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The 14-minute drama shot at Corner cafe on New Cross Road won an audience award in Italy and screens in Japan and Mexico this autumn. London date: 3 October.
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Lee
Indie Press Fair: 14 Publishers at Manor House Library
14 indie publishers, four free talks and £8 entry with a drink and buffet: the Indie Press Fair is at Manor House Library in Lee on Sunday 13 September, 1pm to 7pm.
New Cross
Besson Street: 383-Home Decision Now Due by 29 January 2027
New Cross's Besson Street scheme would grow from 324 to 383 homes and its tallest tower from 12 to 18 storeys. The council has until 29 January 2027 to decide.
Lewisham
Lewisham Remembrance Sunday: where the services are
Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026. Lewisham has not published this year's services yet, so here are the two civic memorials and last year's times.
Forest Hill
Lewisham half term: what is actually booked in
October half term runs Monday 26 to Friday 30 October in Lewisham schools. The Horniman is the borough's programme, and its Gardens shut entirely on 31 October.
Catford
St Dunstan's College Plans £10.5m Pool And Sixth Form Centre
St Dunstan's College wants an eight-lane 25m pool, climbing wall and sixth form centre in Catford, doubling its leisure space. Decision due 2 December.
Business
New Cross property firm Eden Estates wound up by High Court
The High Court wound up Eden Estates (London) Ltd of Lewisham Way on 12 August. The Official Receiver is now liquidator; what landlords and tenants should do.
Blackheath
Lewisham Christmas markets: one date is fixed so far
Blackheath's Christmas Fair is set for Sunday 15 November 2026. Deptford, Lewisham and Forest Hill have published nothing yet: what recurs and when to check.
Blackheath
Blackheath Fireworks 2026: Tickets On Sale, Adults £16
Tickets for the 7 November display are on sale: adults £16, ages 11 to 15 £10, under 10s £5. The times, the line-up, and the licence decision still unpublished.
Catford
Catford pantomime: every Cinderella date at the Broadway
Cinderella runs 9 to 31 December at the Broadway Theatre, Catford, with Amelle Berrabah as Fairy Godmother. Every performance time, prices and the dark days.
Catford
Lewisham Christmas lights: when each switch-on happens
Fifteen Christmas tree switch-ons run across Lewisham, from Catford Broadway to Telegraph Hill. Last year's dates and exact spots, and when 2026's land.
Ladywell
Ladywell Station Plan: Vacant Shop To Get Own Front Door
Plans would refurbish Ladywell station's vacant shop, turn a window into its own entrance and repair cracked walls. Decision due by 24 September.
Travel
Lewisham Station Closed 26-27 September: What Runs Instead
No Southeastern trains at Lewisham or on the Bexleyheath line on 26 and 27 September, and the DLR to Bank is off the weekend before. The replacement buses.
Council papers, planning applications, licensing notices and police crime data are all public, and almost nobody reads them. That gap is the whole reason this site exists. We go through them week by week and write up what they show, plainly, and we attach the paperwork so you can read the thing itself rather than our version of it.
Lewisham is a borough of neighbourhoods that behave like separate towns. Deptford and New Cross have little in common with Downham or Grove Park, and Brockley, Crofton Park, Honor Oak, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Ladywell, Hither Green, Catford, Lee and Blackheath are all distinct places with distinct concerns. So we always name the street or the ward. A licensing decision on Rushey Green is not local news in Bellingham, and you can decide for yourself whether a thing is yours. The same handful of practical questions come round every month, so we keep the answers permanently to hand.