Lewisham
Lewisham in London’s south east reaches from the Thames at Deptford down as far as Beckenham Place Park, taking in areas such as New Cross, Catford and Sydenham.
Tea merchant and obsessive collector Frederick Horniman left his mark on Forest Hill with the Horniman Museum. It’s famous for its beautiful gardens – and overstuffed taxidermy walrus.
Shakespeare’s contemporary Christopher Marlowe is forever linked to Deptford after his mysterious murder there in 1593. Nearby is Blackheath, the site of the London Marathon starting line, overlooked by grand, Georgian-era residences. This expansive common was where Wat Tyler assembled a peasant army in 1381.
Almost 600 years later, in 1977, thousands of local protesters helped put a stop to the National Front’s political ambitions at the Battle of Lewisham.
The much-loved taxidermy walrus at the Horniman Museum
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