The club still meets at Ladywell Swimming Baths, one of the public swimming pools in Lewisham which include Downham Health and Leisure Centre, the Bridge in Sydenham, Forest Hill Pools, now open after refurbishment and Wavelengths in Deptford.

The most popular team in Rotherhithe is Millwall Football Club located nearby in the boundaries of the London Borough of Lewisham.

Lewisham Cricket Club was one of the most prestigious London sides during the Victorian era.

Frank Penn ( 7 March 1851 in Lewisham, London, England – 26 December 1916 in Bifrons, Patrixbourne, Kent, England ) played cricket for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875 to 1881, and was considered one of the finest batsmen of his day.

The Magician's Nephew refers to these books in the opening of the novel as though their events were true, mentioning the setting of the piece as being when " Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road ".

Love and Mr Lewisham was well received, and C. F. G. Masterman told Wells that he believed that along with Kipps it was the novel most likely to endure.

He was a keen admirer of architect Walter Segal who set up a ‘ build it yourself ’ system in Lewisham meaning that land that was too small or difficult to build on conventionally was given to people who with Segal ’ s help would build their own homes.

* Phase 4 was the possible continuation of the Lewisham branch to take over suburban services on the Addiscombe and Hayes branches.

Bellingham is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Lewisham, and consists mainly of social / council housing built in the 1920s on what was then farm land.

This was previously organised and financed by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham, but Greenwich Council withdrew its share of the funding in 2010.

The old Town Hall, ' the Catford Cathedral ' of 1875, was replaced by the current Civic Suite in 1968, soon after the merger of the metropolitan boroughs of Lewisham and Deptford.

Catford was historically part of Kent until 1889, when it was absorbed into the new London County Council, along with the majority of the present day London Borough of Lewisham.

A maroon commemorative plaque was unveiled there by Lewisham Council in February 1989.

The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was formed in 1900 ; in 1965, the area became part of the newly-created London Borough of Lewisham.

A branch of the further education college, Lewisham College, is located on Deptford Church Street ; the college was regarded as outstanding in the 2006 Ofsted inspection.

The boundary between Bromley and Greenwich, and between Bromley and Lewisham, around Mottingham was adjusted in 1994.

The Docklands Light Railway ( DLR ) was extended to Stratford in 1987, and to Stratford International in 2011, with services to Poplar, Canary Wharf, Lewisham, London City Airport, the Excel Centre, Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal.

The borough was formed in 1965, by the London Government Act 1963, as an amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham and the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, which had been created in 1900 as divisions of the County of London.

Lewisham Deptford has been one of Labour's safest London seats for many years-it was the party's 25th safest in the entire country at the 2001 election-though social change in the last decade has seen things become a little more competitive, with an active Liberal Democrat party in the area.

Part of Crofton Park ward was transferred from the former Lewisham West constituency.

A large part of Lewisham Central ward was transferred from Lewisham East constituency, and part of Rushey Green ward was transferred from Lewisham, Deptford to Lewisham East.

The bulk of the club's support base comes from the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley and also north-west Kent.

There is also a campaign to erect a statue in the London Borough of Lewisham where he grew up.

Catford also boasts a Territorial Army centre and a large Gothic police station ( despite the largest police station in Europe being just down the road in Lewisham ).

There is a large Muslim community served by the Lewisham Islamic Centre, which also serves the needs of Muslims from all over Lewisham.

Atheists are also known to live in the area, and the Lewisham Humanist Group meet on the 3rd Thursday each month at The Goose, Rushey Green.

Welling is also served by a night bus route, the London Buses route N89, which starts at Erith, running via Slade Green, Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, Welling and Lewisham, towards Trafalgar Square.

On the other side of the Thames is also borders The London Borough of Southwark to the southwest, The London Borough of Lewisham to the South, and The Royal Borough of Greenwich to the southeast.

It also enjoys fast, frequent transport links to the City and West End as well as connections with the Docklands Light Railway in Lewisham and East London Line in New Cross ( now the London Overground ).

Lewisham is also home to Goldsmith's College and the Laban Dance College ( part of Trinity College of Music ) and Prendergast Hilly Fields Sixth Form.

Lewisham is also the site of one of the worst disasters on British Railways in the 20th century.

During this period, he also worked in Deptford, Lewisham, Thornton Heath ( where his brother was the local vicar ) and Notting Hill while living in Sutton, Pimlico and Westminster, and for a while outside London.

Charlton is also served by Charlton railway station on the lines from London to Dartford via Greenwich and Lewisham.

Since the mid-seventeenth century the Company has also been closely associated with Colfe's School, today an independent co-educational school located at Lee, near Lewisham, London.

Network Rail states that this would free up six paths per hour into central London and so increasing capacity on the Tonbridge main line, which would also relieve the junctions around Lewisham.

It does, however, have regular bus services operating from the town centre also serving urban hotspots in and around the borough including Orpington, Lewisham, Penge, Bexleyheath and Croydon.

There are many Independent Schools within the London Borough of Bromley, all of which provide exceptional education, however both Eltham College ( in the nearby area of Mottingham-within the borough of Bromley and near the London Borough of Lewisham ) and Bromley High ( situated in the nearby, affluent area of Bickley-also within the borough of Bromley ) have been regarded as institutes of educational excellence and have also been recognised by OFTSED for Outstanding in every criteria.

Lee ( also Lee Green ) is a district of south London, England, located mostly in the London Borough of Lewisham and partly in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

There are also occasional services between Tower Gateway and Lewisham or Crossharbour.

Queens Road Peckham railway station is in the London Borough of Southwark and also serves the area to the east of Peckham, in the London Borough of Lewisham.

The station's coverage area was also altered-no longer serving Southwark, and instead, thanks to approved transmitter adjustments, moving westwards to focus on the boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon and their conurbations.

He also lived in Finsbury Park and Golders Green before settling in Lewisham.

Connections are also made with Lewisham Station ( 10 minutes ) where Docklands Light Railway services operate to the Docklands commercial district.

The service will also interchange with Lewisham railway station on the Inner West Line.