Lewisham’s well-established international links have contributed to community activities and inter-cultural learning for many years. Lewisham is formally twinned with
- Antony, south of Paris
- Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, central Berlin, which dates back to the 1960s
- Matagalpa, Nicaragua, which was formed in 1987 during the Sandinista Revolution.
In 2002 Lewisham signed a friendship link with Ekurhuleni, an area to the east of Johannesburg in South Africa.