Neighbourhoods

Find out what it's like to live in the neighbourhoods of Lewisham borough.

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Bellingham Blackheath Brockley Catford Crofton Park Deptford Downham and Whitefoot Forest Hill	Grove Park Hither Green Honor Oak Park Ladywell Lee Lewisham New Cross Sydenham Telegraph Hill

Ten Lewisham borough claims to fame

The highest number of parks and green spaces of any London borough.
London's largest free fireworks at Blackheath each year.
In 2004 became the first council to have a directly-elected Young Mayor.
The UK's only Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the Trinity Laban in Deptford, designed by Herzog and de Meuron.
Home to the eternally popular Horniman Walrus, on display since 1901.
Christopher Marlowe is buried at St Nicholas after his mysterious death in Deptford.
Home to Goldsmiths, whose alumni include Damien Hirst, Mary Quant, Antony Gormley, Graham Coxon and Malcolm McLaren.
The Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park is the only intact 1950s ballroom in London and remains one of its best kept secrets.
The award-winning Margaret McMillan park in Deptford named after sisters educational reformers Margaret and Rachel McMillan.
Edmond Halley, astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist and physicist, is buried at St Margaret's Church, Lee.

I love the community spirit - Free, fun events every week of the year, organised by people who love their home. The only place in London that has a dodgeball team, a Scrabble club and an Indian Orthodox Church.
Nick Barron, Brockley

I've lived in Ladywell for over 20 years and can't imagine anywhere else in London I'd want to live. Of course it's the people who make it what it is - relaxed, friendly, bohemian.
Robert Sheppard, Ladywell

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