Lewisham is an area of south-east London. It is within the London Borough of Lewisham.
Lewisham has a long history. In the mid fifteenth century the then vicar of Lewisham, Abraham Colfe, built a grammar school, primary school and six almshouses for the inhabitants. Lewisham began to grown when the railway arrived. The first line opened in 1849.
Notable things in Lewisham are:
- Lewisham Clock Tower (opened in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee)
- Lewisham Shopping Centre (opened in 1977)
- James Elroy Flecker - poet
- Walter de la Mare - novelist
- Frederick Lanchester - car manufacturer
- Lewisham station - railway and docklands station