habitat incorporating the only existing sloping beach into Deptford Creek. [3]
A map showing the Forest Hill ward of Lewisham Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916. Like much of Greater London, Forest Hill was only sparsely populated until the mid-19th century. The name Forest Hill, originally simply "The Forest", [2] referred to the woodland which once covered the area [3] and which was a relict part of the Great ...