Lewisham: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Lewisham on the mapWhat these local examples show
Lewisham DLR, Lewisham Park and Lewisham Shopping Centre all identify the DLR approach, but the park reference has a substantially longer estimate than the station and shopping positions. The green destinations differ between Blackheath, Lewisham Park and Ladywell Fields. These local contrasts remain useful even when the three source crime areas have the same band in the saved comparison.
This page covers the official Lewisham boundary (E09000023), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 8 supported station records, 35 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 25 supported supermarket records, 4 shopping-centre records and 94 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: DLR, Windrush. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Lewisham DLR Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.464665, -0.012874.
Retained source ID: 940GZZDLLEW. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 72.57 dB Nighttime: 63.21 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 71.24 dB Nighttime: 66.3 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lewisham DLR Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 9 min walk Blackheath 90.9 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lewisham 040C · E01034394 470.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,246 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk Urban Mission School Not applicable · Other independent school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Asda Asda · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 3 min walk Lewisham Shopping Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
2. Lewisham Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.453280, -0.013422.
Retained source ID: 5913566. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 52.14 dB Nighttime: 43.33 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 40.58 dB Nighttime: 36.37 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 19 min walk Lewisham DLR Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lewisham Park 4.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lewisham 041D · E01003291 455.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,383 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · Strong standard · Curriculum and teaching · 2026-04-21 · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 9 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 13 min walk Lewisham Shopping Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
3. Lewisham Shopping Centre
Shopping-site reference · mapped centre entrance. Coordinates: 51.461715, -0.012040.
Retained source ID: w315002919. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 63.82 dB Nighttime: 55.38 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 61.44 dB Nighttime: 56.48 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 7 min walk Lewisham DLR Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 12 min walk Ladywell Fields 22.5 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Lewisham 041B · E01033327 396.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 1,711 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk St Saviour's Catholic Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2025-03-25 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Sainsbury's Sainsbury's · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Lewisham Shopping Centre Shopping centre · mapped centre entrance |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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